Ever wonder what former USC coach Tim Floyd is doing these days?

Floyd looks as if he's auditioning for a role to be one of those bodyguards on the "Jerry Springer Show" as he breaks up a potential catfight in a Las Vegas casino.

Take a look here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4dHFuN6Wto

Unreal.

DIXON NOT WORRIED ABOUT PANTHERS

I was expecting something different, maybe a coach who displayed a nervous tick or a guy with sweat pouring down his forehead after watching four starters depart and the other one endure a pair of offseason medical procedures to the same foot.

But the unflappable Pittsburgh coach, Jamie Dixon, legitimately doesn't seem worried.

"We've had to replace three starters every year," Dixon said. "We've had this before."

But this year is different.

The Panthers lost three big-time college players in Sam Young, DeJuan Blair and Levance Fields. Three guys who finally got the Panthers over the mighty Sweet 16 hump and took Pittsburgh one step away - actually, one Scottie Reynolds basket - from the Final Four.

Tyrell Biggs, who started all 36 games up front alongside Blair, is also gone.

That leaves Jermaine Dixon as the team's leading returning scorer at 10.1 points per game, but the versatile guard had a rough offseason – one that saw him have two surgeries on his broken foot.

Even the team's sixth man, Gilbert Brown, won't be on the court for the first semester after he was deemed ineligible due to academics.

That means the Panthers, tabbed ninth in the league's preseason poll, could begin the season as the most inexperienced team in the Big East.

"We have a history of finishing higher than we've been picked," Dixon said recently. "It's something guys take pride in."

It's difficult to question Dixon's résumé since he took the reigns from Ben Howland in 2003. He's taken Pittsburgh to six consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and has a ridiculous 163-45 record, which set an all-time Division I record for most victories after six years as a head coach.

But if Dixon can extend the string to seven appearances in the Big Dance, it'll be his most impressive coaching job to date.

The Panthers will have to become a big-time defensive team because they don't have the offensive firepower they had with Young, Blair and Fields running the show.

That's not to say there's not talent running up and down the court at the Peterson Events Center.

Now it'll be up to young guards like Ashton Gibbs, Brad Wannamaker and Travon Woodall to make sure there's no drop-off. Talented freshman big man Dante Taylor will have to mature quickly, and Jermaine Dixon will have to come back healthy.

"We have some depth," Jamie Dixon said. "I think we're going to play more guys."

"I'd be more concerned if these guys had played behind bad players," he added.

Taylor is truly the lone household name of the four freshmen – a group that also includes forwards J.J. Richardson, Talib Zanna and wing Lamar Patterson. There's even some thought that Centenary transfer Chase Adams, who received a waiver and is allowed to play this season, could make his way into the rotation.

"Everyone can't be picked high," Jermaine Dixon said. "When you lose four starters and 60 percent of your points, they are going to pick us low.

"But Pittsburgh has always been the underdog."

And over the past eight years, only Kansas and Duke won more games.

RANDOM NOTES: Montana State has suspended guard Larry Swann, who redshirted last season, has been suspended indefinitely due to a violation of the code of conduct policy. ... Elijah Millsap, who sat out last season after transferring from Louisiana Lafayette, scored 25 in UAB's exhibition opener against Miles College. ... Willie Warren, a FOXSports.com Preseason First Team All-American, led Oklahoma with 23 points in an exhibition rout. Freshman big man Tiny Gallon had 10 points and nine boards. ... New Orleans guard Billy Humphrey, who transferred from Georgia and sat out last season, will miss 2-4 weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery. ... Harvard pulled in two commitments: Northfield Mount Hermon wing Laurent Rivard and 7-footer Ugo Okam out of Montverde Academy (Fla.). ... Neumann Goretti (Pa.) point guard Tyreek Duren chose La Salle over UMass and Temple, according to assistant John Mosco.

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