Updates: Upcoming Games

The Trojans, a healthy 22 - 9 in Rose Bowl games, will roll it out today against Illinois, 3 - 1 in Rose Bowls, including a 45-9 pummeling to the Rick Neuheisel quarterbacked Bruins in 1984.  It will be nice to finally watch the game after weeks of some of the more tired cliches  coming from […]

After Sunday’s practice, each of the senior players exited the field through a tunnel formed by the underclassmen, a tradition Pete Carroll instituted in his first season. Except for injured DB Josh Pinkard, every other link to USC’s Orange Bowl National Championship team of 2005 will be gone after Tuesday’s game.  None of SC’s current […]

In what was supposed to be a tune up for the Pac-10 season which begins on Thursday night at California, USC’s basketball team (9-3) ran into some trouble in the first half against Riverside (3-8) on Saturday night before ultimately prevailing 70 - 57.  The Trojans trailed the Highlanders 26-12 early in the first half, but they […]

The 25th-ranked Trojans (7-3) host the Big West Conference’s Cal Poly Mustangs (5-5) at the Galen Center at 5:00p tonight.
The matchup
In the only previous meeting between the two schools, USC lost in 2003 at the Sports Arena, 93-78. The well-rested Mustangs have not played since defeating CS Bakersfield one week ago. They lost to the […]

The Trojans (6-3) move into the “easy” portion of their nonconference schedule when they host the Delaware State Hornets (3-5) at the Galen Center at 7:30p tonight.
The matchup
The Hornets, who average just 56 points per game, have lost five of their last six games, including a 77-38 defeat at Arizona State in their last contest […]

The Trojans will participate in a closed scrimmage today, Sunday, before taking a three day break and kicking off a 3-day set of practices at the Home Depot Center starting Thursday. (Practice will then resume December 26 with six straight practices leading up to the Rose Bowl game.) Rather than focusing on the game plan […]

The Trojans (6-2) have a rare date in Madison Square Garden as they take on the second-ranked Memphis Tigers (6-0) in the nationally-televised Jimmy V. Classic at 6:00p PST tonight.
The matchup
The Trojans certainly didn’t have much time to recover from their four-point loss to Kansas on Sunday, as they must now face perhaps an even […]

The Trojans (6-1) face their toughest test of this young season when they host the fourth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks (6-0) on Sunday morning at 11:00a at the Galen Center.
The matchup
The Trojans and Jayhawks met last year at Allen Fieldhouse, with USC staying close for the early portion of the game but ultimately falling, 72-62. Kansas was […]

The Rose Bowl is on the line–in more ways than one–as USC hosts UCLA on Saturday at 1:30p at a sold-out Coliseum. Here are the final pre-game comments from the major sources:
Too close for comfort (LA Times)
USC-UCLA games with the Rose Bowl on the line (LA Times)
Tribute planned for Rucker, Danelo (LA Times)
That’s so last […]

Can Sooner guard Tony Crocker stop the Trojans’ OJ Mayo? Can USC find anyone to defend Oklahoma big men Blake Griffin and Longar Longar? These and other issues are discussed in these final pre-game articles.
Oklahoma-Southern Cal Preview (ESPN)
Sooners present a big obstacle for Trojans (LA Times)
Stiff non-conference tests begin tonight (Daily Trojan)
USC […]