The National Letter of Intent signing period for men's basketball begins today and runs through Nov. 19. The Cougars are expected to sign at least four players in the coming week – Robert Franks, Derrien King, Jeff Pollard and Renard Suggs – so keep an eye out today for some good basketball news.

Also keep an eye out for our weekly live chat, which we'll hold here on SportsLink at 11 a.m.

The links are after the jump.

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-- The Cougars may have a bye but the rest of the Pac-12 is getting ready for more games this weekend. We have our weekly notebook following yesterday's teleconference.

-- Bud Withers has highlights from the call.

-- And we have our Power Rankings for week 12.

-- CougCenter has its Player of the Week and it's not who you probably expect.

-- UCLA's Jim Mora sees big things in store for the Washington Huskies.

-- Arizona's Scooby Wright is having a ridiculous season.

-- Arizona State's coach thinks it's already time to expand the college football playoffs.

-- Colorado is going to play and maybe start the backup quarterback these last two games.

-- Oregon's Marcus Mariota is still the most-likely Heisman candidate.

-- Oregon State's defensive tackle should return to the field this weekend.

-- Stanford may be moving away from its smash-mouth tradition.

-- UCLA's improving pass rush is the reason for the Bruins' resurgent defense.

-- USC's Cody Kessler could be in store for a big day against Cal's pass defense.

-- Utah's Kaelin Clay just wants to move past last weekend's blunder.

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