Usc Basketball

De’anthony Melton’s Versatility Didn’t Go Unnoticed By Usc Basketball

... still developing. Defense came naturally. Scoring took some work, setting him back. “You don’t get a Division I scholarship because you can defend,” White said. “You get college scholarships because, push come to shove, you can put the ball in the hole.”. White recalled a conversation with Michigan coach John Beilein from the summer of 2015 after the Nike Peach Jam AAU event in South Carolina, where Melton was playing on with California Supreme. Beilein was in attendance, along with swarms of other college coaches, and scouted Melton, but ultimately passed. “Didn’t score enough,” White summed it up. Gary Franklin Sr., who runs California Supreme, where Melton played in 2015 before his senior season, figured he was just lost amid the hoopla. “There’s so many kids, so much talent,” Franklin said. “Sometimes if the kid is not, per se, on a stage and nothing sticks out about him right away, his size or crazy athleticism, sometimes people overlook those kind of guys.”. On his own team, Melton ...

Usc Advances With Comeback Win Over Providence

... UD Arena on March 15, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio. (Credit: Getty Images / Joe Robbins). Maliek White #4 of the Providence Friars dribbles against the USC Trojans in the first half during the First Four game in the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 15, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio. (Credit: Getty Images / Gregory Shamus). Chimezie Metu #4 of the USC Trojans shoots the ball in the first half against the Providence Friars during the First Four game in the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 15, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio. (Credit: Getty Images / Gregory Shamus). Head coach Ed Cooley of the Providence Friars reacts in the first half against the USC Trojans during the First Four game in the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 15, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio. (Credit: Getty Images / Gregory Shamus). Bennie Boatwright #25 of the USC ...

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

... game against Washington State, with 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 ...

How To Watch Smu Vs. Usc, Game Time, Tv Info, Live Stream

... CBS Sports App  today and get instant tournament news and alerts, plus play  Brackets. Sports Line. No. 6 seed SMU will take on No. 11 seed USC on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Here are some things to keep in mind about each team, along with viewing information for the game. Viewing information. When: Friday, March 17, 3:10 p.m. ET. TV: tru TV. CBS All-Access:  Click Here. What to know about each team. SMU: SMU doesn’t play in one of the traditional “power” conferences, but it has proven it can hang with some elite competition this season. After a shaky 4-3 start to the season with losses to Michigan, USC and Boise State, it has gone 24-1 since - including wins over eight top-100 teams. Semi Ojeleye, a Duke transfer, is a force to be reckoned with down low. USC: The Trojans have beaten UCLA and SMU, but hardly anybody else of note - only two of their 24 victories are against top-50 RPI teams. It’s worth noting USC’s leading scorer (Bennie Boatwright) missed 17 games this season with a knee injury. The sophomore forward is healthy now, though. He’s scored in double figures in 10 of USC’s past 11 games. MML is available on i ...

Usc Guard Elijah Stewart's Game-winning Shot Reignites College Basketball's Oddest Feud

... a reporter and said, “Hey, tag the Post Man.”. “Your guy who worked for the quote-unquote government.”. Ken Pom. “Ken Pom.”. Some back story: “Ken Pom” is Ken Pomeroy, the influential basketball statistician whose publicly available metrics last month listed USC as the luckiest team in college basketball. Stewart took offense, and his umbrage was noted in a Times article. “Unless Jesus runs that site, it’s not very credible to me,” Stewart said at the time. “If you’re so good at telling the future, work for the government.”. “Well, Elijah Stewart, I did work for the government,” Pomeroy responded on Twitter. A grudge was born. Well, at least for Stewart. It gnawed at him enough that, weeks later, he asked what exactly Pomeroy’s government work entailed. He was convinced Pomeroy worked as a ...

Notice Continues To Dominate On Defense

... clip of making them) all comes back to, “We can’t stop you, so we’ll score more than you.”. USC was putting itself in bad position by taking too many 3-pointers that were turning into those Marquette shots. Then their switches on defense were getting lost, leaving wide-open looks for the Eagles to drain 3 s. Notice stopped it. Following a timeout, the Gamecocks tightened their on-the-ball defense, Notice running point on it. Now every ball-handler suddenly had a hand, shoulder or Notice’s beard in his face when he was looking to get rid of the ball. USC climbed back into the game and then floored it in the second half. “Everybody talks about our defense, and talk about me stunting the ball and stuff like that, but Duane doesn’t get enough credit for what he does,” Thornwell said. “How he heats point guards up, how he routed them.”. Thornwell said Notice should have made the All-SEC Defensive team – he wasn’t alone there – but shot-blocking, steals and rebounding leaders usually get that. No matter – Notice was ...

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

... you don’t know what those days entailed, block out five hours and ask a UCLA fan). Getting to a game entails driving through swanky areas like Beverly Hills, Brentwood, or Bel-Air. The jerseys still have the same four letters arcing across the chest, and the blue and gold coloring reeks of old school, blue blood, college basketball tradition. From 1962 to 1976, the Bruins went to the Final Four on 13 separate occasions. They’ve been back to the sport’s promised land just five times in the past 40 years, however, and their last trip was in 2008. Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images. Throughout the season, the narrative has been “UCLA has Final Four potential if it could only play defense.” Alford and company have been hard at work trying to change that, and they may have hit a breakthrough. His team hasn’t given up more than 80 points in a game since that late-January loss at USC, and they haven’t had to slow down their high-octane offense to achieve that. The Bruins have won all nine games since that loss, scoring at least 95 points in four of them and reaching triple digits twice. “We've done a really good job of defending in this ...

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

... 1 so the Huskies know how dangerous he can be. In the lane or out on the perimeter, you always have to pay extra attention to Boatwright, the team’s leading scorer. Chimezie Metu, F, Sophomore. Height/weight: 6-11, 225. Key stats: 14.5 ppg, 6 rpg, 39.3 3 FG%. The Pac-12’s Most Improved Player gives Enfield another athletic post player who can inject energy into the team with some exciting plays. Metu has blossomed into a solid two-way player, as his 1.6 blocks per game are tops on the team. No. 11 Washington (9-21 overall, 2-16 Pac-12). Even with Fultz in the lineup, the Huskies went just 2-11 in conference play. Without him, the Huskies have gone 0-5 as part of its current 12-game losing streak. Still, Romar isn’t using Fultz’s injury as an excuse. “You got to go with what you have,” Romar said. “Earlier in the year, maybe you could say it’s good for guys to get ...

South Carolina ‘a Basketball School Right Now

... and 8:40 in Greenville. The South Carolina women's basketball team has a quick turnaround and has to face a physical Arizona State team that could test their smaller lineups. Most physical. The Gamecocks players called their meeting last season with Arizona State one of the most physical they’ve had. That surprised Sun Devils coach Charli Turner Thorne. Because her team got the worst of that encounter. “I think it was end of the first quarter, Wilson got Quinn (Dornstauder) with an elbow,” Turner Thorne said. “She cut her chin open, no foul, so she had to go out, and she was probably out till halftime, and she had, I think, about 10 stitches.”. That was before forward Kelsey Moos caught a knee to the head chasing a loose ball, missing 2-3 weeks, and forward Sophie Brunner dislocated an ankle late, missing 5-6 weeks. That game ended when Wilson was fouled by ASU’s 5-foot-7 point guard with less than a second left and nailed both free-throws for a 60-58 win. Meet so soon. This was a postseason matchup that could have been in play either of the past two ...