USC in hot water over Mayo incident? Not likely
So O.J. Mayo received cash and benefits from a promoter while in high school and while at USC. What's new? This happens more than you think on the college landscape, which is why Tim Floyd won't get fired and the Trojans won't get in trouble, Gary Parrish says.

Livengood's good life marred by Arizona-Olson morass
Arizona basketball is an institution, but the foundation is crumbling. Lute Olson's age and personal issues are under constant attack. Staff members are disappearing at an alarming rate. AD Jim Livengood has quite the mess on his hands, Gary Parrish says.

Vacation? What's that? College basketball never takes a break
Indiana drama continues, Tennessee players booted and 69 -- 69? -- underclassmen declare for the NBA. All of that in just one week, further reminding Gary Parrish there is no such thing as vacation.

Whoever says prospects get better in school isn't watching the playoffs
Enough of that get-better-in-school talk, Gary Parrish doesn't believe it. His message to prospects: Take the money at first chance because if you have potential to make it in the NBA, you'll make it.

Christian family values: She sells the house, he goes recruiting
Do not cry for Jim Christian and his family. They will be fine. That is, after wife Patty sells the house in Ohio, finds a home in Texas and gets the family settled down. All while Jim is out recruiting. It's the hidden sacrifice of coaching moves, Gary Parrish says.

Elite prospects will -- and should -- strike while iron's hot
Don't kid yourselves, when a top-flight talent has lottery written all over him, he will jump to the draft almost every time, and Gary Parrish says he should, citing Roy Hibbert as Exhibit A.

Don't count him out -- these are still Sonny days
Any man referred to as the Godfather of Summer Basketball has to be controversial. And Sonny Vaccaro fits the bill. His 'involvement' in the game is over, but Gary Parrish says Vaccaro might have a finger dipped in the pie -- i.e. Derrick Rose and his sudden agent change.