Month: June 2009

USC: Trojans Pick O’Neill

USC wanted to find a coach with success at the collegiate and professional level, and the Trojans found their man in former Arizona coach Kevin O’Neill. USC hired the man who led one of the Trojans’ main Pac-10 rivals to the NCAA Tournament during the 2007-08 season.

UCLA: Gordon Goes Down at USA Tryouts

According to a UCLA release, an attempt to be patriotic went wrong as sophomore Drew Gordon partially tore a tendon in his right knee at the 2009 USA Basketball Under-19 World Championship Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. Gordon averaged 3.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game last season.