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Usc-providence Is Wednesday’s Main Ncaa Event

... of the first game, are USC and Providence. That winner advances in the East region and will face No. 6 SMU in the first round, in what should be a pretty good game. The First Four can be a memorable event for the 16 th seeds involved, because it gives them a chance to win a Big Dance game before the harsh reality awaiting them in the first round. For the 11 th seeds, it might feel more like a nuisance, as it sets them back before a winnable game a couple of days later. Those are the breaks. Here’s the full schedule for Wednesday night. North Carolina Central vs. UC Davis. 6:40 p.m. ET, tru TV. Streaming: March Madness Live. You can also stream Wednesday’s games through your Amazon Fire TV or Fire Tablets if you have a paid subscription for the channel. Both games take place at UD Arena, the home of the Dayton Flyers. Dayton has long been the site for NCAA tournament play-in games, dating back to before the tournament expanded to 68 teams in 2011. It’s a cool atmosphere for college basketball, and some of these games have been really ...

Out Of The Wilderness

... who, of course, later went on to a long and productive professional career. They told me about rough-and-tumble giants like Tom Riker and big Danny Traylor. And, on literally dozens of occasions, I heard the story of how my mom once camped overnight outside the old Carolina Coliseum, waiting in line to nab tickets to watch the Gamecocks play highly ranked Notre Dame. Those were the glory days of college basketball in Columbia. But, as much as I loved those old stories, for most of my life that relatively brief period in the late ’60 s and early ’70 s when Mc Guire made USC hoops relevant has seemed sort of alien to me. The idea of South Carolina basketball meaning something on the national stage is one that existed only in those tales my parents used to tell me. Sindarius Thornwell | photo by Jenny Dilworth. I mean, let’s be honest here: Outside of the occasional fleeting moment — Coach George Felton’s Barry Manning-led NCAA team in ...

Usc Isn't Happy With Its No. 1 Ranking In An Unusual Category. Where's The Luck

... ranks USC No. 31. Everyone knows the. UCLA basketball team can score, and dish, and run through the gym as if they are flying. But at a rollicking Pauley Pavilion that included all those things Saturday night, the Bruins proved capable of equally important attributes. They can learn. They can grow. And yes, they. Everyone knows the UCLA basketball team can score, and dish, and run through the gym as if they are flying. But at a rollicking Pauley Pavilion that included all those things Saturday night, the Bruins proved capable of equally important attributes. They can learn. They can grow. And yes, they. (Bill Plaschke). The low rank and the “lucky” label have fanned an already simmering feeling of resentment at the Galen Center. Shooting guard Elijah Stewart has stewed for years that USC is not taken seriously. “USC,” he mused two weeks ago, “is like the Harry Potter of the Pac-12.”. He later noted that the fictional wizard “lived underneath a stairwell. That’s one of the greatest wizards ever! He got no love.”. USC is treated similarly, he said. Stewart believes that some fans and media members write off any USC success as a fluke. Some team ...

Ucla And Usc Are Bringing 'showtime' Back To La College Basketball

... headlines , UCLA’s full cast of characters is plenty deep. There’s TJ Leaf, the imposing freshman forward who is second on the team in scoring. The coach’s son, Bryce Alford , has made more three-pointers than any power conference player in the country. Isaac Hamilton , Thomas Welsh , and Aaron Holiday are all averaging double figures as well. Holiday is scoring at a clip of 13 points per game and plays starter minutes for Alford, but the point guard has come off the bench in all 31 games this season. He started every single game in his first season. “I just have to come in with an aggressive mindset,” says Holiday. “Coming off the bench cold, you can’t be passive. So being aggressive gets me going and helps everyone in the long run.”. One more bench player, freshman Ike Anigbogu (a raw but talented big), rounds out a seven-deep rotation for the Bruins that few teams across the country can match. “It's a fun group to ...

De’anthony Melton’s Versatility Didn’t Go Unnoticed By Usc Basketball

... some work, setting him back. “You don’t get a Division I scholarship because you can defend,” White said. “You get college scholarships because, push come to shove, you can put the ball in the hole.”. White recalled a conversation with Michigan coach John Beilein from the summer of 2015 after the Nike Peach Jam AAU event in South Carolina, where Melton was playing on with California Supreme. Beilein was in attendance, along with swarms of other college coaches, and scouted Melton, but ultimately passed. “Didn’t score enough,” White summed it up. Gary Franklin Sr., who runs California Supreme, where Melton played in 2015 before his senior season, figured he was just lost amid the hoopla. “There’s so many kids, so much talent,” Franklin said. “Sometimes if the kid is not, per se, on a stage and nothing sticks out about him right away, his size or crazy athleticism, sometimes people overlook those kind of guys.”. On his own team, Melton even came off the bench, overshadowed by his teammates, including USC freshman guard Jonah Mathews who was the more dynamic scorer. “D just plays ...

Gamecocks Want To Add One More Reference To Their Resume

... is winning and advancing and trying to win the tournament. That’s the only thing we’re focusing on right now.”. Not that South Carolina looked ahead last year. It wanted to beat Georgia in the SEC tournament quarterfinals, and J. J. Frazier drove a stake through their hearts. Still, they left Nashville on Friday night knowing they might have to go to Dayton for a First Four game, but they were in the NCAA tournament. By noon Saturday, they were out. Projections dropped them, more upsets began happening and after one of the nuttiest 36 hours in recent history, the prediction was upheld. Power-5 conference teams with 24-8 records don’t get left out. USC did. Which is why, even though they seem to be assured of the Dance heading into Friday’s SEC tournament quarterfinal, they’re still triple-checking the reservation. “We have to approach it as a weeklong commitment,” coach Frank Martin said. “We’ve got to make sure our guys are in a good place mentally to go at these games, because they’re all so hard in this league.”. The resume that was dissected last year seems to be safely ...

Pac-12 Conference Tries To Regain Its Swagger In Ncaa Basketball Tournament

... helped by the conference’s lack of a Final Four team since 2009. But the resentment has grown more acute this season. The Pac-12 produced three of the best teams in the country — or thought it did, anyway. Neither Arizona, UCLA nor Oregon earned a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA tournament. And only one other Pac-12 school made the 68-team field — USC, which barely got in as the next-to-last at-large selection. Looking for a way to ace the. March Madness pool at work? Sports analytics expert Ed Feng suggests a “contrarian” approach. The Stanford-educated engineer, who founded “The Power Rank” website, bases his NCAA tournament strategy more on probabilities than on won-loss records or shooting percentages. Looking for a way to ace the March Madness pool at work? Sports analytics expert Ed Feng suggests a “contrarian” approach. The Stanford-educated engineer, who founded “The Power Rank” website, bases his NCAA tournament strategy more on ...

2017 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament First Round Preview

... points, 5.9 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game and always brings his entertaining style to the floor. The Trojans and Huskies just played each other on Saturday with the Trojans earning a 74-58 victor y on Senior Day. The winner of Wednesday’s nightcap will face No. 3 UCLA at 8:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. MT in the quarterfinals. No. 6 USC (23-8 overall, 10-8 Pac-12). Coach Andy Enfield has put together a long, athletic team that is starting to scratch the surface of its potential. The fun-loving bunch features a host of underclassmen who have the program’s future looking bright. As Romar noted, the Trojans have been a ball-hawking group in the previous two meetings between the two schools, as USC has recorded 25 combined steals in the pair of victories. “For us, we’ve got to take care of the ball,” Romar said. “They’ve done been very successful at getting us to turn the ball over with their length and their quickness.”. — USC Men's Basketball (@USC_Hoops) March 6, 2017. Players to watch. Height/Weight: 6-10, 230. Key stats: 14.9 ppg, ...

Ty Harris Points Usc Into Ncaas

... it was revealed South Carolina’s All-American center is done for the season, while giving the Gamecocks two choices. Use it as an excuse, or take advantage of what they still have to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. The answer was always going to be B, and the Gamecocks were told how to start doing it. Everybody had to do what they could do to the very best of their ability, from freshman to senior. Freshman Ty Harris understood. “They told me, ‘You know what you’re doing. You know all the information, so just take turns and say what needs to be done,’ ” the Gamecocks’ point guard said. “They have confidence in me, so I just have to go do it.”. She was handed a mountain of responsibility before conference play, Staley inserting her into the starting lineup and telling her it was her team. A freshman, having to call out, recognize and distribute everything USC was doing on offense, with two All-Americans and two junior guards around her, was in charge. Harris ...

Usc Is Still In Position To Reach The Ncaa Tournament Field, But It 'better Not Lose

... at the Galen Center, finishing an abnormally long practice. As it was ending, Coach Andy Enfield said his team had a lot to go over after a collapse in the final four minutes against Arizona State on Sunday. “Hey, I don't feel sorry for our team,” Enfield said. “I don’t feel sorry for our program. We just didn’t get it done.”. If the Trojans were to feel sorry about anything, it would be what has become of their NCAA tournament chances. The loss at Arizona State jolted USC’s final homestand —  which begins Wednesday with Washington State — transforming it from a gentle finish to a crucial series. “It affected them quite a bit,” said Shelby Mast, who runs the website Bracket W. A. G. and works as USA Today’s bracketologist. “They better not lose.”. USC is still in position to enter the field. Of 123 bracket projections listed by the bracketology aggregator Bracket Matrix, 119 kept the Trojans in. Some, like CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm, still list USC as secure, at a No. 9 seed. Mast was among the most bearish. USC was the last team in his field. That uncertainty means the Trojans (21-8, 8-8 in the Pac-12 Conference) cannot afford a loss at home to ...

Ucla's Lonzo Ball Won't Face Ncaa Sanctions After Usc Reports Potential Violation

... the time of the report they were “aware” of the potential violation and “working on it.”. Good news for the Bruins: despite the mix-up and potential misstep in marketing, Ball won’t face any NCAA-related sanctions. The NCAA and UCLA released a joint statement to USA Today, confirming that “appropriate measures” were taken when the issue was reported and Ball’s eligibility for the NCAA Tournament is not at risk. “NCAA eligibility is assessed at the beginning of every student-athlete’s academic year and then re-evaluated as needed based on a change in circumstances,’ the statement read. “This evaluation can include a review of NCAA rules, facts related to specific situations, or a school’s request for interpretations and waivers from the NCAA. “Like many schools, UCLA has frequently worked with the NCAA to determine what is and is not allowed within the member-adopted rules. While neither the NCAA nor UCLA will address details of a specific student-athlete’s situation, both are comfortable the appropriate measures have been ...

Ucla, Usc Basketball Teams Slipping Academically

... the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, based on figures reported by the NCAA. UCLA's rate was 962, matching Marquette, one point behind UC Davis and within eight points of seven other universities. The Bruins had a 969 rate in 2015, 32 nd in the field, 951 in 2014, tying Louisiana-Lafayette for 46 th, and 942 in 2013, the 11 th lowest in the tournament. USC's rate was 959, matching Texas Southern, one point behind St. Mary's and Minnesota. The Trojans rate in 2015 was also 959. USC's rate was impacted by player defections after the coaching change that resulted in the hiring of Andy Enfield prior to the 2013-14 season, USC Sports Information Director Tim Tessalone told City News Service. The average in the field was 971.78. USC's APR will significantly increase in the coming years as the single-year APR for the 2011-12 year is removed from the average, Tessalone said. The Trojans had a perfect 1,000 APR for the 2014-15 year. The team posted its highest ...