By Daniel Chavkin The Bruins coach thinks the Trojans are a better team than people think. View the original article to see embedded media. No. 13 UCLA defeated No. 23 USC Friday night to advance to the Pac-12 tournament final, which was their second win in a week over their rival. However, head coach Mick Cronin still had high praise for the Trojans and thinks USC’s projected seed for the NCAA tournament is too low. “Defensively, I thought that’s as good as we’ve played in awhile, especially in the first half,” Cronin said, via Brad Crawford of 247Sports. “Obviously, I’ve got tremendous respe…