Pac-12 hires firm to review officiating situation

The Pac-12 announced it has hired Ice Miller LLP to review the officiating situation during the Pac-12 Tournament in March.

Arizona basketball: Rift between Miller, Pac-12 began in Jan.

UA's Sean Miller apologized to a Pac-12 staffer for his March 15 behavior but declined to meet with the league, USA Today said.

Arizona basketball: Rift between Miller, Pac-12 began in Jan.

Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne and Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott declined comment Sunday after a USA Today report further detailed tension over the controversy involving Ed Rush and Sean Miller.

Report details tension between Arizona Wildcats, Pac-12

And more impressions of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Drew Gordon from Portland...

The Mackovic era

John Mackovic made a few tweaks to the UA's uniforms when he took over in 2001, placing a "Block A" on the sleeve. Above, linebacker lance Briggs takes down a Washington State receiver. JAMES S. WOOD / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 2002

Hansen Sunday Notebook: Hiring Rush in first place comes back to haunt Scott

Aaron Gordon has stats, but his coach says: "He's also your hardest-working player. … He's just an ultimate competitor."

Hansen Sunday Notebook: Hiring Rush in first place comes back to haunt Scott

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Hansen Sunday Notebook: Hiring Rush in first place comes back to haunt Scott

Ed Rush is gone, but the collateral damage is widespread. It has taken a toll on Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne, and diminished the credibility of college basketball officiating everywhere.

Arizona basketball: Rush: Mistakes were made; ex-referee boss says he tried to contact Arizona's Miller

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Arizona basketball: Rush: Mistakes were made; ex-referee boss says he tried to contact Arizona's Miller

While questioning both the turnover call and technical foul that led to Sean Miller's postgame protests last month, former Pac-12 officials coordinator Ed Rush said Friday he had an "enormous amount" of respect for the Arizona Wildcats coach.

Arizona basketball: Former Pac-12 officials head Rush cites shared Pa. roots, has 'enormous respect' for Sean Miller

While questioning both the turnover call and technical foul that led to Sean Miller’s postgame protests last month, former Pac-12 officials coordinator Ed Rush said Friday he had an “enormous amount” of respect for the Arizona Wildcats’ coach.

Rush says he quit Pac-12 because trust an issue

And that turnover call? Rush says Miller was right. ... James Whitford's name is floating again, this time in connection with Ball State's opening. ... And Mark Lyons is headed to Portsmouth

Greg Hansen: Miller's T a rarity in Pac-12; coincidence?

Until referee Michael Irving called a technical foul on Arizona coach Sean Miller in the Pac-12 semifinals, he had worked 27 games involving conference teams without assessing a coach's technical foul.

Greg Hansen: Miller's T a rarity in Pac-12; coincidence?

Arizona players watch in anguish and disbelief as UCLA takes free throws after Sean Miller's technical foul during the Pac-12 tournament.

Arizona Wildcats basketball: Ed Rush out as Pac-12's head of officials

Ed Rush is out. The Pac-12 Conference's embattled coordinator of men's basketball officiating announced his resignation at 5 p.m. today, effective immediately.

McDonald's pregame: Can Gordon play the three for Wildcats?

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, the Pennsylvania 4A player of the year, says it's a "dream come true" to play in the McDonalds Game... and other notes and links from Chicago.

Coaches, ADs could decide Rush's future

The Pac-12 says Sean Miller, reacting to his technical foul March 15, was one of "several coaches" targeted by ref chief Ed Rush for decorum.

Coaches, ADs could decide Rush's future

CHICAGO - Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Tuesday there was nothing unethical nor any "breach of integrity" when officials coordinator Ed Rush asked officials to more critically watch Arizona's Sean Miller and other coaches during the Pac-12 tournament.

Greg Hansen: Cloud of suspicion envelops Pac-12

Ed Rush toured the Pac-12 basketball campuses last summer, establishing groundwork and marking his territory, the new-cop-in-town routine that was good in theory but doomed from the start.

Pac-12 commissioner says there was 'no breach of integrity'

But Larry Scott left open a window by saying Ed Rush's future will be determined after the conference speaks with coaches, athletic directors and officials.