The back story on UCLA's long search for a basketball coach

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Interesting:

By now, the search committee was moving back-burner candidates to the front of the stove.
Chief among them was Dixon, whose Horned Frogs were playing in the National Invitation Tournament in the days before the Final Four. Cronin was also near the top of UCLA's list and harbored such strong interest in the job that he agreed to go on standby as the school pursued other coaches.

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