University of California NCAA News

The Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at 6 p.m. serve as the latest backdrop for a matchup between Oregon coach Dana Altman and UCLA counterpart Steve Alford, a pairing that began 19 years ago in the Missouri Valley Conference and has produced close games, and possibly even a bit of subterfuge, ever since.

The only question surrounding former Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley heading into the NFL pre-draft process was his medical history.

The Court of Appeal for the Second District, Division Four has issued a ruling that appears to clear the path for Reeves Nelson to go to trial against Time Inc., and writer George Dohrmann based upon Sports Illustrated article slamming the UCLA basketball program, in general, and Nelson in particular.

On the air: TV on Pac-12 Networks, radio on KSCR-FM in Eugene, KXTG-Am in Portland, Sirius 157, XM 190 Projected starters: Oregon: G Johnathan Loyd , G Damyean Dotson , G Joseph Young , F Mike Moser , C Waverly Austin .

Conference championship tournament week is well underway, and if #Daddyball isn't doing it for you, here are some other coaches to keep an eye on Last week we profiled Tony Bennett and Gregg Marshall.

A debate about Steve Alford's ability to navigate the Pac-12 conference tournament erupted in the comments following DCBruins' News Wrap Up of WSU's Rout of UCLA .

Cassius Marsh had a big performance at UCLA Pro Day - on both sides of the ball.

How can Alford and Krzyzewski both be students of "the object of near fanatical devotion"? Michael Lee Stallard's article linked here notes that subsequent to Krzyzewski having "... played basketball under the driven, domineering, perfectionist coach Bobby Knight", his family caused Krzyzewski to have an " 'ah-ha' moment, his epiphany about the ... (more)

Linebacker Anthony Barr pulls in a pass during UCLA pro day Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Los Angeles.

UCLA guard Bryce Alford, center, guard Kyle Anderson and assistant coach Ed Schilling walk off the court after going through the handshake line after a 73-55 loss to Washington State March 8 in Pullman, Wash.

Coach: L arry Krystkowiak is 41-53 in his third season with the Utes and 83-73 in five years as a head coach.

Just two weeks after the NFL combine, four Bruin participants each improved their 40-yard dash times by roughly 0.20 seconds Tuesday.

Anthony Barr may have pushed his way back near the top of the 2014 NFL draft with a great pro day at UCLA on Tuesday.

4. UCLA is seeded second and was ranked for good parts of the season, while Arizona State and California will each get a bye for the opening round.

We take a look at the notable prospects who have pro days today. Teams having pro days today are Bryant, Connecticut, Iowa State, Jacksonville , Kansas State, Michigan State, Temple, Toledo, Tulsa, and UCLA.

It happens every year. Several teams will pull the trigger on prospects in the early rounds whom they somehow thought were going to be the next big NFL star.

The all-freshmen team includes Zach LaVine and Bryce. Either the Oregon coach got extra votes or TIARA's strategy of bringing both of them in at the same time worked, because voters decided they couldn't evaluate them separately so voted them both onto the team.

After largely being ignored by the national media for much of the regular season, Bryce Cotton is finally getting some attention.

Whenever Logan Thomas made a mistake last year, an extremely vocal segment of Virginia Tech fans was sure to increase its calls for Leal to get his chance to play.

Bumped. We are guessing Justin Simon wasn't on David Grace's call-sheet . Besides the fact that Alford is surrounded by mediocre to incompetent recruiters - just take a look at the picture above to figure out why top flight local point guards are flocking to UCLA and instead listing joke programs like Southern Cal and New Mexico as options.