Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin has aneurysm

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin has an aneurysm and will be sidelined indefinitely while doctors decide how to treat it.

The unruptured aneurysm was detected when the 43-year-old coach got tests this week to see why he's been having headaches. There will be more tests before doctors decide what needs to be done.

An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. A school spokesman declined to say exactly where the aneurysm is located.

''Coach Cronin is doing well,'' team doctor Michael Donaworth said in a release from the school Saturday. ''While he would love to be courtside, he understands our decision. His health is our biggest priority.''

Cronin was ill but coached during a 71-62 overtime home victory against No. 19 San Diego State on Wednesday. Associate head coach Larry Davis will run the team in Cronin's absence. Cincinnati hosted VCU on Saturday.

Cronin sent out a series of tweets before the game thanking well-wishers for their support.
''I want everyone to know I am going to be ok!'' he tweeted.

Cronin added: ''Obviously not coaching was a tough pill to swallow, but as a teacher I ask my players to be smart and make the right decisions. To listen to the people that know what's best for you. It is time for me to listen now, to my Doctors and follow their game plan. I hope to be back ASAP but that will not be my call. As I love to say 'I am always day to day.' so that really applies now.''

Cronin is in his ninth season as the Bearcats' coach. He was an assistant at Cincinnati and Louisville before becoming head coach at Murray State for three years. He returned to his hometown to rebuild the program after Bob Huggins was forced out before the 2005-06 season.