the last player was nady in 2000. >> still to come here on "espnews," tim floyd has resigned as usc'sd coach. we talk to an insider and tell us how much the violation of recruiting violations affected the decision. >>> tim floyd has resigned as he head coach of usc. last month he was accused of giving 1 then to a man who steered of j. mayo to the trojans. >>> and to talk about the situation with tim floyd resigning from his position we bring in andycast. in his letter he said i no longer feel i can offer the level of enthusiasm to my cutties that is deserve bid the university. any indication this was coming? >> in talking to a good friend of his, in the nba, they got the sense -- he got the sense that tim was going to fight this, the allegations over the last couple weeks, but something obviously changed. when it got permanent and linked him directly to the $1,000 he allegedly handed to of j. mayos handler in route to the nba all-star game two years ago it started to pick up steam directed at tim floyd and those kind of alwayses started to be a little more overwhelming. we have seen r

so unexpected news as tim floyd has resigned this afternoon. according to the clarion ledger, the basketball course at southern california a month after being accused of giving $1,000 to man who helped steer sharpshooter o.j. mayo to u.s.c. floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter of resignation to u.s.c. athletic director make garrett. this is what it says: >> senior college basketballteom writer for espn "the magazine," espn.com andy andy katz., lesta andy, let's start with this. a how big of a shock was it for floyd to resign today from.c u.s.c.? >> the fact that he is apparently making the decision, that comes as a surprise, nota , the fact that he's out at u.s.c. for weeks there's been rumorsdng that he's out, but coming fromad u.s.c., as they deal with allegations about whether or not he paid o.j. may yes's handlerar rodney guillory for walkingmo around money for the nba w all-star game. that was part of the larger o.j. mayo investigation.uris i talked to close friends of tim floyd, and they are surprised already that he made this m decisio