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1 The national coach of the year will come from the Pac-10. A case can be made for UCLA's Ben Howland, Washington State's Tony Bennett and USC's Tim Floyd, but the choice here is Oregon's Ernie Kent (right), who had...

Derrick Low's elaborate tattoo speaks of his Hawaiian heritage

College Basketball With humility, experience and grit, Washington State is off to its best start in 72 seasons • Syracuse thrives with a third freshman in the lineup

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79 Percentage of NCAA athletes who began school in 2001 who have received degrees within six years, an alltime one-year high.