Tag Archive for: jio fontan
Jio Fontan’s season-ending ACL surgery forces USC to field a young backcourt in 2011-2012.
Uncertainty hovers over USC basketball
By DAVE DULBERG
2 Comments/in Columns, Sports
In between drills during Thursday’s morning practice at the Galen Center, senior guard Jio Fontan picked up a loose ball and slowly made his way down the length of the floor. On his way to the basket, Fontan slowly mimicked movements that seemed all too real just a few months ago. But just as USC’s […]
Jones stands out at Pac-12 Media Day
By SETH RUBINROIT
1 Comment/in Basketball, Sports
On most nights, sophomore guard Maurice Jones’ age would have prevented him from entering the Conga Room at L.A. Live. Yet on Friday afternoon, Jones, the youngest player and only sophomore chosen to represent his team at the annual Pac-12 Conference Men’s Basketball Media Day, found himself sitting on the stage at the popular nightclub […]
Barrage of preseason injuries continues
By SETH RUBINROIT
in Basketball, Sports
Dewayne Dedmon, Curtis Washington are the latest to suffer from various ailments.
Fontan has ACL surgery
By WILL ROBINSON
in Basketball, Sports
The senior guard will apply for a medical redshirt after successful surgery Tuesday.
Fontan to undergo ACL surgery this week
By ROSS DAUTEL AND NICK SELBE
in Basketball, Sports
The veteran point guard will apply for a medical redshirt in order to return next season.
Tough hill to climb for Trojan basketball
By JONATHAN KENDRICK
1 Comment/in Columns, Sports
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, […]
Brazil trip proves costly for USC
By SETH RUBINROIT
2 Comments/in Basketball, Featured, Sports
Senior guard Jio Fontan tore his ACL in the third game of USC’s exhibition tour.
Fontan tears ACL, likely out for season
By TREVOR WONG
in Basketball, Sports
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 […]
Trojans to take advantage of exhibitions
By SETH RUBINROIT
in Basketball, Sports
USC travels to Brazil to face off against professional teams under an NCAA provision.