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Former Pac-12 coordinator of officials Ed Rush agreed to a question and answer session Friday night in response to the allegations made by a number of officials in the Pac-12 to ESPN and other media outlets.

Former Pac-12 coordinator of officials Ed Rush, who resigned Thursday less than a week after he was accused of putting a bounty on Arizona coach Sean Miller, said his comments to his officials were "absolutely, 100 percent said in jest."

1. The NCAA's random date of April 16 to declare for the NBA draft isn't pressuring a number of players into making quick decisions. Coaches are now savvy to the date as being meaningless. That's why Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk may wait to decide until th...

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The weekend begins with UCLA, USC and Minnesota still working their way down their list as coaches across the country continue to remain in place. Coaches are now staying more than leaving. Gonzaga's Mark Few, Pitt's Jamie Dixon,...

1. UCLA, USC and Minnesota are finding out what Oregon and others have discovered in how difficult it is to extract coaches from good situations. On the surface the jobs are perceived as better jobs than what some of these coaches currently have, but...

1. Minnesota coveted VCU's Shaka Smart, but his former boss, current Golden Gophers athletic director Norwood Teague, couldn't convince Smart to come to the Twin Cities (he should know Smart is loyal to VCU) for the head-coaching job from which Tubby...

Shaka Smart is staying at VCU, spurning overtures from UCLA and Minnesota as the top target for both schools.

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

1. Oregon's Dana Altman got the Pac-12 coach-of-the-year award, but the honor should have gone to UCLA's Ben Howland. Howland has done his best coaching job since he has been at UCLA -- and that includes the three consecutive Final Four runs. Conside...

1. The Catholic 7 plus two or three to form the old/new Big East (you following?) needs to apply for new-conference status by June 1 and the NCAA board of directors has to vote the new league in by Sept. 1 so it could get an automatic qualifying spot...

1. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Tuesday on "Katz Korner" that he told Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski that at least two ranked Big Ten teams might not get byes in the conference tournament, stressing how difficult it will be when the tourney kicks o...

1. Officials work at their craft. They review game tape the next day. They want to get the calls right. They understand the pressure of their job. And they're not immune to making mistakes or admitting them privately to the coordinator of officials o...

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

1. UCLA coach Ben Howland was in a great mood Thursday when talking with us on our ESPNU college basketball podcast. His demeanor has made a complete 180 since the Bruins looked lost and leaderless in Brooklyn last month. The Bruins have won four in ...

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.