College Basketball breaking news

Indiana: No additional penalties necessary
Indiana University told the NCAA on Monday that its own self-imposed penalties should be enough keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls made by Kelvin Sampson before he resigned as basketball coach.

Mayo’s agency denies illegal activity
The sports agency representing O.J. Mayo denied any illegal activity involving the Southern California star on Monday, a day after ESPN reported Bill Duffy Associates gave cash to an event promoter who provided gifts. Mayo has declared for the NBA draft and hired BDA Sports’ Calvin Andrews as his agent.

Mayo is poster boy, but problem is bigger
O.J. Mayo is the name in the headlines, but Jeff Goodman says the scandal surrounding him is just a part of a larger problem.

Former UCLA basketball star Bill Rankin dies
Bill Rankin, a basketball star at UCLA during World War II and after, has died after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease. He was 84. Rankin’s daughter, Cindy Elliott, told The Associated Press he died Sunday night at his home on Balboa Island. Rankin played guard and forward under coach Wilbur Johns for the Bruins in 1945 and, with time out for the Navy, in 1946 and 1947. After graduation, Rankin coached basketball at Westchester and Monroe High Schools in Los Angeles.

NCAA panel recommends change in goaltending rule
An NCAA committee has recommended changing the goaltending rule so that a ball that is completely above the rim and has already hit the backboard could not be touched, regardless of whether it is on an upward or downward flight.

Morgan freed from LSU commitment
Sources told FOXSports.com that new LSU coach Trent Johnson plans to honor signee J’Mison Morgan’s request and will release the senior big man from his letter-of-intent on Tuesday afternoon, effectively paving the way for Morgan to land at UCLA.