Our defense wasn’t quick enough to win," said Bruins coach Mick Cronin after the loss. "We had too many turnovers. We had 14 turnovers, and we were minus five on the turnover chart. "We don’t do that.

UCLA men's basketball coach Mick Cronin was not happy with how his team played defensively in a loss to Purdue.

Mick Cronin was careful not to throw any of his own players under the bus after UCLA's 64-61 loss to Minnesota, but the Bruins head coach is clearly frustrated. The loss was tough enough, but it was how the Bruins lost that made it difficult for Cronin to stomach. As far as how he's looking at it, though, the loss has to go on his shoulders.