Recap
Southern Cal had a mediocre yr in 2010-eleven getting a 19-15 document as well as a 4th place showing within the Pac-ten convention. In the conference tourney they sophisticated to the semifinals, then proceeded to drop in the play-in video game of the tourney to VCU.
Southern Cal had benefits by getting to be a amazing defensive crew. USC held their foes to under 41% from the flooring shooting and also to significantly less than 64 points for each sport.
The loss of Nikola Vucevic and Alex Stepheson is likely to be difficult to substitute. Vucevic averaged far more than 17 details per game and brought down 10.three rebounds each and every video game. Stepheson was the group’s 2nd finest rebounder at 7.2 every single night time and also contributed just beneath 10 factors.
2011-twelve Overview
Kevin O’Neill has been the USC head coach for two seasons and has presented the enthusiasts teams that perform difficult and boost as the time progresses. This year’s team has a lot of contributions to substitute, but O’Neill does have Jio Fontan, Maurice Jones, and Garrett Jackson coming back. With each other with a strong recruiting course the Trojans brought in transfers Aaron Fuller and Dewayne Dedmon.
Backcourt
Southern Cal will be greatly dependent on their backcourt duo of Fontan and Jones. Fontan sat out the fall semester last period, but arrived in to lead the group in helps and finished 2nd in scoring at ten.5 points each contest.
Jones was third on the crew in details with nine.9 points every night time, dished out 110 all round assists, and set the college document with 69 steals as a freshman. His achievements aided to receive a spot on the Pac-ten All-Freshman crew.
Bryon Wesley is a six’5″ freshman perimeter player who’s predicted to aid all around the offensive conclude immediately. Alexis Moore is 1 more freshman who ought to see time and plays extremely well on each aspect sides of the court. Junior college transfer Greg Allen is a reliable defender and can shoot 3.
Frontcourt
The Trojans 3 publish players ought to be Aaron Fuller, Dewayne Dedmon, and James Blascyk. Fuller was forced to sit out the 2010-11 12 months following transferring above from Iowa. In his sophomore year for the Hawkeyes he was honorable point out on the All-Large 10 group with nine.7 factors and practically seven boards every single night.
These people will very likely be pushed in apply by a few of transfers who can’t perform this yr. Ari Stewart and Eric Smart transferred from Wake Forest and UC-Irvine, respectively.
