Tough hill to climb for Trojan basketball


They happened five months and more than 6,000 miles apart. First, there was the late March press conference at the Galen Center in Los Angeles where first-team All-Pac-10 center Nikola Vucevic declared he was skipping his senior season at USC to enter the NBA draft. Just last week, in a nondescript gymnasium outside Sao Paulo, […]

USC DIGEST


Falyn Fonoimoana declared ineligible The No. 2 USC women’s volleyball team, which begins its season Aug. 26, can take pride in last year’s impressive run to the Final Four and the return of several players who earned Pac-10 or All-American honors just a year ago. On Friday, those feats were momentarily overshadowed by a huge […]

Receiving group focal point for USC in 2011


Despite many major moments of the 2010 season being dominated by obvious growing pains and missed opportunities, there remained a constant staple in the Trojans’ offense fans could always get excited about — the exhilarating connection that junior quarterback Matt Barkley shared with then-freshman wide receiver Robert Woods. Quickly getting time as a starter alongside […]

Fontan tears ACL, likely out for season


Senior guard Jio Fontan was supposed to be the unquestioned leader for the USC men’s basketball team this year. Now, he’s out for the season. “It’s a blow for our team,” USC coach Kevin O’Neill told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s a huge blow for our team.” After landing awkwardly in an exhibition game in […]