Jon Rothstein

USC/Cal. Standalone Power Conference Game.

UC Santa Barbara's perimeter --- Miro Little, Aidan Mahaney, and CJ Shaw --- is top tier. Gauchos have the requisites to have an excellent season in the Big West before leaving for the WCC. Terrific win for Joe Pasternack's squad over Nevada.

UCLA's 69-point win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff is the biggest margin of victory in the history of the Bruins' program.

Nikola Kusturica. Invest Your Life Savings.

Mick Cronin. More consistent than A Few Good Men on a rainy Sunday.

USC's Christian Collins (undisclosed) and Onyeka Joe Agu (groin) are both OUT for tonight's game against Cal, per Eric Musselman. Both players have yet to play this season. Trojans are 2-0.

Brad Longcor. Buy Stock Now.

Santa Clara with a tremendous come from behind victory at North Texas. Broncos are 4-0 and had five players in double figures. The stage is set for an epic game on Saturday night in NorCal: Santa Clara/New Mexico.

Halftime in Westwood: UCLA 51, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9. This ties the fewest amount of points that the Bruins have given up in a half since the 1975-76 season.

Houston Basketball. No Mercy.

It feels like it's only a matter of time before John Calipari gives Davion Thompson the keys to the car. Was elite tonight against Robert Morris. 15, 7 assists, 5 rebounds. Razorbacks' offense had tremendous flow with him on the floor.

John Calipari. The Last Corleone.

JP Estrella in three games at Michigan: 17.3 PPG, 9.7 RPG. Playing like an All-Big Ten First-Team caliber player.

Tremendous bounce back win for Michigan over Marquette. This is the team we expected the Wolverines to be. Great guard play, quality production up front, and major pop in reserve from Quinn Costello. A terrific performance.