Gameday Open Thread: USC at Washington State Cougars
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 1:30 PM PST
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PrintUSC Trojans at Washington St. Cougars, Feb 20, 2010 2:00 PM PST
After a thrilling three-point victory over Washington in Seattle, the Trojans, who trail first place Cal by half a game, head east to Pullman to face a struggling Washington State team that just lost to UCLA by twenty points on Thursday night. Purely, based on recent results, USC appears as the odds on favorite to leave the Evergreen State with another victory in hand even though the Cougars got the best of the Trojans earlier this season in Los Angeles.
SCOUTING THE COUGARS -- Washington State is coming off a 71-51 home loss to UCLA on Feb. 18. Since winning 67-60 vs. USC at the Galen Center on Jan. 21, the Cougars have dropped six of seven games. Washington State is led by Klay Thompson who averages 20.8 points per game, second among conference players. USC leads the all-time series 66-42, but is 1-5 in the last six games at Pullman, winning 46-44 last season.
TROJANS GET BIG ROAD WIN IN SEATTLE -- Dwight Lewis scored 16 of his 22 points in the first half, Mike Gerrity added six key points in the closing minutes and USC held off a furious rally by Washington in the final nine minutes for a 67-64 win on Feb. 18 in Seattle, Wash. Down by 16 with nine minutes left, Washington suddenly got hot, closing to within 61-60 on Venoy Overton's driving basket with 1:25 left. But Gerrity answered with a layup of his own, then clinched the victory with a fallaway 12-footer with 15 seconds left. Gerrity finished with 12 points, all in the second half. It was just the second home loss all season for Washington (16-2).
This marks yet another USC basketball game that won't be on television locally so most of us are going to have to resort to following it on game tracker. Still, this is an important one and the guys need our support.
Fight On!
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No TV?
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According to the USC website, there is no TV coverage. Is this true?
some one hit a 3 and send it into OT
by Dodgermanramon on Feb 20, 2010 3:53 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Can't Get a Break
We’ve lost some games we should have won – WSU at home, ‘Furd on the road – but I can’t think of any games that we won that we should have lost. Too bad. This was a huge loss. Now, we may have to sweep the Zonas on the road to have a chance for the championship. Hopefully, Cal will drop 2 of their last 3.
Garrett put the hex on this team
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 20, 2010 4:14 PM PST reply actions
Hexes?
They were 2-of-15 from three point land. Garrett definitely deserves some blame, but when do we stop throwing everything on his desk?
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
what i am saying is there really isn't a real drive to succeed, and the f-ing ncaa took 2 of our staff this weekend.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 20, 2010 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
NCAA didn't help us at all, but they looked pretty fired up last game against UW
I’ll blame the NCAA for a lot of losses this year, but personally, I think we’ve come to the point in the year where these guys have to show up and play. Some of the guys are considered potential pro prospects, so why would they just throw in the towel. If anything, they’re going to have to play hard for their draft status or potential deals overseas.
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Who knows Joey one thing I have never understand is the fact that 80% of all players when they get to college, lose their shooting touch.
I got better as I got older, most of these kids have the worst fundamentals I don’t get it.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 20, 2010 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
They just don't have great shooting form
Look at Gerrity. I don’t understand what he’s doing half the time when it comes to shooting. His mechanics are just whack. However, you will notice that Marcus Johnson has exceptional form, which makes a ton of sense considering his range has improved the most out of anyone this season.
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well I am hoping that some of the new recruits coming in have better fundamentals.
I really can’t think of any player that TF brought in that had great shooting mechanics. It was like he didn’t want that or just didn’t know what to look for, as a player himself was geared to defense not a scorer. This one reason why losing Mo-MO, Derek, and Hill hurt so much, but with the next 2 classes coming we look to have scoring. Maybe you can get you butt out there and show those new guys how to shot Joe.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 5:00 AM PST up reply actions
How to shoot------and no pun intended
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 5:02 AM PST up reply actions
Worst TF recruit in terms of fundamentals?
Davon Johnson
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 21, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, but you do know that Garrett put the push on DJ, before Mayo it was DJ and LW.
Bibby did all the up front recruiting and I will bet that he used Guillory’s AAU connections, you know that Bib couldn’t stand MG.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, my bad
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 21, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, but
he had mad raw talent. the hops + the size = wow. I still think Davon might have a shot to work his way into the NBA someday.
still, you see these kids with talent acting like they own the world, knowing they can make money in Europe. rumors that John Wall has already stopped going to classes at Kentucky.
Feel sorry for some of these coaches. Classy gentlemen who have to play ball in a very dirty business.
True
Davon had no patience. Funny thing is the NBA keeps drafting these clowns. Take a good look at Taj Gibson, and ask yourself if you’d rather have a kid that has played 3 years of college ball, or some immature hotshot prospect who can’t play defense.
Every kid out there thinks that they are the next Kobe, or LeBron. Trouble is that they are just Davon, or Jrue.
Yep and Taj score 22 and 13 rebs Sat.
Dude does all the right stuff and is starting to not get a bunch of fouls called on him. He is smart that he doesn’t complain to the Refs and they already respect him, something I can’t say about most NBA posers.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
nice season guys... pretty sure this one and cal's win over oregon slammed shut any title hopes
At USC we're not snobs, we're just better than you.
For the most part
We now have to win out and hope Cal losses 2 out of its last 3 games for an outright title. That’s gonna be tough.
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
more like
yeah…BEAUTIFUL
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
yes King Nestor of the Greek Boys is now Humiliated and wanting Howlands Head!
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 20, 2010 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
It's amazing they think Slick Rick is the second coming and Howland is some hack
Look at their freakin’ track records!
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Don't forget the illustrious Eagle Bank Bowl Championship
that he took back to Westwood.
I think Dorrell’s Sun Bowl Trophy is bigger.
Nestor the Molester calls Howlands’ coaching gutless and costs them more than a game. Call suicide watch and keep all sharp instruments away from him.
Ruinville is in tatters………………………..
Funny on how insightful good ol nestor is
Last year he was willing to kiss the feet of the Great inventor of Ben Ball. One season later his Ben Ball Warrior is now a gutless spineless disaster.
Seems like Nestor's opinion depends on which way the wind blows
Its a good thing that no one on the planet is intimidated by that guy. I would like to see him call out Drago to his face. If bruins do not display “thuggish” behavior, then he should have nothing to fear.
I can hear the squeal for here
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yea I hear Kobe Bryant is going to volunteer coach
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 21, 2010 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Posted on the ruin Washington debacle game thread-Looking for something positive
5 straight mercy rule wins for the softball team school record
by SuperBruinMan on Feb 20, 2010 8:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well you know those guys really take their softball serious over there at BN.
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by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 20, 2010 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Can't beat the bRuin girls at gym, or their she-males at softball
Head-to-head records by sport – As of the completion of the 2007-08 academic year, USC leads the all-time all-sport record 779-763-9. However, this margin has increased in USC’s favor since USC won the Lexus Gauntlet in 2009.
Or the fact that they just field more athletic teams than we do
--Conquest Chronicles, SBNation's USC Trojans blog
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 20, 2010 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
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