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Women of Troy win Pac-12 Tournament


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The USC’s women’s basketball team took fate into its own hands Sunday night and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006 after clinching the Pac-12 Tournament title against No. 3-seeded Oregon State, 71-62. This victory was the team’s first ever Pac-12 conference title and was just its second […]

Trojan basketball lacks drive to succeed


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It makes sense that on the rainiest weekend in my nearly three years at USC, the mood of the USC men’s basketball team could be described as dour. After a Thursday night loss to Oregon State, the Trojans vowed to go out Saturday afternoon and win the final home game of five seniors’ college careers. […]

Spring sports deserve attention


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Enough about football, eh? Just kidding, football never sleeps at this school. Football is king. Period. The End. And rightfully so, seeing as it is responsible for funding all of USC’s other athletic programs. But football season is a long eight-plus months away, and so I present to you my spring sports primer. This isn’t […]

Howard granted immediate eligibility


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Maryland transfer Pe’Shon Howard has officially been added to the 2013-2014 USC men’s basketball roster,  head coach Andy Enfield announced Monday. The senior point guard was given legislative relief waiver to return home to his hometown in order to be closer to his ailing grandmother. The 6’3, 190 pound guard adds a great amount of […]

Chris Paul Ignites “Real” Playoff Basketball


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Chris Paul crossed over at the top of the three-point arc, took five aggressive dribbles, and attacked the right side of the lane. As the floater left his fingertips, there was no doubt over what the result would be. There was nothing the outstretched arms of Tony Allen and Darrell Arthur could do. The shot […]

The Daily Trojan NBA Playoff Preview


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The NBA Playoffs are finally here, so I reached out to Daily Trojan sports editor and NBA diehard Alex Shultz to do a back-and-forth for this week’s Trojan Fix. This is a slightly edited transcript of a back-and-forth between the two of us that occurred during the last game of the regular season last Wednesday. […]

Fontan, Wise named MVPs


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Seniors Jio Fontan and Eric Wise were named team MVPs following the USC men’s basketball team’s annual end-of-season awards banquet held Tuesday night. Wise, a 6-foot-6 forward, led the Trojans in scoring, averaging 11.9 points per game in his lone season with the program after transferring from UC Irvine following his junior season with the Anteaters. He […]

Fab five reunited for one night


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While the Michigan Wolverines may have lost to the Louisville Cardinals in the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game, they can take solace in the fact that the school’s Fab Five took a big step toward reconciliation by all attending the game. Four of the five members – Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson […]