UCLA coach Mick Cronin has an impressive resume and would cultivate toughness within the Indiana basketball program. Is a hefty buyout at a historic program enough to keep him in Los Angeles?

Indiana basketball made UCLA earn it. The Hoosiers fought back from a 10-point deficit in the final minutes of Friday's game against the Bruins at Assembly Hall, but couldn't come up with a clutch basket in the final seconds of a 72-68 loss.

Sixteen NCAA titles litter the Bruins’ and Hoosiers’ trophy cases. But since the turn of the century, neither have hoisted the ultimate prize. Though each team has rightfully earned the blue-blood moniker,