Roundup: USC grad assistants get a chance to coach secondary in bowl game

Kyle Bonagura features the USC football graduate assistants who are coaching the secondary for the Holiday Bowl after Clay Helton fired a ton of full-time defensive assistants.

Arizona State women’s volleyball associate head coach Linda Hampton-Keith has been named head coach at NC State, it was announced Wednesday. Congrats on the promotion.

Oregon State linebackers coach Ilaisa Tuiaki is joining Kalani Sitake’s staff at BYU, he announced Tuesday.

Wide receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield will not return to the Utah football staff, head coach Kyle Whittingham said. He held his position for the past two seasons.

Let’s move on to some game action now. Arizona men’s basketball extended its home winning streak to 47 (longest active streak in the country) with an 85-70 win over Long Beach State Tuesday night behind 20 points from Allonzo Trier.

London Perrantes’ 3-pointer with 10 seconds left lifted No. 5 Virginia to a 63-62 overtime win over Cal, as Cuonzo’s Golden Bears came up just short of a signature win.

Colorado men’s basketball defeated Penn State 71-70 to advance to the Las Vegas Classic final against No. 18 SMU. Make it 11 straight for the Buffs now.

Erica McCall and Stanford women’s basketball defeated CSU Bakersfield 83-41 Tuesday afternoon. The Roadrunners are coached by Greg McCall, Erica’s father. Here’s a nice story on Erica and Greg battling on the court from ESPN’s Michelle Smith (written before the game).

Here’s the Los Angeles Times’ gamer from UCLA men’s basketball’s 67-53 win over McNeese State Tuesday.

Kevin Gemmell discusses how the Washington defense was so good despite losing so much talent to the NFL. Get this – the Huskies held 11 of their 12 regular season opponents to below their scoring average, in many cases by double-digit differentials.

Chantel Jennings ponders whether or not there is a quarterback crisis in Oregon. The Ducks could very well be starting an FCS transfer for the second straight year in 2016.

Jim Allen of The Spokesman-Review describes the challenge of Miami’s pass defense preparing to stop Washington State’s Air Raid attack in the Sun Bowl.