PHILADELPHIA — If you watch it closely before tipoff, you can begin to understand why UCLA coach Mick Cronin wanted to keep this team intact as long as possible.
You can hear the Bruins’ devotion to one another in the way they roar after Tyger Campbell throws a between-the-legs lob off the backboard to Jaime Jaquez Jr. for a rim-rattling dunk as part of a pregame tradition.
You can see it in the way David Singleton playfully bounces off his teammates’ bodies after delivering a stream-of-consciousness speech in the hype huddle.
