A SPECIAL REPORT: COLLEGE BASKETBALL

BACK TO BACK: Rancho Santiago will try for a third consecutive state community college men’s basketball title. . . . The Dons and Coach Dana Pagett became the first college in 25 years to win back-to-back titles last season. If they can win a third in a row, it would match Riverside, which won in 1964-65-66. . . . And the Tigers’ coach back then? Jerry Tarkanian, now at Nevada Las Vegas.