Tag Archive for: NCAA tournament

Rebuilding not on Trojans’ agenda


Several words come to mind when looking back on top-ranked USC’s exit as a semifinalist from the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament last May: Premature, unsatisfying, disappointing. Ask anyone related to the team and they’d say even these words remain a severe understatement. Losing to a fourth-seeded, 14-loss UC Santa Barbara team was not the ending […]

Women of Troy’s prospects uncertain


Fresh off a Women’s National Invitational Tournament run, the USC’s women’s basketball team garnered much attention in the preseason, as they landed in the preseason Associated Press top-25 poll for the first time since 2006. USC was also picked to finish second in conference behind Stanford, according to a Pac-12 coaches poll. But for the […]

O’Neill not to blame for down season


The USC men’s basketball snapped a nine-game losing streak Saturday after defeating the Utah Utes at the Galen Center. The victory was long overdue as the Trojans were, at the time, winless in Pac-12 conference play and in 2012. Many have questioned why the men’s basketball team has recently declined. This season, the Trojans have […]