Kevin O'Neill Reinstated As USC Basketball Coach
Kevin O'Neill has been reinstated as Southern California's basketball coach after being suspensed during the Pac-10 tournament.
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Kevin O'Neill has been reinstated as Southern California's basketball coach after being suspensed during the Pac-10 tournament.
Orlando Johnson scored 23 points to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 64-56 win over top-seeded Long Beach State on Saturday night in the championship game of the Big West tournament.
Isaiah Thomas hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, lifting Washington past No. 16 Arizona 77-75 Saturday for the Pac-10 tournament championship in the first overtime title game in league history.
Freshman Toni Kokenis scored 10 of her career-high 17 points in the final 5:17 to rally No. 2 Stanford past No. 7 ranked UCLA 64-55 Saturday for the Pac-10 tournament championship.
Larry Anderson scored 21 points and Greg Plater added 17 to lead Long Beach State to a 74-63 victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference tournament semifinal on Friday night.
Derrick Williams scored 20 points and No. 16 Arizona held off Southern California 67-62 Friday night to earn a spot in the Pac-10 tournament title game for the first time since 2005.
UCLA is the only LA area team not playing as of 5pm on Friday that should be in the NCAA tournament. Here is a look at the local schools still alive:
Southern California coach Kevin O'Neill has been suspended for the rest of the Pac-10 tournament after getting into a verbal confrontation with an Arizona booster.
Kareem Nitoto's three-point play with 14.7 seconds remaining in overtime lifted seventh-seeded UC Riverside to a 70-66 victory over No. 2 seed Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in the first round of the Big West tournament on Thursday night.
E.J. Singler scored a career-high 24 points and Oregon routed second-seeded UCLA 76-59 in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night.
