CORVALLIS, Ore. — It’s a choice that UCLA coach Mick Cronin has increasingly pondered in recent weeks: Myles Johnson or Cody Riley?
For most of the season, it seemed the decision was made for him.
As a veteran of a Final Four team who complemented his interior scoring with a reliable jump shot, Riley began the season as the lone starting big man in the Bruins’ four-guard lineup. But a knee injury suffered in the first half of the season opener, combined with a nearly monthlong COVID-19 layoff for his team, kept Riley out for two months.
