Today it was announced by USC athletic director Mike Garrett that the Trojans would self-impose sanctions resulting from NCAA infraction violations stemming from former coach Tim Floyd's illegal payments to a USC booster that had ties to former Trojan OJ Mayo.
These sanctions include the forfeiture of all wins in the 2007-2008 season, Mayo's only year with the Trojans and, more ... 3Jan2010 |
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Personally, it has been a long and frustrating past few months for myself as a diehard USC basketball fan. In March, it appeared as if the program was looking to become a permanent fixture in the top 25, as the Trojans were within a few points of upsetting eventual national championship runner ... 14Aug2009 |
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After his resignation as USC head basketball coach last month, rumors regarding Tim Floyd's future plans and reasons for his departure are aplenty, especially with today's rise of the blogosphere and message boards.
The latest rumor regarding the former Trojan coach and Louisiana native comes from a fairly reliable source, the USC basketball ... 23Jul2009 |
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A few weeks after asking out of a national letter of intent with USC, basketball recruit Noel Johnson signed with Clemson according to ESPN.com. Johnson's final decision came down between Oliver Purnell's Clemson program and LSU after his release from USC came under the condition that he would not play for any ... 20Jun2009 |
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After a ten day search for its next head basketball coach, USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett announced that the Trojans had hired former Arizona coach Kevin O'Neill. O'Neill, who has previously coached at Marquette (1990-94), Tennessee (1995-97) and Northwestern (1998-2000), was last scene as the interim coach at Arizona in 2008 when ... 20Jun2009 |
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In the past week since the resignation of Tim Floyd, there has been a lot of rumors suggesting that Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon would be returning to Los Angeles to coach the USC basketball. But as I've stated before, there was no chance ... 17Jun2009 |
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If you have any sort of sports pulse, then you are more than likely aware of the fact that USC's Tim Floyd has resigned as the school's head basketball coach. But before you go clamoring away, suggesting crazy things like Rick Pitino becoming the next coach of the Trojan hoops program, take ... 11Jun2009 |
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In an interview I did with Michael Lev of the Orange County Register a week ago, Lev said there was a slight chance that USC big man Taj Gibson could return to school, depending on his NBA draft status. Sorry, but the chances of that happening now is slim to none.
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According to The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi; USC head basketball coach Tim Floyd has announced his resignation as of 1:00 P.M. this afternoon. The paper says that Floyd submitted a one paragraph letter of resignation to USC athletic director Mike Garrett sometime this morning. The letter read:
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During a booster event last week, USC basketball coach Tim Floyd told a group of Trojan fans that the past three or four weeks have been extremely taxing for the entire hoops program. Unfortunately, this week is not shaping up to be any better.
According to Chris Foster of the Los Angeles Times, ... 2Jun2009 |
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May and June are arguably the two worst months for college football fans, as very little news cycles in and out of collegiate campuses. So to satisfy your hunger for some college football and college hoops talk, we brought in Michael Lev of the Orange County Register to talk about his ... 29May2009 |
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At a press conference earlier this afternoon, Tim Floyd announced that he will remain the head basketball coach at USC. This comes a day after it was rumored that Floyd would replace Arizona interim coach Russ Pennell, who took over for Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson. While Arizona did officially offer ... 2Apr2009 |
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Generally speaking, nothing good ever seems to happen to USC point guards during the offseason.
Two years ago, sophomore-to-be Ryan Francis was fatally shot in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and All-Pac-10 player Gabe Pruitt was declared academically ineligible for the first semester. Last year, Daniel Hackett received the bad end of an ... 10Aug2008 |
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Obviously place-kicker is an important aspect of the game. But if you're short scholarships and need to be more ...
Scott we can see you are a hater and if the trainer knew then how come he didn't report it. ...
@ Scott: I couldn't have said it better myself!