Mick Cronin and the UCLA Bruins try to play a basketball season, however they have a lot extra on their thoughts as the realm round their faculty has been affected by wildfires.
The primary began on Jan. 7 within the Pacific Palisades and has been ongoing.
UCLA has performed two away video games for the reason that fires began, and its subsequent residence recreation is scheduled to be on Friday towards the Iowa Hawkeyes again at Pauley Pavilion.
Whether or not or not that recreation might be performed as scheduled remains to be an open query, however after UCLA’s final recreation, a loss to Rutgers, Cronin revealed that he and the staff are having a tough time specializing in basketball with how issues are trying again West.
“No phrases. I simply wish to get residence. I wish to get residence to my household, be certain that — it’s powerful when that is all happening and also you’re not round your loved ones. Ensuring individuals are secure in instances like this. So, it’s actually, actually arduous,” Cronin said within the postgame information convention (h/t On3).
Being on the highway has been powerful for Cronin and his UCLA staff as a result of they have a lot to fret about again residence. Cronin‘s household needed to evacuate for a while, in line with On3.
“They did, however they’re again for now. We’re on the sting in Encino,” Cronin mentioned. “Look, there’s lots of people who’ve misplaced every little thing. It’s horrible. I used to be telling [Rutgers head] Coach [Steve] Pikiell, he was asking, it’s like one thing from a film. It’s arduous to even describe. It’s arduous for you and I as a result of we’re not there. It’s arduous to course of.”
The Bruins are 11-6, however they’re presently driving a four-game shedding streak.
