Amari Bailey has developed into a bona fide star for UCLA, as showcased in the team's NCAA tournament victory over Northwestern.
March Madness is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.“I love guys that play hard because they get better,” Cronin said. “You can polish up the other stuff if a guy will compete. Like if I was a front-office executive [in the NBA], if I couldn’t get the answer to that, I could care less about length, skill, height, upside.
Bailey was a big brand before setting foot on campus, having accumulated most of his 565,000 Instagram followers. But he didn’t big-time anyone or get lost in his own celebrity. “I never get into all of that, honestly,” Bailey said of getting caught up in the hype. “I view myself as a human being, first. I catch myself at times like from maybe what I may be perceived as, but at the end of the day, I’m a 19-year-old kid that’s just figuring it out like everyone else. I’d say I’m going to make mistakes and I’m here to learn through all of them, really just being a sponge and soaking up everything I can and just seizing every day that I get here.
Bailey studies every teammate, even watching Russell Stong IV’s moves in practice. Top players staying connected to the walk-ons has kept the locker room unified, no cliques forming based on the number of stars anyone received in high school. “I haven’t played on a team where we were so cohesive,” Bailey said, “really just wanted the best for each other — it didn’t matter what we had going on personally, it didn’t matter what we had going on off the floor, as soon as we got in between the line or come to the practice facility, get on the plane or whatever, there’s an instant release, so that’s something I can always look forward to.”
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