Mayo has declared for the NBA draft and hired BDA Sports' Calvin Andrews as his agent. ESPN's "Outside the Lines" reported Sunday that Mayo received about $30,000 and other benefits while in high school and during his lone season at USC, then entered into a verbal agreement that allowed the agency to represent him when he turned pro.

"Bill Duffy met O.J. Mayo for the first time shortly before O.J. selected BDA as his agency," BDA Sports said in a statement. "BDA Sports Management's recruitment of O.J. Mayo did not involve any conduct by Calvin Andrews, Bill Duffy or any other BDA employee that could have remotely jeopardized O.J. Mayo's collegiate eligibility."

Louis Johnson, a former associate of Mayo's, told ESPN that BDA Sports provided Rodney Guillory with about $200,000 before Mayo arrived at USC. Johnson said a portion of that money was given to Mayo.

In other college news:

* An NCAA committee has recommended changing the goal-tending rule so that a ball that is completely above the rim and has already hit the backboard could not be touched, regardless of whether it is on an upward or downward flight. Previously, only a ball on a downward flight after touching the backboard was subject to a goaltending call.

* Florida defensive lineman Matt Patchan is recovering after being shot in the shoulder while at a Tampa-area park.

Sport Stops

* The U.S. Open tennis tournament's cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009.

* Tiger Woods said his rehab from knee surgery is going well and he hopes to play in the Memorial in 2 weeks.

* New York Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky scored three goals as the United States wrapped up its qualifying round at the world hockey championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a 9-1 win over Norway. *