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Discuss The USC-Michigan State Game

Another one-and-done NCAA Tournament for USC under Andy Enfield.

That’s happened three of the five times USC has been to the NCAA Tournament under Enfield. What about the Elite Eight? Well, he has as many NCAA wins as Wayne Tinkle the past three seasons.

Enfield’s NCAA record with Evan Mobley (one season): 3-1. Enfield’s NCAA record without Evan Mobley (eight seasons): 2-4. The two wins were the in the First Four and First Round.

But let’s talk today: USC had a big advantage in this tournament with two senior guards that can score and handle the ball. Michigan State shut them down. Peterson had 11 points and Ellis had six. No way USC can win with that production. Tom Izzo’s defense is something.

The other thing is Michigan State might have entered the game with just a 19-12 record but this is the life that awaits USC in the Big Ten. Tough, physical basketball. Hostile crowds. Real coaches.

The Big Ten is not Disneyland (unlike the Pac-12). It’s Jurassic Park.

67 thoughts on “Discuss The USC-Michigan State Game”

  1. I recall 1971 and the great SC Guards Mo Layton and Paul Westphal going up against the suclas’ All-American Forwards Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe–
    No contest. Shooting can be off but rebounding should never be off

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      1. Having that first game entirely in hand with 4 mins to go was too much for USC —you could almost see the “thought balloon” go up: “We’re Unworthy”

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      2. Pretty good memory BK, you occasionally come up with a straight line
        But that 64-60 game had SC ahead by 9 with 9-minutes to go, and then the Trojans went cold and sucla kept coming on and coming on–
        I would not say SC “should have won” that game

        And then at Pauley Pavilion sucla out-classed Troy, game effectively over by halftime. Biggest excitement I got was when they introduced O.J. and there was not a boo in that sucla place

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      2. ….An apology?! for that?! you’ve done a lot worse things than misspell “season”, tebow…

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      5. Oh, fuck me! That was hilarious! Seriously… Especially the screen going white hot….
        #…NowStopIt,Okay?
        #[You’reMakingMySideLookBad]

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      6. Your response was perfect, I am still laughing as I type. My daughter sent me that. I must have watched it four or five times….. Glad you enjoyed it!

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      8. Oh shit! I just watched it again —it’s like Casablanca: it gets better every fucking time you watch it….

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  2. Anyway, enough of this silly basketball stuff as if it can compare to football, bring back our usual Friday edition, Scott, or do you have a draft slyly lodged in your pocket-computer waiting to spring it on us later today?

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  3. It doesn’t matter who Enfield recruits, he’ll ruin them, guy hasn’t a clue how to coach basketball ? 4 guards and a forward ? Really ?

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      1. That’s funny, MG.

        Heck, Art Bartner held us to higher standards in the TMB than our coaches do. A band member exhibiting complete failure at any task or routine would need to stand up front and declare:

        I HAVE NO BALLS.
        I CANNOT HANG.
        I DO NOT BELONG.

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      2. Art Bartner was a fucking pervert, always hitting on the women in the band, get the fuck out of here with that guy being anything more than a sexual predator…IMO

        Just so we’re clear

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      3. If I were a guard at a women’s prison, I’d have a hard time not sneaking glances at the ones with the big ta-ta’s.

        Art never made any vows to me. If Babs was OK with him being a dirty old man, that’s all that matters. He was a great band director and had his faults. You may find this hard to believe, but I have faults, too.

        No, no!! Really. I’m not perfect.

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      4. When it comes to March Madness, Art Bartner certainly deserves recognition, although he never equaled or surpassed the Stanford Marching Band’s penis shaped tunnel thrust.

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      5. Yeah, Rushmore, I’m so glad we had a great bash at Galen for his 40th. Because COVID really laid a big ol’ turd on our ability to celebrate his 50th.

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    2. Hate to break it to you, but Golden State won an NBA title last year with 4 guards and a forward. Andy isn’t great, but this isn’t the reason why we lost.

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      2. Correct Helton, Mich. St. scored more points than theAndyain’twinning crippled bozo BB team.

        Booger and his Daddy really helped out – 35 mins, net 6 points…F**king huge. Some stupid rah-rah on this blog thought the Booger and his Daddy should have been the P-12 Player of the Year…what a roar.

        Five bozo BB Tournament invitations = THREE (3) ONE&DONE losses.

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  4. Scott is almost over the target with the “Big Ten is Jurassic Park” remark. Only one problem: Jurassic Park only had about 5 kinds of dinosaurs. The Big Ten is more like Jurassic World…..
    #FootballWillBeFine
    #Enfield,However,IsDoneFor

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    1. I’m not so sure that football will be fine either, Riley has to show me a lot more when it comes to defense and being a physical team, his rack record on both isn’t too hot at OU or SC.

      Enfield should have never been given an extension, he’s a skinnier Helton

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      1. …without a miniature bible in his hand….
        #…FromWhichHeReadsOnHomemadeVideos….
        #…WhileCleaningHisWife’sKitchen….

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  6. Damn! Lance Reddick dies at only 60.

    Charon from the John Wick series. (bad ass front desk clerk)

    He was also the Company President of the short run comedy series, “Corporate”. We thought it was hilarious!

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  7. Fix your fucking site Mr. Wolf…Goddamn!

    This is what happens when USC continues hiring young white guys who don’t give two shits about playing physical and establishing a tough defense, they get their asses spanked when they go up against quality well balanced teams.

    From Kiffin to Sarkisian to Helton and ‘Ol Mule in football to Andy Enfield in basketball, they are all offensive guys that like I said, don’t give two shits about defense. They think they can outscore everyone.

    The worst of those Bozo’s might turn out to be ‘Ol Mule Shoe Lincoln Riley.

    ‘Ol Mule Shoe is as stubborn as a jackass, refusing for years to see the writing on the wall pertaining to Alex Grinch, Shaun Nua and the other idiot Donte Williams. Those three idiots reputations precede them, not one of them has ever been or will ever be, worth a shit and yet ‘Ol Mule Shoe refuses to admit he is wrong for keeping their dumb asses around.

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    1. Would it be possible to repost the “can I have another” video….but photoshop it so that it looks like a moon man is getting spanked?

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  8. But hey, those who gave up or had their season tickets or seats taken away during the renovation, just be glad you’re not contributing to the never ending shit show that will inevitably continue as long as these “offensive guru’s” are running the programs.

    11-3 or 22-10 looks good on paper, it’s the no defense Ladies of Troy getting spanked in the post season that everyone remembers.

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      1. …But you’re right about Donte….
        #”Here’sThePlan:IfYou’reGettingBeatJustInterfere”
        #[CuzUSCGetsAwayWithSoMuchInterferenceInThePac12]

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      2. MG, a loss to Tulane? Really?

        The once mighty University of Southern California Trojans lose to TULANE in the Cotton Bowl, that’s not just embarrassing, it’s a fucking humiliation!

        11-3…pffft!

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      3. Re-watch the game. The ONLY way we lose is Mario Williams suddenly goes cross-eyed on our ONE yard line…..
        [Note: Terrible coaching after that, though. If we just let Tulane get their TD —we get the ball back to end the game. Instead we gave them the Safety…..and then…. the TD]…..
        #GameOver

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      1. But it’ll give us a good excuse to post about beautiful actresses from yesteryear, old USC hangouts, classic rock and dare I say it? Politics! 😛

        Anything but this loss.

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      2. True —time for Scott to reminisce about the time Bridget Bardot spoke on campus ….
        #….EvenThoughSheDidn’t

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  11. Michigan St was supposed to win. What part of that did any of you miss? Tebow, you need Jesus. So he can heal your stuttering. Enfield was never the next coming of Dean Smith or George Raveling. He gets Bronny James and he’ll make money for the school, which is his primary job at USC. Anything achieved in basketball is gravy.

    USC is a football school so Wolf needs to get over the “why they lose” smack. His writing on basketball is worse than Tebow. “They have two senior guards” oh wow, they should be in the Basketball Hall of Fame then! Truly Allan Malamud has reincarnated into Scott’s writing.

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  12. USC is not ready for big time basketball. They would not have been
    selected with a 19 – 12 record like MSU was playing in the Big 10.
    The Trojans have no reputation being ousted in the 1st round for 3
    yrs. recently. Their OOC schedule is lame, and stink away from the
    Galen Ctr. Team like my lovable loser Chi Cubs wait until next
    season. Coach Enfield is not the one to bring them to the promised
    land!

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    2. Hold your horses ‘S,’ this basketball day has been a stinker but don’t stink it up more by mischaracterizing the past 3-NCAAs as SC being knocked out in the first round. Recall 2021 and the Mobley brothers, especially Evan, and a 25-8 record that got Troy to the Elite-8.
      This current team did not have that 2021 upfront force to do much

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  13. Memo to: MG

    The Mario Williams whine sounds awfully like a bozo excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses cop out. Clown U FB lost to Tulane ’cause they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Like that’s the first time SUCC has choka, choka, choka, choka choked a winnable game away.

    #With 10 mins to go and a 12 point lead …

    #Cue. Sample “There Goes My Baby” music and loop in the new lyrics “There Goes Little Petey’s Natty”

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    1. I’m nothing but excuses. May I indulge myself further? If [spoiled] Jordan Addison had played we wouldn’t have had to watch Mario drop balls all day long…..
      #…[ThatLastDropWasADoozy]….

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      2. “Oh, look the ball is coming straight at me — what did the coaches tell me to do when I’m standing on the one yard line? —I guess I wasn’t listening —no, now I remember!— I have to try to touch it before it goes into the end zone!”

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      3. If there’s a list, I am sure the play in question made the top 10 “Bone-head plays of the year” list. We’ll have to wait for the ESPYs awards

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      4. I remember watching HBO Boxing & hearing Trainer Emanuel Steward telling Jermaine Taylor not to throw another lazy left hook at Kelly Pavlick cuz Pavlick was gonna beat him to the punch with a big right hand and knock him out. Next round Jermaine throws a lazy left hook. End of fight.
        #MoralOfStory:ItPaysToListen
        #[I’mSureMarioWasToldUmpteenTimesNotToTakeBallOnTheOne]

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      5. Perfect analogy…..That’s a play he’s familiar with going back to his early days of youth football. Step aside, and take the touchback. Ball is placed on the 20 and disaster is averted. Mario said he needed more time to weigh his options

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      6. I guess we’re fortunate Mario didn’t signal a time out before Tulane kicked off…..
        #”Coach,WhatAmIDoingOutThereAgain?”
        #”YourGonnaFieldAKick,Mario—btw,We’reOuttaTimeOuts”….

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  14. Scooter,

    Bohn has to look at the bball program and see if he believes in Enfield or not. Bohn has to beieve that Enfiel can go to the Big 10 and win. Enfield will get eaten alive there with the way his team plays. If Bohn thinks he can’t win, then he needs to replace him. Im gonna hate myself, but if Bohn decides to get rid of Enfield, he needs a coach like Chrome Dome at ugly. He teaches tough and physical ball and defense. That is waht SC needs to be, tough and physical and tough defense

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      2. The Rose Bowl: The World’s Best Venue For International Fans…..
        #WhereasUSCCleverlyFiltersAtendanceByHundredDollarParking

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      5. …replying to my friend Owns’ remark about the chances of us stealing their coach….

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  15. I hear u MG; SUCC has a healthy track record for buying (At a premium.) FB, BB, and Baseball HC misery.

    #Thanks to Clown U for stiffing John Savage, UCLA Baseball HC.

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