29 thoughts on “USC Ranked No. 22”

1. I think it is about right…hopefully they will be at full strength soon…I still hold to same idea they are a top 1/2 Pac12 team around 3rd place, and a tournament placement for sure…barring any more injuries to starters; those dolts bolting early last year munged up a lot of potential

   • They are not even in sw’s top 25 Ballot.

2. Enfield’s done an amazing job. Amazing. We’re better than last year which is hard to believe. But we are.

   Hope he stays at USC for a long time. Face it, USC’s not a basketball school, never has been, never will be, and how we manage to attract any good signees with our woeful attendance is a miracle. Gee, come to USC and play in front of 1-2,000 max unless ucla or ARIZ rolls in to Galen. Makes me laugh.

   Enfield’s a stud. Guy can coach – and recruit.

   • Back in the 30′-40’s Sc was good. 70’s as well

     • 60’s had good teams too…what did ucla do to go from so so to super duper in one year…everybody come back and new guys…what a turnaround

     • I went to USC in the early ’70s and nobody cared about the hoops team even though we had Paul Westphal, Ron Riley, et al. Nobody went to the games. I never saw them play once because nobody wanted to go. ucla and Wooden were really the only team anyone payed attention to and they literally prevented USC from accomplishing anything. So I guess you could say we were good but meaningless. If ever there was a team that was behind the 8-ball, it was Bob Boyd and the USC Trojans. Nothing much to speak of ever since though I think we got to the Elite 8 one year. One Elite 8 appearance in 65 years.

       While I as at SC, football and baseball ruled big-time. We literally won the baseball NC every year I was in school. And in ’72 we just toyed with everyone on the football field. McKay and Dedeaux were legends. Boyd had to play the legend and could never get over the hump, like Prothro and ucla football – good but meaningless.

       • New century!
         Times are changing!
         “Enfield of Dreams!”
         Trump is the new POTUS!

         • And as usual, bozo u cupcake BB is overrated and playing in third rate casino arena’s before crowds of less than 500 fans.

         • TRUMP is the new POTUS!!!

       • Under the current format, those SC teams would have made the tourney and made some noise. Or, so I have read.

         • My point is SC has never been known for its good basketball. And under the current format, we’ve actually stunk.

           Since 1960, USC has won exactly two (2) conference championships in all that time and one of those was in ’60 by Forrest Twogood. We’ve been to exactly one Elite 8 and one Sweet 16 – all-time, and lost. And in the rare times we’ve actually made the tournament, we’re usually out in the first round.

           Will be interesting to see how USC shapes up in conference this year. I think Enfield was a great Haden hire.

       • It’s not that we “don’t care”, the Wooden dynasty was just so strong it buried USC basketball. The damage was already done when Westphal came along. The ‘ruins get the better recruits because of that legacy. Even though basketball will always pale in comparison to football, what SC fan wouldn’t love them to become a perennial power in the sport? The off season would be a helluva lot more entertaining.

         • We used to be an amazing perennial power in baseball and that went away and will probably never return with the ride restrictions.

           But USC’s just not viewed as a one-and-done hoops program, and why should we be? The entire universe knows we are a football school, pure and simple, and that does not attract hoop phenoms.

           And frankly we’ve never had a great basketball coach. Never. Boyd, Morrison, Raveling, Bibby and Floyd have all been decent-to-good. O’Neill was downright bad.

           And then there’s the attendance, which is basically unspeakable. Just another reason for superior recruits to never come. Would you?

           I would think that if SC fans cared, they would show up. But they never do. In the old days, the Sports Arena was the excuse. Now, it’s just team quality I guess. But Galen is empty from what I see on the news.

         • SC could have emerged in the 1980s when the f uulca dysnasty had been destroyed by a petty AD who refused to hire Denny Crum. The league was up for grabs with Lute Olson rebuilding Arizona with JC transfers and UW using German imports. SC won the Pac 10 championship in 1985 and brought in an amazing recruiting class… but Mike McGee fired Morrison and brought in George Raveling and our moment was missed. SC returned to mediocrity and Arizona became the league power.

         • When Morrison was fired he went 11-17 (62-64 all-time conference) and finished last in the conference. You finish last, you roll the dice.

   • I don’t agree Jack B, or maybe my heart does not agree.,

     I have wanted SC to be a basketball school for decades, and we have had our moments, and as a result we have had our following, although temporarily.

     If Andy can bring it every year for a few years you will see a cultural change at Galen

     • ✅ Agree! 100%
       Times are changing!
       The basketball culture is changing!

       • Absolutely, even though Wyoming tried to throw away the game in regulation, the 2 point O/T bozo u win in an empty casino arena proves it.

         • You were watching it nationally televised!
           You said none of our games would be on natty tv! Wrong again!

     • That will take some “cultural change.”

       I’ve never spoken seriously about USC basketball with a USC friend. The topic just never comes up. No history. Harold Minor used to generate a little buzz and then O.J. Mayo, because he was scandalized, but never that good IMHO. We never go to games. Most of my USC friends couldn’t name the USC HC or one player. The NCAAs are usually a pipe dream. For real basketball schools, they’re a requirement.

       I’m pulling for Andy. He’s earning every penny of what SC’s paying him. As I’ve said, I hope he never leaves, but if he gets really good, I have no doubt we’ll be a stepping stone for him to the big leagues.

3. They play Oregon soon. That will be a good indicator of how well USC is doing.

   • Beating the Ducks in Eugene would put the program on the map. Playing a cream puff preseason schedule was not a good idea. This team is good enough to play top competition now like Kansas and North Carolina.

     • The fans would come for Kansas and NC.

       • Oregon is playing UCLA tough right now. It will be a really tough game for USC. Would love a win.

     • I sure hope so. Yes, beating Oregon would legitimize their early success.

4. Did I miss the Blogger’s report on the Tournament win in Las Vegas?

   • I think we all did LOL

   • LOL! What a Joke.

5. I think this team may struggle some once PAC 12 play start up again. However, when Boatwright makes it back, watch out; they could mirror the football team in that regard.

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