Updates: Players

Ben Bolch of the LA Times profiles junior big man RouSean Cromwell as a possible key performer with a significant upside, but a player who has been plagued by injuries over the last two seasons. If his solid defense of the Lopez twins of Stanford last year is any indication, a healthy Cromwell (who sat […]

In a subscriber-only article, Rivals has capsule updates on each of USC’s redshirting football players, including the latest addition to that list: freshman running back Broderick Green, who decided to redshirt just this week after missing the first half of the season with a foot injury. Some of the highlights:

The players making the most impression […]

The Trojan men’s basketball team will hold a free, intrasquad scrimmage this Sunday (October 28) at the Galen Center at 1:00p. Prior to the scrimmage, at 9:00a, the team is also sponsoring the second annual “Dribble for the Cure” charity event.
More info on scrimmage and Dribble for the Cure (Official USC Site)
Some other basketball tidbits […]

Pete Carroll announced Thursday that sophomore Mark Sanchez would make his third consecutive start at quarterback for the Trojans on Saturday against Oregon, despite some improvement in the condition of injured John David Booty this week. We’ll have status updates on some of the other Trojan injuries later this evening.

Ben Block of the LA Times reports that last year’s freshman sensation Taj Gibson, who wore down toward the end of the season as the team’s only consistent frontcourt option, is benefitting from 15 additional pounds of muscle and 5 legitimate big men (Keith Wilkinson, RouSean Cromwell, Kasey Cunningham, Davon Jefferson, and Mamadou Diarra) as the team […]

The LA Times has posted a profile of freshman guard James Dunleavy, who joined the basketball team as a walk-on this fall. The son of former NBA player and Los Angeles Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy, the younger Dunleavy will redshirt this season, in order to build up additional strength and grow his skills. Despite the […]

Pete Carroll announced Friday morning that Mark Sanchez will be the Trojans’ starting quarterback against Notre Dame on Saturday. John David Booty will be available to play if needed.

Pete Carroll told reporters that Mark Sanchez will enter Tuesday’s practice as the projected starter against Notre Dame on Saturday, even though the sophomore gave the coaching staff a scare late Monday when it seemed he injured his finger in practice. Scott Wolf reports that it was merely a false alarm and that Sanchez’s finger […]

Ben Block of the LA Times profiles USC’s freshman cetner Mamadou Diarra, who hails from the West African country of Mali by way of basketball factory Stoneridge Prep of Simi Valley.  The seven-footer can no doubt make an uncontested dunk, but facing Kevin Love (UCLA) or Brook & Robin Lopez (Stanford) will test his underdeveloped defensive […]

The Trojans’ first Midnight Madness event in five years, held last night at the Galen Center in front of approximately 5,000 fans, included a defense-less intra-squad scrimmage, a slam dunk contest, and more. Freshman OJ Mayo chose not to participate in his the dunk contest–and his team actually lost the scrimmage–but otherwise impressed fans, who […]