{"id":919081,"date":"2026-10-07T06:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919081\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:22:09","slug":"mens-basketball-to-participate-at-big-ten-media-day-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919081\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Basketball to Participate at Big Ten Media Day on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2013 UCLA head coach\u00a0Mick Cronin<\/a>, senior Eric Dailey Jr.<\/a> and junior Trent Perry<\/a> will represent the UCLA men\u2019s basketball program at Big Ten Men\u2019s Basketball Media Day in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 8.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach, enters his eighth season as the team\u2019s head coach in 2026-27. Both Dailey Jr. and Perry played major roles for UCLA last season and have entered their third season in UCLA\u2019s program. <\/p>\n

Dailey Jr. averaged 11.6 points and a team-best 5.8 rebounds in 35 games as a junior last season. Both Dailey Jr. and Perry were two of five players on UCLA\u2019s team to average at least 10 points per game. Dailey Jr. scored in double figures in 26 games and finished the season with two 20-point performances.<\/p>\n

Perry, who has been listed to the preseason All-Big Ten Conference team, averaged 12.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game last year. He shot 43.6 percent overall and 39.2 percent from 3-point distance, concluding the season with the third highest minutes per game average (29.9) on UCLA\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n

Both Dailey Jr. and Perry have helped the Bruins to a 13-7 record in Big Ten play in each of the past two seasons. UCLA compiled a 24-12 overall record last season and advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Bruins secured a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, defeating UCF in the opening round before losing to No. 2-seed UConn in the second round.<\/p>\n

Big Ten Media Day in Chicago will feature multiple interviews with members of the broadcast, print and online media, including the network television partners of the conference. Fans can watch Coach Cronin, joined by Dailey Jr. and Perry, on the Big Ten Network set on Thursday at 11:15 a.m. PT (1:15 p.m. CT in Chicago).<\/p>\n

The Big Ten Network will be carrying action live from the league\u2019s men\u2019s basketball media day starting at 9 a.m. PT (11 p.m. CT) until 2 p.m. PT (4 p.m. CT). Big Ten coaches and student-athletes will be join BTN analysts Dave Revsine, Rapheal Davis, Bruce Weber and Andy Katz throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Coverage of Thursday\u2019s Big Ten Men\u2019s Basketball Media Day<\/a> will be available on Big Ten Network and the FOX Sports app, as well as the Big Ten Conference\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n

The Bruins\u2019 32-game regular-season schedule tips off in Las Vegas as UCLA takes on Arizona on Monday, Nov. 2. The Bruins\u2019 game against Arizona is part of a men\u2019s basketball evening doubleheader. Gonzaga will face Purdue in the first game, with UCLA taking on Arizona at 7 p.m. (PT). The complete broadcast schedule<\/a> for UCLA\u2019s upcoming season was unveiled by the Big Ten Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 6.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch an early look at UCLA\u2019s team in two upcoming exhibition games. The Bruins will host Cal Baptist on Wednesday, Oct. 21, and the University of San Diego on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Game times of those two exhibition contests will be 7 p.m. (PT).<\/p>\n

PRESEASON INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n

Coach Cronin and multiple student-athletes on the UCLA men\u2019s basketball team met with media members prior to practice on Tuesday, Oct. 6, inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. Coach Cronin spoke to the media for more than 20 minutes in advance of the Bruins taking their annual team photo. Fans can watch Coach Cronin\u2019s media session from Tuesday morning by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES<\/p>\n

Perry was named to the 2026-27 Big Ten preseason all-conference team, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Monday, Oct. 5. The 6-foot-4 guard who grew up in West Covina, Calif., was honored as one of 11 student-athletes on the Big Ten\u2019s preseason list (11 players are on the list, due to one tie in the voting). Joining Perry on the preseason list of honorees are Elliot Cadeau (Michigan), Jeremy Fears Jr. (Michigan State), David Mirkovic (Illinois), Trey McKenney (Michgan), John Mobley Jr. (Ohio State), Pharrell Payne (Maryland), Rodney Rice (USC), Pryce Sandfort (Nebraska), Andrej Stojakovic (Illinois) and Nolan Winter (Wisconsin). Both Fears Jr. and Sandfort were unanimous selections to the Big Ten\u2019s preseason list. In addition, Fears Jr. was recognized as the league\u2019s preseason player of the year.<\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019S TICKET INFORMATION<\/p>\n

Season ticket packages<\/a> for UCLA\u2019s upcoming men\u2019s basketball season are available. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu<\/a> for more information. Single-game tickets for the team\u2019s non-conference home games will be available starting on Thursday, Oct. 8. For more information about tickets, call UCLA Athletic Sales & Service at (310) 206-5991 or via email at tickets@athletics.ucla.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2013 UCLA head coach\u00a0Mick Cronin, senior Eric Dailey Jr. and junior Trent Perry will represent the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-919081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}