College Basketball News

Pac-10 hurting as conference play nears (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The bowl season can't start fast enough for Pac-10 basketball teams. If only for a few weeks, the conference's respected football teams will pull the spotlight away from what has been an ugly hoops season. A combination of NBA draft defections, coaching turnover and a paucity of standout players has created a tide of mediocrity from the Pacific Northwest to the Sonoran Desert.