Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time
at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight
run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the
school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era.
After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full
time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the
rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim
Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean,
he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills.
Defensive focus
After allowing Cal to shoot 51.9 percent Saturday, the Trojans made defense the priority in Tuesday's practice. Stanford also shot 48.1 percent against USC on Thursday. On the season, the Trojans are tied for second-best in the country in field-goal percentage allowed at 36.6 percent.
``That's all we did today was guard,'' Floyd said. ``We got to get back to guarding people. Stanford got a lot of easy pick-ups on post defense, and (Cal) was perimiter. We didn't locate the final 10 minutes.''
Comments
Good coaches always find things that need improvement and Floyd is definitely a good coach!
Posted by: GroovieTrojan | January 30, 2007 8:49 PM
And, as Lute is learning this year at Arizona, defense is the key to winning in the Pac 10.
Posted by: Phil Jacks | January 31, 2007 11:34 AM