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Will Early Tipoff Hinder USC?

Is playing Michigan State at 9:15 a.m. PT on Friday going to be a disadvantage for USC?

It’s not an ideal start time. On the other hand, these USC players have spent their lives playing club basketball, where playing an 8 a.m. game is normal.

So it probably doesn’t matter. Or, on second thought, it will only be an issue if USC loses.

  • The lineup has been announced for the Festival of Books at USC, which is April 22-23.

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38 thoughts on “Will Early Tipoff Hinder USC?”

  1. Scott, these are grown men, tipoff time should be the least of your concerns. But we all know, no attacking angles are off-limits with you. Better yet, focus on the matchups on the court. Where might USC have the advantages and disadvantages?

    Please keep it simple, a particular blog member might get lost in translation…..thanks!

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      1. Get this orange buffoon in front of a jury and ship him off to prison so the noise stops. The guy knows the walls have closed in on him to the point he’s about to get crushed in the form of various indictments. I know reasonable republicans also want to him go away for good

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    3. Another one of Slo Cal’s trumplican heroes, MTG, was called out by the U.S. Border Patrol for being the lying sack of shit that she is…

      Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Mexican drug cartels were now “planting bombs” on the U.S. side of the border on Wednesday. Greene shared an image of the supposed explosive device on Twitter. There is, however, a major hole in her claim: Border Patrol officials say the object was nothing more than a wad of sand and duct tape.

      During a Wednesday hearing with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, Greene questioned the chief regarding reports she had heard indicating that border patrol had recovered explosives in “no man’s land” areas of the border. Ortiz initially indicated that briefings he’d been privy to regarding those kinds of materials were typically confidential, and declined to provide details.

      Damn!

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      1. Here’s the crazy part, so cal has reached a point where his whole life is consumed by Biden’s actions. He claims to have physically examined Biden and diagnoses him as suffering from dementia. The same Biden who slapped the republicans around at his state of the union speech. Joe disproved so cal’s diagnosis in one speech.

        So cal also claimed months ago we were in a recession but Biden was adding 500k new jobs a month, or his constant rant that the red wave was coming. His family told him to come back into the house before the blue wave hits you

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      2. You’re getting as good at slinging bs as your butt buddy. Cut & paste where I praised MTG, or gave ANY indication she was my hero.

        You’ll be as successful at that as Gabriela was at cutting & pasting anything where I “praised Putin”, as she too falsely claimed.

        When you can’t win on facts, make shit up. Same as she does, in trying to pretend I was the only on this board or anywhere else for that matter who thought a red wave was coming. Heck, even many Dims thought it was.

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    1. I see you moved the drool bucket closer to the keyboard. At least you use one. The unhappy guy has a mess all over the place.

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      1. Ha!
        [Was this the very ad that enticed John Kerry to marry into wealth beyond his wildest dreams]?

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      1. Funny you should ask, George! I’m introducing a new female character and — since it’s a graphic novel—-I have to decide whether to introduce her in one, single frame —or—- spend a frame on her eyes [with caption]….followed by a frame on her lips [with caption]….followed by a full portrait.
        [Whatever I do, I promise I’ll draw her a lot prettier than Mamie Van Dorn or Lana Turner]!

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  5. We can now test the posters’ claims that jet-lag has no effect on these college athletes whereas I was hearing complaints from Angelenos about the 1-hour advancement of the time last Sunday

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      1. GT……can you please broker a deal to get so cal in the ring with me. The troll is long overdue for an ass-whipping. There are limits and he crossed them.

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      2. I called it! YOU crossed the line after I told you not to go there and you lie again, claiming it was me. You’re so predictable.

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      3. Cognitive empathy is the ability to understand someone else’s perspective and what they might be thinking and feeling. It’s the thinking part of empathy, and as the name suggests, it happens on a cognitive level. You make an educated guess based on your own knowledge and past experiences. You put yourself in the other person’s shoes, as the saying goes. This is a crucial first step of engaging with empathy.

        It seems to me your behavior on this blog is consistent with your daily life. A narcissist doesn’t change his colors.

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  6. Are you kidding this is USC basketball. The only excuse we need is “Thanks Enfield” the question was and is a setup for this punchline when the tall men’s volleyball team get manhandled by a future opponent in the tournament.
    And politically Trump will be tied up forever by ridiculous prosecution. If New York doesn’t throw him in jail I’m sure someone else will try. The man can’t get out of his own way. The Florida’s governor isn’t a good replacement option he’s now using his power in office to persecute people. He’s the Republican equivalent of Graven Nonsense from California.
    But I don’t do politics.

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  7. HERES AN IDEA FOR GABBY AND SO CAL. HOW ABOUT SETTLING YOUR DIFFERENCES VIA A CHESS MATCH ??
    YOU COULD ANNOUNCE YOUR MOVES HERE ON THR BLOG
    ONE MOVE PER DAY

    IF YOU GUYS AGREE I WILL BE THE REF

    WHADDYA GUYS THINK ??????

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    1. You’re a prince of a guy to offer, but I’ll pass. I wouldn’t even play a video game with that guy remotely.

      It’s a shame he always feels the need to bring family into it. And then have the nerve to complain when the same is done in return! As others have pointed out, he can dish it out, but can’t take it.

      Have a great day, GT

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  8. HI MICHAEL
    WHEN WILL YOUR BOOK BE READY ??

    REMEMBER LAST YEAR YOU PROMISED ME A COMP !!!!!!!!!!😽😽😽😽

    I LIKE LOTS OF SEX AND VIOLENCE PRETTY GIRLS
    SADISTIC STUFF IS OK TOO !!

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    1. You won’t be disappointed, George! [But it’s a fairy tale —so it has to have a fairy tale ending]……

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  9. I’m not discussing politics but since they bought that new building in D. C. could they push the government learning students out and have the team bivouac there to acclimate to the east coast time zone? Or did they sublease that to the prosecutors chasing down Trump? Or is that where the defend Hunter Biden task force is working out of? Maybe they can call Jerome Powell and ask if he going to destroy the world economy and raise the discount rate by .50 so all the regional banks can go kaput and ruin Biden’s chances of re-election?

    I mean if USC loses to Michigan St then that means the lower seed lost, right?

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      1. TV ministers?! Heck, Pope Francis said the same thing! Claimed people who choose not to have children are selfish.

        As you stated, they just want more customers. Hell, that’s the only reason the church has been more welcoming to the LGTBQXYZ community.

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  10. I’ll go out on a limb and guess Homeboy Industries founder “Gregory Boyle” is the only Catholic priest on the list for Festival of Books. Could the LA Times not fit ‘Rev.’ in front of his name or does the publication not want readers to know that?

    They found a way to note that someone named Eve Ensler now goes by the minimalist name of ‘V’ — but they couldn’t provide acknowledgement of the title ‘Reverend’ or ‘Father’ for Gregory Boyle?

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  11. WORST President EVER Joe Anourysms lyden in America… With A son Cocaine Hunter and Brother.in law All involved with China Mafia… getting Million s of Dollars… Not giving a U know what about U….. Doing absolutely NOTHING for America… Just for other Countries and Migrants walking in with an Open Border… This Pure EVIL taking over… U.. this is U Controlled by EVIL… U knoe who U are get look at Comments Left on this SITE…. DO NOT TEll Me THAT I AM WOKE…. U know U are and can Not Handle the TRUTH…. Loving EVIL take over America…

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