The UCLA Bruins (15-6, 6-4) are back on track with four straight wins and are moving towards the top of the Big Ten standings after a slow start to January. In

The UCLA Bruins are in their first season in the Big Ten Conference. With that expansion of the conference, coaches like Mick Cronin are dealing with some new challenges, including handling the travel and a difficult conference schedule.

Tim says Michigan bonding in California for a week ... Tim gives credit to Dusty May for assembling this roster. 27:30 - Mick Cronin lost his mind Tim likes the way Dusty handled coaching better ...

UCLA's coach has generated more headlines for his grievances than for the Bruins' (improving) play on the floor.

UCLA basketball head coach Mick Cronin explained why his team is having difficulty in the new Big 10 conference.

After starting the month of January on a four-game losing streak in Big Ten play, the UCLA Bruins (15-6, 6-4) have responded better than any team in the nation

Less than a month after their coach called them soft and delusional, the Bruins have turned things around by drawing a line between cordial relationships off the court and competitive connections

UCLA coach Mick Cronin is worried about the challenges of ... I finally looked, like Michigan State, their last seven or eight games have all been against top 20, top 30 teams.

The Bruins’ winning streak is at four games with reason for additional optimism after a hard-fought 82-76 victory at the Galen Center, while Trojans coach Eric Musselman’s quickly assembled roster

This story was updated to add new information. A busy week in the Big Ten created significant volatility in the conference standings. Several top teams saw their records blemished, including Purdue (1-1 with a loss to Ohio State ),

That means it is time to keep closer tabs on the goings-on in men’s Big Ten hoops action. This Bracketology series will serve to give an approximate idea of where the conference’s best teams may be seeded in the big dance, but it will also check in on top teams’ recent form as well as their upcoming schedules.

Under the leadership of Dusty May, it looked like Michigan was poised to become the next juggernaut in the Big Ten, and while that still might be the case, the Wolverines definitely hit some stumbling blocks with recent road losses to Minnesota and Purdue.