ESPN analyst Joe Lundardi now has USC as one of his final two teams to make the NCAA Tournament.

Thursday’s game vs. Arizona should be interesting as Nick Rakocevic and Jonah Mathews are battling the flu.

USC’s NET ranking is still 47th. By contrast, UCLA is 76th. But obviously things can change this week.

• USC offered a scholarship to wide receiver De’Coldest Crawford of Shreveport, La. Forest is already committed to LSU.

So unless LSU drops him, I wouldn’t count on Crawford decommitting from the Tigers.