COLLEGE BASKETBALL Nevada's Trent Johnson likely getting Stanford job

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trent Johnson found a job that was too good to pass up after his old boss left Stanford for the NBA.
Johnson, a former Cardinal assistant coming off a breakthrough season at Nevada, will be hired to replace Mike Montgomery, a Pac-10 source told The Associated Press on Monday.
The 47-year-old Johnson met with school officials for about six hours on campus Sunday. He will be formally introduced within the next few days, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Nevada athletic director Cary Groth said she spoke early Monday with Stanford athletic director Ted Leland, who indicated he would be meeting with staff to discuss the transition before making an announcement.
Johnson has big shoes to fill.
Successor
Montgomery, who was at Stanford for 18 years and led the Cardinal to the Final Four in 1998, left last week to coach the Golden State Warriors.
He led the Cardinal to their third No. 1 NCAA tournament seed in five years this season, but Stanford was upset in the second round by Alabama.
Stanford has been to the second round of the NCAA tournament for 10 straight years. The Cardinal won their first 26 games this season and finished the regular season ranked No. 1 with a 29-1 mark.
Johnson agreed to a new five-year contract worth $450,000 a season with Nevada in March after leading the Wolf Pack to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 for the first time.
Nevada upset Michigan State and Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament before losing to Georgia Tech.
Johnson was courted by Utah days after the season ended, but said he would stay at Nevada and told reporters at the time he was upset by talk that he might capitalize on the team's performance to springboard into another job at a larger school.