John Clay’s Sidelines

News and notes from the colleges:

• Looks like UCLA may be losing star point guard Jordan Farmar. After playing well at tryouts and pre-draft camp, Farmar is likely to leave his name in the June 28 NBA draft. [Los Angeles Times]

• Cincinnati basketball switching from Nike to adidas. [Cincinnati Post]

• College football has adopted rule change that starts clock after a change of possession, in hopes of speeding up those long, long games. [Tennessean]

• Bruce Pearl says two, maybe three freshmen could start for his basketball Vols next season. [Tennessean]

• Memphis’ Darius Washington wants to prove his draft critics wrong. [Commercial-Appeal]

• Rajon Rondo still 26th in one mock NBA draft. [nbadraft.net]

• Tennessee-California and Arkansas-Southern Cal will form an ESPN doubleheader on Sept. 2. [viewfromrockytop]

• Michael Wallace says Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco should turn down LSU and stay in Oxford. [Clarion-Ledger]

• Younes Idrissi will not be back on the Georgia basketball team. [GeorgiaDogs.com]

• Alabama wonders if it has seen the last of its baseball coach, Jim Wells. [Huntsville Times]

• Kevin Scarbinsky wonders the same thing. [Birmingham News]