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Social Media Reacts To UCLA's Two-Game Slip

UCLA lost again, this time to Wisconsin in hard to watch fashion, and social media was vocal about the match.
Nathan Berry|
Dec 23, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; UC Riverside Highlanders forward Dylan Godfrey (23) and UCLA Bruins guard Trent Perry (0) chase down a loose ball in the second half at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Dec 23, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; UC Riverside Highlanders forward Dylan Godfrey (23) and UCLA Bruins guard Trent Perry (0) chase down a loose ball in the second half at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

UCLA was searching for an opportunity to rebound after their rough loss against the Iowa Hawkeyes, and they found it in their next match against the Wisconsin Badgers.

Unfortunately, the game started out similarly to the match against the Hawkeyes with the Bruins falling to a 11-4 deficit, and it led to fans not even interacting online for much of the games beginning minutes.

However, when comments came out they were surrounding UCLA's head coach Mick Cronin, and how his team was having a rough time coaching the team on their road trip.

Things continued to go south from there, the mountain UCLA would have to climb growing immeasurably just like it did against Iowa.

The Bruins were quickly down 16 points, 25-9, after 10 minutes of play, and spectators only started to become more and more negative.

The game technically improved for UCLA as the half neared its close, but only by a slim margin with the team going into the locker room still behind 45-31.

Although their game was on a better level than against Iowa, the Bruins were still not doing nearly enough to please or succeed in their search for a victory.

A comeback win would most likely be the only thing that could bring fans back into a positive outlook of the team, and they had a long path to get there.

The similarities between their match against Iowa and against Wisconsin continued to grow as UCLA began clawing back into the game coming out of the locker room.

It appeared as though Cronin had gotten his team in order and fired up once again, the unit being back within double digits with just about 10 minutes to go, 51-60.

Momentum kept on going back and forth as time started to dwindle short between UCLA and the Badgers, with every big play by the Bruins being met by something equally important from Wisconsin.

The team effort was immense, but the credit for the comeback started to go to Eric Dailey Jr., the same as it had gone to Donavan Dent against Iowa. Yet, regardless of the comeback attempt, the overall issues UCLA's basketball team was the main focus.

The issues continued to haunt the Bruins as their comeback bid fizzled out in the last minutes, losing in the final minutes 80-72.

The result was not what UCLA fans needed to see, and the calls for change flowed like they did against Iowa, though in some cases it was much more harsh against the Bruins.

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Nathan Berry
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