The Pac-10's top coach has packed his bags.
Trent Johnson, 2008 conference coach of the year, accepted the top job at LSU, leaving the Cardinal with a vacancy and even more change after its best season since Mike Montgomery left in 2004.
The move was considered a bit of a surprise, but predicting the future in the Pac-10 isn't a winning proposition. Four of five first-team all-conference picks—Arizona State's James Harden is the lone returnee—who hasn't expressed intentions to enter the NBA draft.
To that end, there was little question about the future of Brook Lopez—the 7-foot forward almost certainly has played his final game as a college player.
Lopez had 26 points and 10 rebounds in the season-ending loss to Texas, but he wasn't...
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