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Saturday Buzz: USC Gets Its Payday

The USC men’s volleyball team is going to be in a hornet’s nest tonight when it plays Hawaii at Honolulu in the NCAA Tournament at 7 p.m. PT.

As of Friday night, 9,723 tickets were sold ahead of tonight’s match. The record for attendance in an NCAA men’s volleyball tournament match is 9,822 in 1998. That match was also held at the University of Hawaii. Capacity at the Stan Sheriff Center is 10,300.

USC is 20-7 overall. Hawaii is 27-5.

  • USC beach volleyball was defeated by Florida State, 3-0, in the NCAA quarterfinals this morning.
  • USC received almost $80 million from the Big Ten as the conference disbursed $1.37 billion to its members in the first year from its media rights deal. Ohio State received $91.55 million.
  • Why would USC take 6-10 forward Josh Hughes from Evansville (7.2 ppg) when it has the 7-foot Ratliff twins and 7-1 UConn transfer Why would USC take 6-10 forward Josh Hughes from Evansville (7.2 ppg) when it has the 7-foot Ratliff twins and 7-1 UConn transfer Eric Reibe?

Perhaps because it doesn’t think one or both of the Ratliff twins are ready for the physical rigors of the Big Ten.

USC has added point guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor of Hawaii. So new assistant Brad Davidson has now brought in an fellow Australian (Hughes) and Hunkin-Clayton, who he coached at Hawaii.

14 thoughts on “Saturday Buzz: USC Gets Its Payday”

      3. Amen, brother! The 5-0 theme song! So many good ones around that time! I couldn’t bring myself to watch the remake of 5-0. Hollywood has run out of creativity.

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      5. The Mission Impossible theme song gives 5-0 a run for the money. (Threw that in because of the Kentucky Derby)

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  2. Looks like USC will go big next year in hoops. Won’t be easy keeping the Ratliff twins, Reibe (from UConn), Arenas, and Rice all content.

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    2. The twins need at least a year to develop. But, that model doesn’t make sense in the transfer era. Once they develop, they’re off to the highest bidder or the NBA.

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  3. Scott, just when I think that you are a positive journalist, you send us a comment like this. The concern with BB last year was the lack of height. Now we have four seven footers and you are negative. Players do need rest in games especially big men and injuries do occur so depth is important. And, coaches who have relationships with players can use the personal touch in coaching. Muss is on the hot seat so at least he is trying to build the team with defense and rebounding first. Men’s volleyball is building a quality program and beach volleyball will bounce back…what other school can boast having so many teams in national tournaments. Women’s golf can win a natty, and I think that men’s and women’s track may surpriste at the natties. Oh and baseball beat Rutgers last night and should be in the playoffs. We have a great school with great teams. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  4. 80 million isn’t a bad payday. But, I would give it back to have the old PAC 10. I wonder what the payment difference is between what could have been realized in the PAC if the conference fairly compensated USC for their contribution. And Riley’s 11 million a year salary plus that of the assistant coaches and support and recruiting staff and NIL and facilities and travel costs, ect. suggests that the school may not clear all that much after everything is accounted for.

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