1st...UCLA that is

Pat yourself on the back Yahoo Sports. You pursued a story that not even the whore we call ESPN cared about. And now that a coach that no one cares about (except USC fans) is getting fired, I now exponentially care less about the whole situation. You have certainly managed to do the unthinkable. I applaud you.

Trojans burst under pressure.
Up shiiiit Creek
SCum school located in the butt crack of LA!

This doesnt surprise me at all.......I am surprised it didn't happen sooner. If the NBA doesn't address that rule about draft eligibility there are going to be more problems sprouting up like this. I wond if Kentucky is sweating a little bit right now as this unfolds......

Calipari is going to make a mess at UK as well. Look at what he did at Memphis. Recruiting violations, that is.

hahah Hamza sounds like a butt-hurt USC fan. Even USC students wanted a better coach. Even with top 10 talent Floyd wasn't getting this team to the tournament. He only made the tournament last year because they got hot/lucky in the Pac 10 tournament. And even when they did make the big-dance he couldn't do anything. He thought he was a legend in the making here at USC turning down other jobs. It was laughable at the time, and even more so now. Much like most USC students, I say good riddance. Go back to north eastern iowa state or maybe pile up another 20-100 record in the NBA, that is if anyone is willing to hire you.

he knows he cheated

Tim Floyd is who we thought he was. Who takes lightly the fact that he has posters of Mike McGwire and Sammy Susser on his office walls? Or that Kelvin Sampson and John Calipari are his best buddies on Facebook. Or that his boyhood idol was Jerry Tarkanian! Once again, Tim Floyd is who we thought he was. Who else would rank Cheaters as his #1 all time favorite television show because he could relate to people who are innocent being singled out. Tim Floyd is who we thought he was. If I had known the USC job would be available, I wouldn't have signed my most recent contract. But Tim Floyd is who we thought he was and we let him off the hook!

A long time coming how about bush /and so many more swept under the rug nothing will everyevery happen because its u - s -c what a bunch of s . . .and ncaa has no balls

hope we never see or hear from him again. EVER!

blah blah blah...who cares.
If I had the opportunity that Tim Floyd did...I'd do the same thing. There is millions of dollars in contracts at stake in the top college programs. If you need to cheat in order to recruit good players, that in turn will get you a multi-million dollar extension, then you take the chance. Tim Floyd was never jeopardizing a hall of fame career, and he has no legacy that he is tarnishing. He's simply a better than average coach that cheated to get a piece of the top teir money. And lets be honest...by breaking the rules, it's not like he broke the law. He still gets to keep the salary he has earned so far, and will probably end up coaching some mid major team in a few years and could still end up having as successful a coaching career as he would have if he had never cheated at all. Like I said, he's still an above average coach...and there are plenty of mediocre programs willing to pay him decent money to improve their programs.
That's the problem with NCAA violations. They impact the school, and there is not enough punishment towards the coaches or administrators who are guilty. If the NCAA could implement 5 year suspensions or even lifetime bans on coaches for major violations, only then will coaches think twice about cheating. Until then, why not take the risk. You can be the best coach, but without recruiting talent, you can only demand so much money. But if you can land the top recruits in the nation, you can be like Billy Donovan and demand nearly $4M per...If we find out next year that Donovan paid players...who cares...he's already got over 15M in the bank and he'll find his next coaching gig in the near future.

Many coaches cut corners and grease palms to get good players to play in sub-par college hoops programs like $C's. Despite being a terrible speller (see his letter above), Floyd is actually a very good on-court basketball coach. USC did make some noise in the tournament this year.
Pete Carroll is as dirty as they come and he still has a job. Howland is the only clean guy with a clean program in LA, but those four glorious letters "U-C-L-A" do much of the recruiting for themselves. Time for an 8-clap. . . Go Bruins, but let's not kick $C while they're down. Let them continue to hang themselves.

Yahoo Sports continues there vendetta against USC. I bet Robinson and Cole are slapping eachothers fannies gleefully over this!

Ben Howland is "clean"? LOL...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Bruins suck and I understand the hate of the great Pete Carroll. Luckily UCLA has Neuhiesal now....he is clean as a whistle!

Every Arizona fan breathes a sigh of relief!

Floyd doesn't like the real work of recruiting - and has admitted as much - so he looks for short cuts. It's been a consistent trademark throughout his career.

How is it that USC is not found guilty by the ncaa yet. The football infractions are a slam dunk.

Right, Mr. Chase, you have all the FACTS to back up your claims. You say it is so, so it must be. Of course, since Pete Carroll is not a mediocre, we give a free pass on some of the most egregious violations any school has ever made since SMU. It's ok to pay for play football, but hey, basketball...get out of here!!!!!!!!!

Toomuchfantasy thinks Floyd will end up at a Mid major school. Are you serious? With his background, no one is going to hire this guy. He is a red flag, no matter where he goes. Nice of you to condone cheating. The University of Arizona has to be very relieved he didn't take their job offer. In the end, Arizona hired a better coach who should be there a long time. Tim Floyd will probably never get a major college job after this.

It's funny to me how so many people incorporate what this jackhole did, with what is going on in football. If you dummies will remember, it is a FAMILY that is being investigated for giving money to a player. NOT the school. The NCAA has virtually no power over any family to make them turn over anything, or discuss any details. If the school was involved in something like this, I don't think it would take 2 years to come up with something. Talking about SMU in the same breathe as SC is pretty ridiculous. If the NCAA truly had something on SC, wouldn't they have brought it out by now??? Keep things on the proper tracks.

Yahoo! sports sucks. You guys should be embarassed. This is a sloppy, slip-shod operation you have here, and tooting your own horn isn't reducing that fact.

The football and basketball violations are being tried as one case now. This is just the first domino to fall. USC won't be SMU because the punishment was to sever. If the Bush family violations of taking over 360k are true. It is worse than SMU and the fab five violations at Michigan

I would love to see Tim Floyd return to Iowa but this time take over the Hawkeyes and get rid of the coach we have not