Stanford 7-footers Brook and Robin Lopez have each decided to go to the NBA, according to this Associated Press report.

Stanford now joins Washington State and Oregon as teams that will take the court next season almost unrecognizable from their NCAA tournament teams of this season.

And here’s an analysis from the San Jose Mercury News about where the Cardinal goes from here.

No one has asked, but the CBI has begun it’s final round, with Bradley visiting Tulsa in a two-of-three series for the inaugural championship.

Here’s a preview from the CBI Web site.

A few days ago and a few posts down, I thought we had a pretty good discussion to the question I asked about whether the UW football team is more likely to go bowling next season, or the UW basketball team is more likely to make the NCAA tournament.

In my column today, I weigh in on the side of basketball. But it’s a close call and an interesting topic, which will evolve as we start learning more about the two teams.

For the football team, that starts Thursday with spring practice.

Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is back at Arizona and has made it clear that he plans to stay a good long while.

Here are details from the Tucson Citizen.

Washington basketball assistant Cameron Dollar has been identified as one of three finalists for the head coaching job at Sacramento State.

Here are the details from the Sacramento Bee.

Former UW great Benji Olson of Port Orchard has announced his retirement after 10 NFL seasons.

Here is the report from the Tennessee Titans‘ Web site.

UW assistant men’s basketball coach Cameron Dollar is in the running for the head coaching job at Sacramento State, according to this story in the Sacramento Bee.

Dollar, 32, was born in Atlanta, played at UCLA and just completed his sixth season at a UW assistant.

Meanwhile, in other Pac-10 coaching news, here’s the link to California’s announcement that they are parting company with head coach Ben Braun.

Arizona State’s loss last night to Florida in the NIT reduces the Pac-10′s postseason participation to three teams: UCLA, Stanford and Washington State, all headed to the Sweet 16.

The Cougars go against top-seeded North Carolina at 4:27 p.m. Thursday. Here’s part of our preview coverage.