Mick Cronin was so mad that he and UCLA had to wait 33 minutes for a post-loss press conference

You can imagine UCLA head coach Mick Cronin wouldn’t be the happiest of people after Gonzaga took down the Bruins Thursday night 79-76 to move on to the Elite Eight at the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament.

But that wasn’t what he decided to talk about when it came to his opening statement as he sat down to talk to reporters.

No, it was this: “My opening statement is it just took 33 minutes to get me in here, which is ridiculous. Any questions?”

What’s the deal with that? I wasn’t sure, but there’s an answer per Arash Markazi below: Usually, the losing team goes first in press conferences. Apparently, that wasn’t the case:

Not a great night all around.