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Say what you want about Steve Alford -- a license that has expanded greatly since he was hired at UCLA -- his tenure at New Mexico was marked by quiet competence. San Diego State posted a 31-win season and now-departed BYU foisted The Jimmer upon an ...

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...

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...

Remember Dominique Ferguson? He was the No. 58-ranked player, and the No. 14-ranked power forward, in the class of 2010. He had offers from Arizona, UCLA, Indiana, Kentucky and Duke. He chose to play for Florida International instead. And now, after ...

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...

The draft expectations of UCLA players appear to have come full circle. There was a period -- in many ways, it's still ongoing -- when UCLA coach Ben Howland was criticized by those in the recruiting world for not running an "NBA system." This was...

Before we bury the 2009-10 season into the annals of history, let's take a look at some what-if scenarios that would've put a whole different spin on the just-completed season.