It’s a somewhat predictable pattern: when there is friction between a big-time college coach and a big-time prospect, it usually doesn’t come to the surface until that player bolts for the professional ranks. Sometimes it comes through a surrogate. Kosta Koufos, now the first-round pick of the Utah Jazz, is now embroiled in a bit of this, as his high school coach is knocking his college coach for not using him well.

The CANTON REPOSITORY has GlenOak HS coach Jack Greynolds, Jr. calling Ohio State coach Thad Matta “clueless” because he believes Matta didn’t use Koufos properly on the offensive end.

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Trojans fans hoping against hope for their star player to stay can stop. In college basketball’s most shocking development since Tyler Hansbrough was named Player of the Year, O.J. Mayo is declaring for the NBA Draft.

(They’ll always have their memories - of being bounced by K-State.)

The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that the USC freshman is one-and-done with his college career. But that doesn’t mean he’s completely abandoning his educational pursuits:

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