Southern California Trojans NCAA Basketball News

A handful of schools began the exhibition season Sunday with blowout victories. Of course, the scores really don't matter unless you're the USC Trojans and you need a second half comeback to beat Division II Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Thank you Herm's Perm for delivering this little nugget. Former USC basketball coach, Tim Floyd, may not be adorning the sidelines at the Galen Center anymore, but that hasn't stopped him from stepping in when a multi-woman fight breaks out at a local casino.

John Calipari is loving his new freshman John Wall With Sports Examiners throwing their hat into the ring of Top 25 college football projections, we thought it would be a good idea to give college basketball rankings a shot as well.

Are you ready for some college basketball? With the start to the men's basketball season quickly approaching, the Trojans took some time to participate in a tuneup game as they hosted Cal State Dominguez Hills Monday afternoon.

Just concluded the second half of coaches interviews and now we're off for player interviews.

Kevin Oa Neill admits his team is a mystery to him at this point. As the first-year USC mena s basketball coach said at Pac-10 media day in L.A., a oeIa m still learning about our players.a Thata s understandable for someone who wasna t hired until June 20 following the abrupt resignation of Tim Floyd.

The USC men's basketball team won the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it lost to eventual NCAA runner-up Michigan State.

It was a tough season a year ago for the Oregon Ducks and head coach Ernie Kent...

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

The USC men's basketball team held its first intrasquad scrimmage of the season Sunday afternoon and afterward this much became clear: The Trojans, who are thin and inexperienced and not expected to do well, are fortunate to have Alex Stepheson.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Required to sit out last season as a transfer from North Carolina , junior PF Alex Stepheson figures to jump immediately into the Trojans' starting unit.

Dwight Lewis is the only returning Trojan who averaged more than seven points. Three players departed for professional basketball with years of eligibility unspent.

The Trojans are circling the wagons. They understand no one expects much after the hasty departure of coach Tim Floyd and the loss of three starters.

After finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Gibson is averaging 14.0 points and 6.5 boards, while shooting 56.4 percent, during the preseason.

At his first press conference since being introduced over the summer, USC men's basketball coach Kevin O'Neill discussed the challenges ahead.

Watching from his California home, he said he knew he was still a part of that team - in spirit, at least.

Amid an ongoing NCAA investigation, player departures to the NBA and academic eligibility issues, the USC men's basketball program appears to be in transition.

New head coach, Kevin O'Neill, and company will start their new season off with a game against UC Riverside on November 17th.

Hoops season is just around the corner, and when it comes to USC, it seems like the only news is of the bad variety.

Power forward Leonard Washington is academically ineligible for the first semester, USC basketball Coach Kevin O'Neill confirmed, robbing the Trojans of another player from last season's NCAA tournament team.