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Mayo Pro and Con

Some things in USC’s favor regarding the O.J. Mayo: The NCAA did an eligibility check on Mayo before it certified him through the NCAA Clearinghouse. USC’s compliance office also banned Rodney Guillory from receiving tickets to its home games. Some things not in USC’s favor: Guillory and Louis Johnson, who blew the whistle and went […]

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Mayo announces NBA hopes

With the buzz of his expected decision subsiding, O.J. Mayo officially held his press conference Thursday at the Galen Center announcing that he would forgo his remaining eligibility at USC and enter the 2008 NBA Draft. In front of about 20 reporters and members of the media, Mayo spoke publicly for the first time since […]

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Trojans Hold 2008 Awards Banquet

The USC men’s basketball team which went 21-12 and made the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season, held its annual awards banquet tonight (March 24) in the Founders Club at the Galen Center.

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USC Awards Night, Mayo MVP

Here’s the list of award winners from Monday night’s USC basketball banquet. Here’s the USC announcement of the awards, highlighted by the MVP Award that went to freshman O.J. Mayo. LOS ANGELES – The USC men’s basketball team which went 21-12 and made the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season, held its annual awards […]

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Hardest Working Band in the History of the Universe

When USC and UCLA tipoff today at the Staples Center it will be the first time the two programs have ever faced each other in the Pac-10 Tournament. It may also be the last time you see the school bands at a hoops rivalry game. Earlier this year, UCLA ended a long tradition by refusing […]

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T-WIRE SNAPS: #7 STANFORD 2008

Thanks to Chris McGuire again for these photos. We would like to recognize the Pac-10 player of the week, Taj Gibson, but O.J. Mayo gets all the spread in this edition because he is more photogenic. And so are the Song Girls…

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Gibson clears path to tourney

In a season in which USC has spent most of its time on an NCAA Tournament tight rope, the win that essentially clinched the Trojans’ spot was fittingly a high octane rollercoaster ride. USC came back from a nine-point first-half deficit, surrendered a 12-point lead late in the second half and hung on for a […]

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Trojan hoops take on Stanford/Cal at Galen

<!–start image–><!– end image–>The USC Trojans will face their final conference foes of the regular season, squaring off against California and No. 7 Stanford this week at the Galen Center. The Trojans, who have secured at least a .500 record in the Pac-10, have an opportunity to remove themselves from the proverbial NCAA Tournament “bubble” […]

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Weak-end box office

All those paper fans featuring the head of Will Ferrell that were distributed at the Galen Center the past two weekends could not rescue Will Farrell’s new movie, “Semi-Pro” from a disappointing opening. The movie took in $15.3 million, about $10 million less than expected. “Will Ferrell is always a draw and audiences love him. […]

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