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In the weeks leading up to the June 27 NBA draft, we'll be taking a look at the 20 schools that have produced the best pros in the modern draft era (since 1989, when the draft went from seven to two rounds). Click here to read Eamonn Brennan's explan...

In his Tuesday Daily Word, my esteemed colleague (and noted triathlete) Andy Katz provided an update on the state of Pac-12 officiating in the wake of the Ed Rush scandal. The conference hired an outside counsel (Ice Miller attorney Stu Brown) to com...

UCLA fans have a lot on their psychological platters right now. Not only are they doing their best to forget the last four years of Ben Howland's tenure, they must also wrestle with what it means that a coach run out of Iowa in the same spring UCLA w...

Here are yours truly's 10 big thoughts from the first January hoops Saturday of the year: 1. C.J. McCollum's injury looks like a real bummer. Before we eulogize McCollum's season, it's important to note that we don't know exactly what injury cause...

"[Josh] Smith has a huge frame and remarkable agility for a player his size. He has long arms and possesses a Division I body already. Despite his youth he has an outstanding feel for the game. ... Though he's a bit overweight, he's quite bouncy a...

In the college basketball era of one-and-done, a program's fortunes -- and those of its coach -- can do a 180 quickly

In recent years, in their attempts to explain exactly what has gone so wrong in the Pac-12 -- which reached a nadir in 2011-12 -- the league's coaches have often latched to what we'll call the Unified Theory of Early Entry. The Unified Theory of Earl...

UCLA's 2012 recruiting class has faced its share of issues thus far, from Shabazz Muhammad's ongoing eligibility questions to the practice-robbing injuries suffered by Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker. Which is why UCLA coach Ben Howland went out and go...

If you had to guess which school had produced the most draft picks in the past 10 years, how would you guess? North Carolina? Duke? Kentucky? UConn? Texas? Those would probably be my selections, if not necessarily in that order, and I -- as is so oft...

There are few things in life more fragile than reputation, and rarely is this more true than in the strange world of the NBA draft. It doesn't take much to scare away NBA scouts and general managers. Run-in with the law? Occasional marijuana use? The...

Arizona freshman point guard Josiah Turner arrived at the school under a heap of hype. He was the No. 15-ranked player in the country, and the No. 3-ranked point guard (behind only Kentucky's Marquis Teague and Texas' Myck Kabongo), and he and fellow...

Editor's Note: To see our expert picks for each of the nation's 12 top conferences, click here. To cast your vote in these races, visit SportsNation. A quick look at the player and coach of the year races in the Pac-12: Player of the Year La...

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

Every week, your humble college basketball hoops blogger (er, me) will respond to your questions, comments and nonsensical rants in this here Hoopsbag. To submit a query, visit this page by clicking the link under my name in the upper right-hand corn...

There was a time -- say, off and on throughout the past three years -- when it was commonplace to wonder if UCLA's recruiting power under coach Ben Howland was dwindling. The Bruins were struggling on the court. Even worse, they weren't landing top p...

As college stars at Kansas, Marcus and Markieff Morris were never known for their reserved demeanors. It's not exactly like they needed to come out of a shell. But they were never so overtly cocky -- with the possible exception of the pregame VCU tau...