Recruiting missteps hurt USC baseball


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What happened to USC baseball? That is the question I set out to answer when I started writing this piece. What happened to the 12-time National Champions, the most successful program in the history of the sport? What happened to the team of Rod Dedeaux, the college baseball Coach of the Century? How can a […]

Recruiting class has room to improve


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It’s been an intriguing week for USC football recruiting, as five-star quarterback and former Alabama recruit Ricky Town de-committed from the Crimson Tide and gave his verbal commitment to USC. Though there’s plenty of intrigue about Town’s potential at the college level, the high school junior (class of 2015) still isn’t going to put on […]

Enfield can build success given time


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As the calendar approaches February, and with conference play well underway, the USC men’s basketball team reached a milestone this past week when it notched its first Pac-12 win of the Andy Enfield regime. The celebration was short-lived, though, as the Trojans were back to their losing ways in a loss to Stanford on Sunday, […]

Departing Trojans made the right call


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From the end of USC’s season on Dec. 21 up until the Jan. 15 declaration deadline, we watched the Trojans’ draft-eligible juniors trickle into the pool for the 2014 NFL Draft. First it was safety Dion Bailey, then center Marcus Martin, followed by defensive end George Uko, wide receiver Marqise Lee and tight end Xavier […]

Women’s basketball program on the rise


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Unlike USC’s men’s basketball team, which earned its first conference win at home on Wednesday night against Cal, the Women of Troy have been rolling in Pac-12 conference play. With a 6-1 conference record contributing to a 13-6 overall mark, the Women of Troy currently stand one spot away from first-place Stanford, who ranks No. […]

Baseball program needs to improve


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A little less than a year ago, I wrote a feature piece examining the plight of private schools — USC specifically — in college baseball. That plight is this: an NCAA Division I baseball team is allotted 11.7 scholarships to allocate amongst 27 players. If divided equally, that’s a little less than half of a scholarship […]

Collegiate tennis is worth the watch


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USC always has been, and always will be, one of the most respected athletic programs in the country. A large part of this perception has to do with the football team, of course, but what oftentimes fails to go acknowledged is the variety of spring sports where the Trojans are usually perennial contenders for an […]

USC exits football coaching carousel


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During college football’s offseason, nearly every school participates in the “coaching carousel” to reshuffle their respective staffs. Some teams only make a few adjustments. Others undergo widespread changes, which often occur after the arrival of a new head honcho on campus. USC certainly falls under the latter category. Even by the most dramatic of standards, […]

USC has reason to remain optimistic


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USC football is entering into a state of flux for the second straight offseason — to give you an idea of what exactly that means, look no further than San Jose Mercury News sports writer Jon Wilner. Last week, Wilner released his projection for the preseason top 25 ranking, which had the Trojans as the […]

Orgeron should rethink departure


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On Monday, USC head coach Steve Sarkisian’s newly-completed coaching staff was dealt a curveball when defensive line coach Bo Davis, who accepted the position at USC on Jan. 7, informed Sarkisian that he would be leaving to take the same position at Alabama. This news came less than 24 hours before Sarkisian and the rest […]