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.
Pruitt punished
Gabe Pruitt was forced to walk up and down steps in the Galen Center stands during practice Tuesday because he missed two tutoring sessions. Pruitt was academically ineligible for the first 11 games of this season. Coach Tim Floyd said that would be the extent of the punishment, and Pruitt would be allowed back in practice Wednesday.
``I had a problem in the past earlier so I should be the last one to do that,'' said Pruitt, who added that he overslept. ``I take responsibility for it happening.''