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PORTLAND, Ore. — It was the nightmare of Princeton, the embarrassment of Detroit Mercy, and the humiliation of St. Bonaventure, all rolled together on a despairing march into madness.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The first stop on the road back to the Final Four was looking like a dead end.

LOS ANGELES — It's just 35 miles between UCLA and Whittier, the hometown of Albert Hsu. The first-year Bruin could have commuted and saved $14,000 a year in campus housing and meal plan costs. But that was not even a consideration, because Hsu wanted the classic college experience of independent…

LOS ANGELES — Tear up that contract that's less than a year old. Mick Cronin now has something much better.