Southern California Saturday hired Kevin O'Neill to be its next men's basketball coach, succeeding Tim Floyd. On June 9, Floyd sent a brief letter of resignation to Athletic Director Mike Garrett, officially ending a four-year coaching tenure at the Pac-10 Conference school. O'Neill, 52, has 13 years of head coaching experience at the collegiate and NBA levels and was interim head coach at Arizona in 2008 when Lute Olson took a leave of absence for personal reasons. We're thrilled to have Kevin O'Neill as our men's basketball coach, Garrett in a prepared statement.

Opportunity to revive and lead promising program at crux of decision PHOENIX, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University (GCU) today announced that it has hired Russ Pennell, former interim head coach of the University of Arizona basketball team, as its men's basketball head coach. "GCU has had a strong record of success in the past and Russ is the right person to take our basketball program to the next level," said GCU CEO Brian Mueller. Pennell is a familiar face in Arizona sports, recently taking a seemingly broken program at the University of Arizona and guiding them to a 21-14 regular season record and a 25th consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament, helping the Wildcats run to the Sweet 16.

University of Southern California men's basketball Coach Tim Floyd said Thursday he will not accept an offer to become coach at Arizona. At a news conference in Los Angeles, Floyd acknowledged he had been interviews by Arizona Wednesday, one day after urging USC players at a banquet to hold off on entering the NBA draft and stay in school, the Los Angeles Times reported. I listened, I heard what they had to say, Floyd said.

Arizona men's basketball is being investigated by the NCAA, the Arizona Daily Star reported. A notice of inquiry has been sent to sent to Robert Shelton, the university's president, saying the allegations stem from initially self-reported violations involving an elite recruiting event at McKale Center

Tucson, AZ (Sports Network) - Lute Olson will return as the men's basketball coach of the University of Arizona after a season-long leave of absence. His return to the program will take effect once the 2007-08 season concludes.