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With Jason King updating his early top 25 ranking for the 2013-14 season, Andy Katz decided to offer some rebuttals.

New Mexico men's basketball coach Steve Alford will be the next head coach at UCLA.

With Ben Howland out at UCLA, Andy Katz looks at where the Bruins' coaching search goes from here.

With the conference season set to get under way, Andy Katz takes a look at what's in store for the Pac-12 Conference.

Andy Katz writes that, for this season to not be completely derailed for UCLA, Larry Drew II needs to step up and be a leader for the young Bruins.

UCLA's recent mediocrity hasn't been celebrated or seen by the rest of the Pac-12 as an opportunity. Instead, the conference desperately needs the Bruins to come back -- and fast. Having Arizona dip, even just for one season, didn't help either. So...

UCLA has the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, and the Bruins are giving themselves every chance to be successful by going on the Pac-12's inaugural tour of China in August. With the diverse student body of a number of his member schools, Pac-1...

Back-to-back teleconference calls Wednesday painted different narratives about the state of UCLA's men's basketball program. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero won't commit to Ben Howland being the head coach for the 2012-13 season, but he was quic...

UCLA coach Ben Howland said he is considering playing more zone so he can use a bigger lineup in the Maui Invitational. He said he will change some of the Bruins' man-to-man defense, too. "We've also got to do some things offensively," said Howlan...

The 2011-12 season is filled with great matchups. Here are 25 games you can't miss.

Locked out by NBA owners, Kemba Walker is spending his October working out with his former Connecticut teammates. Walker doesn't have second thoughts about declaring for the NBA draft. He was gone as soon as the Huskies won the national title, and ...

We asked rival coaches to assess each of the 50 players on the Wooden Award's preseason watch list.

UCLA coach Ben Howland snuck away over the weekend for a fishing trip to Jackson Hole, Wyo., one last attempt to clear his mind before the grind of the season begins again. Once back on campus this week, Howland can begin to prepare for one of the ...

Quick hitters for this Tuesday: • Florida coach Billy Donovan has been working the mental side of his suddenly loaded perimeter to get the guards ready for a heavy load next season. The Gators return guards Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton and ...

Andy Katz updates his early top 25 after the NBA draft's early-entry deadline

The villains are missing. The hatred, the jealousy and the nastiness are no more. Rivalries have tamed in college basketball. My two favorites from covering the sport for the past 20 years -- outside of the obvious North Carolina-Duke -- were obs...