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NEW ORLEANS -- There are probably a lot of kids at St. Augustine High School who can do an impression of Avery Johnson, the former NBA player and coach with the distinctive, high-pitched voice. They could probably tell you their favorite play by t...

USC junior center Dewayne Dedmon announced he will leave school early to enter the 2013 NBA draft. "It's just my time to chase my dream and go to the NBA," Dedmon said in a statement released by the university. "I had a great time at USC and it wa...

The Pac-12 announced plans Tuesday to commission an independent review of officiating during the league tournament after comments by the conference's coordinator of officials raised questions about its integrity.

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.

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...

1. The USC coaching search story has to be one of the more bizarre this season. I can't see how the Trojans could hire Tim Floyd back after an NCAA probationary period, regardless if Floyd wasn't named in the violations. He was still the head coach a...

1. I have written this before and it bears repeating: Wisconsin under Bo Ryan is never going to be a second-division Big Ten team. I can't see it. The Badgers are playing without their point guard in Josh Gasser. Wisconsin didn't look like a contende...

The latest King's Court examines the soaring freshman campaign of UNLV's Anthony Bennett and takes its weekly tour around the country for all the latest happenings.

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are some observations from the second day of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. After dominating Mississippi State on Monday, the North Carolina Tar Heels got a rude wake-up call versus Butler on Tuesday. On Monday evening I...

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are some observations from the first day of the EA Sports Maui Invitational: This is clearly a down season for talent at the Maui Invitational. The names on the front of the jerseys are all impressive -- North Carolina, Te...

From cheating equipment managers to LeBron's politics to annoying songs, Adena Andrews has questions on all fronts in her latest I'm Just Askin.

Losing. It hurts. Especially when the games mean so much. But it also makes for compelling images, shots of the coaches and players as they show on their faces what they're feeling inside: the agony of defeat. There's a blog for that, one with...

In ESPN The Magazine, Jordan Brenner writes that it's no secret that the Pac-12 has struggled to compete in men's basketball recently. But with several key changes in place, the tide might be about to turn out West.

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2012-13 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

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DALLAS - The Elton Brand-Chris Kaman pairing isn't the only Mavericks newcomer duo with L.A. roots that's reuniting. Darren Collison and O.J. Mayo played for college rivals UCLA and USC, respectively, but they've shared a backcourt in a bunch of s...