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Ucla And Usc Are Bringing 'showtime' Back To La College Basketball

... heading into the Pac-12 tournament. When asked for his thoughts on his team’s NCAA tournament chances, junior shooting guard Elijah Stewart didn’t seem concerned in the slightest. “I feel like we should be fine,” Stewart says. “We just have to take it game by game, but I’m not worried about that.”. Barring a surprise, USC should hear its name called on Selection Sunday for a second consecutive year, something that hasn’t been done since the days of O. J. Mayo, Nick Young, and Taj Gibson. For the first time in six seasons, they will be joined in that tournament field by crosstown rival UCLA. * * *. The Bruins are 28-3 and are led by the always calm, always cool Lonzo Ball. Ball’s name is cool. The way he walks onto the floor for pregame warmups — behind the rest of his jogging teammates — is cool. Ball never shows too much emotion, because caring too much about anything isn’t cool. At one point in the Arizona State game, he tried a nifty but ill-advised behind the back pass to save the ball underneath his own basket, and it ...

Ty Harris Points Usc Into Ncaas

... want to be the best that you can be, you do that all the time.”. Staley previously mentioned how she needs Harris to jump on an upperclassman’s case if they’re not doing what they need to do. She can’t be passive when there’s a mistake, because now every mistake is magnified. That’s taken some getting-used-to, but Harris won’t be shy about telling A’ja Wilson or Allisha Gray or Kaela Davis to get a little more open on that kick-out pass, to crash the boards a bit harder. “As long as I’m playing my game, we’re all flowing good together, I feel like we’ve got a great chance,” she said. Harris’ role as a scorer might increase, something she’s comfortable doing but would rather direct. Her points might depend on the game – Wilson will always be Wilson, but if her two guards are finding it difficult to get their usual buckets, USC has to replace them someway. It’s a lot to heap on a freshman, but that’s why Staley signed her. Like all her point guards, Staley tries to find what she was as a player inside each of them. Not many, if any, could ever be what Staley was. But they can surely try. “She knows what ...

Gamecocks Want To Add One More Reference To Their Resume

... because they’re all so hard in this league.”. The resume that was dissected last year seems to be safely preserved in cold storage this year. The Gamecocks are 22-9, 12-6 SEC and finished fourth in the league. They beat one of the top two teams in the league. Their RPI is 32 with a strength-of-schedule rated 37, far above last year’s totals. By Thursday’s numbers, USC was 4-5 against the Top 50 in RPI and 12-8 against the Top 100. It beat Monmouth, Michigan, Syracuse and Vermont and topped Georgia and Tennessee on the road. Bracketology considers the Gamecocks a lock, maybe as high as a 6 seed. That couldn’t change in the span of two days, right. Yes, it can. Unlikely, impossible. it can. So the Gamecocks are thinking of Friday and trying to get to Saturday, then trying to get to Sunday. Then, they’ll gather in Nashville or Columbia to watch the selection broadcast. Sunday’s coming. After Friday. ...

Ucla's Lonzo Ball Won't Face Ncaa Sanctions After Usc Reports Potential Violation

... measures” were taken when the issue was reported and Ball’s eligibility for the NCAA Tournament is not at risk. “NCAA eligibility is assessed at the beginning of every student-athlete’s academic year and then re-evaluated as needed based on a change in circumstances,’ the statement read. “This evaluation can include a review of NCAA rules, facts related to specific situations, or a school’s request for interpretations and waivers from the NCAA. “Like many schools, UCLA has frequently worked with the NCAA to determine what is and is not allowed within the member-adopted rules. While neither the NCAA nor UCLA will address details of a specific student-athlete’s situation, both are comfortable the appropriate measures have been taken to review the potential issues under NCAA rules and processes regarding Lonzo Ball. As is standard practice, both will continue to work together to monitor this matter.’. Big Baller Brand sells T-shirts, hoodies and hats on its website. The company ...

Usc-providence Is Wednesday’s Main Ncaa Event

... for the channel. Both games take place at UD Arena, the home of the Dayton Flyers. Dayton has long been the site for NCAA tournament play-in games, dating back to before the tournament expanded to 68 teams in 2011. It’s a cool atmosphere for college basketball, and some of these games have been really good ones. The NC Central-UC Davis game tilts on paper toward NC Central. The MEAC champion Eagles play excellent field goal defense, and the Aggies are not a good shooting team. If NCCU can force as many bricks as it should, it’ll get through the game just fine. Providence-USC shapes up like a tossup. The Trojans have a markedly better offense, but Providence plays better defense. So if the numbers are high, that’s likely to mean good things for USC. A shot-bricking struggle would set up preferably for the Friars. The Trojans’ coach is Andy Enfield, who achieved national fame during Florida Gulf Coast’s Cinderella tournament run ...

Usc Is Still In Position To Reach The Ncaa Tournament Field, But It 'better Not Lose

... 29 points and eight rebounds. He missed just two shots. … The Cougars are no longer the Pac-12's basement dweller, but they have sputtered for most of the conference season. Two wins in a row, over Arizona State and Washington, snapped a five-game losing streak. Josh Hawkinson is a bright spot, averaging a double-double with 15.5 points and 10.1 rebounds. Caption The Rams begin free agency by signing a receiver and a tackle. The Rams opened free agency by signing receiver Robert Woods and offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth. What moves will the team make next. Caption The Rams begin free agency by signing a receiver and a tackle. The Rams opened free agency by signing receiver Robert Woods and offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth. What moves will the team make next. Caption Dodgers Fan Fest: Take me out to the ball game. Sights and sounds from Saturday's Dodgers Fan Fest at Dodger Stadium. Caption Tom Brady leads Patriots to epic Super Bowl comeback victory. After a first half in which he ...

2017 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament First Round Preview

... floor. The Trojans and Huskies just played each other on Saturday with the Trojans earning a 74-58 victor y on Senior Day. The winner of Wednesday’s nightcap will face No. 3 UCLA at 8:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. MT in the quarterfinals. No. 6 USC (23-8 overall, 10-8 Pac-12). Coach Andy Enfield has put together a long, athletic team that is starting to scratch the surface of its potential. The fun-loving bunch features a host of underclassmen who have the program’s future looking bright. As Romar noted, the Trojans have been a ball-hawking group in the previous two meetings between the two schools, as USC has recorded 25 combined steals in the pair of victories. “For us, we’ve got to take care of the ball,” Romar said. “They’ve done been very successful at getting us to turn the ball over with their length and their ...

Out Of The Wilderness

... we were a basketball family and, seeing as how my mom and dad attended the University of South Carolina in the early 1970 s, I spent countless nights hearing stories about the vaunted Gamecock teams of that era. When you’re young and you love the game, you can’t get enough of those old stories. Dad would talk about Coach Frank Mc Guire and his “underground railroad” of players from the New York area. I was regaled with the exploits of players like sharpshooting guard Kevin Joyce and silky smooth forward Alex English, who, of course, later went on to a long and productive professional career. They told me about rough-and-tumble giants like Tom Riker and big Danny Traylor. And, on literally dozens of occasions, I heard the story of how my mom once camped overnight outside the old Carolina Coliseum, waiting in line to nab tickets to watch the Gamecocks play highly ranked Notre Dame. Those were the glory days of college basketball in Columbia. But, as much as ...

Usc Isn't Happy With Its No. 1 Ranking In An Unusual Category. Where's The Luck

... the NCAA convened stats experts, including Pomeroy, to discuss new tools that the NCAA tournament selection committee can use to select teams. USC basketball team held a wake for a season that ended just as some team members had expected: in the Pac-12 Conference tournament, with a loss to rival UCLA. Players showered, dressed and plodded. Two years ago, in a dim locker room in the bowels of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the USC basketball team held a wake for a season that ended just as some team members had expected: in the Pac-12 Conference tournament, with a loss to rival UCLA. Players showered, dressed and plodded. (Zach Helfand and Ben Bolch). Pomeroy told the Sporting News that he doesn’t think his ratings should be the defining feature for bracket selection. Wins and losses still matter, luck or not. “It’s why you watch games,” he said. “You want to see teams win or lose.”. NEXT UP. USC AT NO. 4 ARIZONA. When: Thursday, 7 p.m. PST. Where: Mc Kale ...

Ucla, Usc Basketball Teams Slipping Academically

... point behind St. Mary's and Minnesota. The Trojans rate in 2015 was also 959. USC's rate was impacted by player defections after the coaching change that resulted in the hiring of Andy Enfield prior to the 2013-14 season, USC Sports Information Director Tim Tessalone told City News Service. The average in the field was 971.78. USC's APR will significantly increase in the coming years as the single-year APR for the 2011-12 year is removed from the average, Tessalone said. The Trojans had a perfect 1,000 APR for the 2014-15 year. The team posted its highest semester cumulative grade point average in the 2016 fall semester, Tessalone said. Records have been kept since 2000. Seven teams had perfect scores of 1,000 - Bucknell, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Seton Hall and West Virginia. Duke, Gonzaga, Michigan, and Virginia Commonwealth were next at 995, followed by defending champion Villanova at 994. New Orleans had the lowest score, 888, followed in the bottom 10 by Eastern Tennessee State (933), ...