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.
Quotes from Arizona side
``USC's whole emphasis is on defense,'' Chase Budinger said. ``They tried to be physical with us from the start and played a lot of man-to-man. They're just a better defensive team.''
``USC did a great job pressuring the ball,'' Lute Olson said. ``Obviously, the difference in the game was the turnovers (nine for USC, 16 for Arizona). Some of those turnovers were because of their defense, but some were just obviously our fault. There were times when it seemed that we could not get a handle on it. There is not much I can say other than that you cannot turn the ball over 16 times and beat a good team like USC.''
Comments
This is pretty exciting stuff. Minus the UCLA/W-State endings - SC looks awesome. March Madness eaks closer. And we pulled out this ending without Taj. No let down vs. A- State.
Posted by: TrojanFan | February 16, 2007 6:15 AM