We can talk about USC’s basketball season in many ways. USC prefers to focus on finishing second in the Pac-12 despite missing De’Anthony Melton, Bennie Boatwright and the firing of assistant coach Tony Bland. But how about this stat: USC has lost four straight to UCLA. More significantly, USC is 0-2 against UCLA this season. Rule No. 1 of basketball is to beat your archrival … Continue reading Rule No. 1 Of USC Basketball: Beat Your Archrival
USC guard Jordan McLaughlin and forward Chimezie Metu were first team selections to the all-Pac-12 team. The individual awards will be announced at 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network, if you get it. Below are the full teams: ALL-PAC-12 TEAM FIRST TEAM Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown Deandre Ayton Arizona F Fr. Nassau, Bahamas Justin Bibbins Utah G Sr. Carson, Calif. Noah Dickerson Washington F … Continue reading Jordan McLaughlin, Chimezie Metu Named First-Team All-Pac-12
USC opens spring practice Tuesday but a lot less is at stake than should be for one big reason: The coaches believe incoming freshman JT Daniels is going to be the starter. So how much does it matter what Matt Fink and Jack Sears are doing? All the right comments will be made about everyone “competing” for the starting job. But when Daniels is expected … Continue reading Spring Practice Loses Importance
Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, died today in England. He was 88. Bannister set the record on May 6, 1954. Two days later, on May 4, at the Coliseum, USC graduate Parry O’Brien broke another barrier when he became the first person to break the 60-foot mark in the shot put. O’Brien did it in a … Continue reading USC History Item Of The Day
Who is going to recruit running backs going forward for USC? Tim Drevno? I suppose this really isn’t a legitimate concern. It would be like saying quarterbacks coach Bryan Ellis will be in charge of recruiting the quarterbacks. This is where USC is fortunate. USC recruits USC. That means high school players want to come and they really don’t care who the coach is. Besides, … Continue reading An Extra Thought On Coaching Staff
USC was supposed to beat UCLA tonight at the Galen Central. Instead, the Trojans lost, 83-72, and are back on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. USC was swept by UCLA for the first time since 2014-15. Thanks, Enfield! So it looks like USC might need to win one-or-two two games in the Pac-12 Tournament to be safely in the NCAA Tournament. USC will play … Continue reading Will USC Make NCAA Tournament?
