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Let's get this out of the way, first off: 22-year-old USC forward Dewayne Dedmon is like nothing you've ever seen before. Not necessarily better than anything you've ever seen, just different - significantly different. He's 7 feet tall, having ...

Could former USC forward Nikola Vucevic sneak into the lottery? It still sounds a bit crazy to say it, but yes, yes he could -- quite easily, in fact. Vucevic, a three-year contributor for the Trojans, has risen up NBA teams' draft boards over the...

Over a two week period that began last week, we're going over the 10 scholarship basketball players who were on USC's 2010-2011 roster -- one by one, Monday-Friday -- and recap their accomplishments in the now-completed season, no matter how big or h...

USC senior forward Alex Stepheson has been chosen to participate in Friday's annual National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, the site of the Final Four. It's the second such postseason honor for Steph...

We recapped Wednesday night's game in its many facets last night, including the Trojans' inability to get a big piece of their offense going offensively, a repeat of the team's season-long struggles against the zone and questions over a lack of effor...

DAYTON, Ohio -- Random thought: How can the First Four have eight teams if the Final Four has only four? We'll leave that for a mathematician or NCAA selection committee member to answer. What we know is that it means another first-round tournamen...

A number of Trojans spoke out following Friday's 67-62 loss to Arizona in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament about the suspension of their coach, Kevin O'Neill. Here are some snippets of what the players had to say: USC point guard Jio Fontan...

LOS ANGELES -- It has been a while since USC associate head coach Bob Cantu was the head coach of a basketball team. Fifteen years, to be exact -- and that was as a JV head coach in his hometown of San Luis Obispo. But when USC head coach Kevin O'...

Here are five questions -- well, four, plus a prediction -- that will go a long way toward deciding today's 6:10 p.m. game against Arizona in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament: 1. Arizona can run. Can USC keep up one day after a game? Lis...

LOS ANGELES -- It comes hand in hand with the tournament season every March: the air of desperation. USC felt that rarefied air all too quickly in the Trojans' Pac-10 opener Thursday at Staples Center, falling behind Cal by eight points about eigh...

It's officially tournament time. So, just as we've done for every USC game this season, here are five questions -- well, four, plus a prediction -- that will go a long way toward deciding today's noon game against Cal in the quarterfinals of the Pac-...

USC (18-13, 10-8 in the Pac-10) plays Cal in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament at the Staples Center Thursday. We'll have a preview of the game Thursday, but here are a few worthwhile nuggets from the Trojans' Tuesday practice in preparatio...

USC guard Marcus Simmons has been named the Pac-10's defensive player of the year in a Monday vote of the conference's coaches. Simmons, a senior, was praised all year by Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill for his defensive capabilities, and he came thro...

Jio Fontan and Nikola Vucevic both produced big-time games and USC came away with a closer-than-it-had-to-be two-point win, 62-60, at Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena on Saturday. Fontan scored 20 points, Vucevic had 19 points and 10 rebounds an...

Five questions -- well, four, plus a prediction -- that will go a long way toward deciding today's 7:30 p.m. game against Washington: 1. Is there enough left to play for? An at-large bid is now officially out of the question for the Trojans (...

USC (17-12, 9-7 in the Pac-10) plays Washington State Thursday at 7 p.m. in Pullman. We'll have a preview of the game Thursday, but here are a few worthwhile nuggets from the Trojans' Tuesday practice in preparation for the Cougars: Something to p...