Text messages from press row . . .

West Coast college basketball fans already knew what the NBA draft confirmed: This was a one-of-a-kind season in the Pacific 10 Conference. . . .

USC freshman O.J. Mayo led a parade of seven first-round picks from the conference, breaking the Pac-10 record of five first set in 1979, when the first-round selections included UCLA’s David Greenwood, Roy Hamilton and Brad Holland, USC’s Cliff Robinson and Arizona’s Larry Demic. . . .

Kiki Vandeweghe, the New Jersey Nets’ general manager, took two: Stanford’s Brook Lopez and California’s Ryan Anderson. . . .

Of course, the former UCLA All-American is familiar with the Pac-10. . . .

Ben Howland has built such a solid program at UCLA that even after losing Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love, the draft’s Nos. 4 and 5 picks, the Bruins should make another strong push toward the Final Four next season. . . .

Only two Pac-10 players have been taken with the top pick -- Lew Alcindor in 1969 and Bill Walton in 1974. . . .

Six were taken with the second pick -- Mike Bibby, Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Greenwood, David Meyers and Sidney Wicks. . . .

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who open a series tonight at Dodger Stadium, have no players who live within the L.A. city limits. . . .

The Dodgers have one: outfielder Andre Ethier. . . .

Vin Scully, after Thursday’s ejection of Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper went unnoticed by virtually everyone in Dodger Stadium, including the Fox camera crew, “We never saw it, never saw any reaction. There was no argument. They must have sent him an e-mail: ‘You’re out of the game.’ ” . . .

That day may be coming. . . .

Lance Armstrong’s active bachelorhood -- he reportedly is dating Kate Hudson after romancing Sheryl Crow, fashion designer Tory Burch and Ashley Olsen -- seems to be a source of consternation in some quarters. . . .

Wrote the New York Times of the Texan’s love-’em-and-leave-’em lifestyle, “Some experts in philanthropy say Mr. Armstrong risks detracting from his heroic image, and damaging his effectiveness as an anticancer advocate.” . . .

Who knew serial dating could be such a land mine? . . .

Mike Batesole, who coached upstart Fresno State to the College World Series championship in his sixth season, is a former Cal State Northridge coach, Garden Grove High shortstop and Dodgers farmhand. . . .

Fresno State (47-31) might have lost more games than any previous College World Series champion, but tournament most outstanding player Tommy Mendonca and the Bulldogs won six times when a loss would have ended their season. . . .

Among the alumni who made the trip to Omaha to support the Bulldogs was Augie Garrido, who was a Fresno State left fielder before turning to coaching and winning three national titles at Cal State Fullerton and two at Texas. . . .

A fourth U.S. Women’s Open championship for Annika Sorenstam would match the record shared by Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright but probably wouldn’t change the Swede’s mind about retiring after this year. . . .

Tennis’ grass-court “season” is little more than a blip on the calendar anymore. . . .

Five of the top seven seeded players in the women’s field at Wimbledon -- Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and past winners Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams -- didn’t even bother playing in grass-court warm-ups this year in advance of the sport’s most prestigious Grand Slam event. . . .

Russian Alla Kudryavtseva, who bounced countrywoman Sharapova on Thursday, played in two but didn’t win a match in either one. . . .

Pau Gasol of the Lakers and Vladimir Guerrero and Francisco Rodriguez of the Angels are among the nominees for the first Tecate Premios Deportes (Tecate Sports Awards), which will be handed out to Hispanic athletes July 14 in Pasadena during a show that will be televised July 20 on Univision. . . .

In Tiger Woods’ absence, maybe this year’s British Open and PGA Championship winners should be listed with asterisks. . . .

Adam “Pacman” Jones of the Dallas Cowboys says he’d like to drop the nickname because, “There’s just been a lot of negativity behind it.” . . .

And that’s whose fault?

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jerome.crowe@latimes.com