Inside: The Week In Sports

College Basketball

Deep, relentless George Washington is atop the Atlantic 10 and has its highest ranking in 50 years • Chris Hernandez's clutch play puts Stanford back in the Pac-10 hunt • Time for Arizona to panic

College Football

Ole Miss made a big splash on signing day by landing a top 15 recruiting class • Winning has cured all for Joe Paterno and Penn State • USC reloaded with four new running backs

The NBA

Why center Brad Miller should be a cornerstone of Team USA at the world championships • Chris Bosh? Rashard Lewis? Troy Murphy? The rest of SI's roster that could conquer the worlds

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Photograph by Robert Beck

POWER GRAB Arizona's Hassan Adams (21) had the upper hand against UCLA's Ryan Hollins last Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, but the No. 14 Bruins beat the Wildcats at home for the first time in four years, 84--73.