All the turmoil with football takes even more spotlight off the USC basketball program. Even under the best of times, few care about basketball. But Andy Enfield is really living with no scrutiny right now. No one cares he is 3-19 against ranked teams. No one cares he just lost to TCU, 96-61. Arizona State and Nevada had more fans at Staples Center on Friday … Continue reading Someone Should Be Thankful For Clay Helton

Football attendance averaged 55,449, the lowest since 1987. But at least there is a huge crowd for tonight’s basketball game vs. Long Beach State. Continue reading USC Picture Of The Night

USC lost to Texas Tech, 78-63, in Kansas City. The Trojans were outscored 55-31 in the second half. So USC lost to Vanderbilt, an SEC team, and Texas Tech, a Big 12 team. Andy Enfield prefers Robert Morris, Stetson and Cal State Bakersfield. Now that he has the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class, he should call Duke, Kansas and Kentucky for next season. Continue reading Now You Know Why Andy Enfield Plays Patsies

I mentioned this morning the announced crowd was 2,502 at the Galen Center was the smallest for a USC season opener since the arena opened in 2006. What about UCLA? The crowd of 5,931 at Pauley Pavilion last night was UCLA’s smallest there for a season opener since 1988 against Texas Tech (5,866). In other news, I wrote about an acrimonious relationship Clay Helton has that … Continue reading L.A. Is A Real College Basketball Town

Lost amid Larry Scott’s incompetence, the Pac-12 released its basketball media poll and USC was picked to finish fifth. Here are the results: Continue reading Oh Yeah, The Pac-12 Basketball Poll Came Out

Tex Winter was a legendary NBA assistant who was part of nine championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. He died Wednesday at age 96. But he was also a USC basketball player as shown above, when he was known as Fred Winter. When you read stories on Winter, some say he invented the triangle offense made popular with the Bulls and … Continue reading Legendary NBA Assistant Tex Winter Was Also A Trojan