Gordon no longer on UCLA's team

Drew Gordon's departure from UCLA had been in the works for weeks, according to a source. Ultimately, conduct that was detrimental to the team led to a "mutual parting," between the two parties.

Team preview: UCLA

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

UCLA's Howland recruits through appendicitis

...a recruiting period. So, the UCLA men's basketball coach plugged on and flew to Portland and...knee injury that kept him out of the USA Basketball under-19 trials for all but one...

Pac-10 ShootAround: Three new head coaches arrive as conference rebuilds

...Xavier and did it without indiscretion. He is a player's coach and loves to push the basketball, which was Lute Olson's forte for a quarter century. Miller kept up with two players he...

Gordon tears knee during U-19 tryouts

Drew Gordon of UCLA has partially torn the patellar tendon in his right knee during tryouts for the U.S. team that will play in the Under-19 world basketball championships.

Hansbrough playing with purpose

Tyler Hansbrough can enhance his legacy with a title this season. Who else can use the NCAA tournament to change perceptions?

Team preview: UCLA

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2008-09 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2008

...Golden Hurricane during the finals of the Conference USA Basketball Tournament at FedExForum on March 15, 2008 in...

Smith verbally commits to Bruins

Josh Smith, the top-ranked center in the ESPNU 100 who couldn't make a layup as a fifth grader, verbally committed to UCLA, his AAU coach, Daryll Hennings, said Tuesday afternoon.

CAPTION: Mar 21, 2009; Philadelphia, PA, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Ben Howland during the...the second round of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at the Wachovia Center. Villanova defeated UCLA...

If a Final Four is taken away, did it ever exist?

The 1985 Final Four banner that Memphis earned is down for the summer. The plan, as is the case every year, is to put it back up at FedExForum in t...

Pearl receives bad recruiting news while in Israel

...the Class of 2010 -- decommitted from Tennessee while Bruce Pearl was in Israel coaching the U.S. basketball team at the Maccabiah Games. Popular speculation is that Kentucky and Oregon will be on Selby's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009

Mar 21, 2009; Philadelphia, PA, USA; UCLA Bruins guard Jrue Holiday (21) during the...the second round of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at the Wachovia Center. Villanova defeated UCLA...

March 19, 2009; Philadelphia, PA, USA; VCU Rams head coach Anthony Grant during the...the first round of the 2009 NCAA mens basketball tournament at the Wachovia Center. UCLA defeated VCU...

'79 contest showcases legends

Thirty years ago, a great collection of high school talent helped the McDonald's All American Game become a marquee sporting event, writes Christopher Lawlor.