Path to the Hall of Fame

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#13 - USC
#20 - Oregon
#23 - Arizona
#25 - Stanford

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The following USC players were selected in the 2nd round of the NBA draft

#32 - SF Sam Millar
#40 - C Antonio Forney

C Teron Dupree, a transfer recruit before I left Sam Houston St, was selected in the 1st round as the 26th pick

Congratulations!

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Starting Lineup

• 1: So PG Antonio Parker, 6-2, 4.0/5.0
• 2: Sr SG Kaniel Coley, 6-2, 4.0/4.0 (*)
• 3: Fr SF James Slay, 6-8, 4.0/5.0 (*)
• 4: Jr PF Valery Stuart, 6-7, 5.0/5.0 (*)
• 5: Sr C Elliott Dare, 6-8, 4.5/5.0 (*)

Substitutes

• 4/5: Sr C Hasheem Bailey, 6-8, 4.0/4.5
• 1: Sr PG Shea Wheat, 6-0, 3.5/3.5
• 2: Sr SG Malik Owes, 6-4, 4.0/5.0
• 3: Fr(R) SF Brian Dissinger, 6-7, 4.0/5.0
• 4/5: Jr PF Kevin Martin, 6-8, 3.5/5.0
• 1/2: Jr(R) SG Troy Rein, 6-1, 2.0/4.0
• 3: So SF Pat Henry, 6-6, 2.0/3.5

Walk-Ons

• 1/2: Sr PG Ben Oconner, 6-2, 3.5/3.5
• 3/4: Sr PF Chris Vinson, 6-6, 3.0/3.0

Redshirt (not eligible to play this season)

• 4/5: Fr C Travis Barksdale, 6-10, 1.5/5.0

(*) Norton candidate

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11/14/02: Houston Baptist (1-0) @ USC (0-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: 1-3-1
2. Offense focus: Outside

Tip off (1st Half)

15:20, Up 8-6

11:08, Up 15-8

6:17, Up 23-10

2:38, Up 29-16


Halftime, Up 35-16

Highlights

• Absolute domination. +14 pts in the paint, +10 2nd chance pts, +10 fast break pts, +8 rebs, FG 55-33%

Adjustments

• Defense sets:

Start of 2nd Half

15:47, Up 42-18

11:01, Up 48-20

7:01, Up 59-26


Final score: Houston Baptist - 38, USC - 73

Box Score

[INDENT]Stuart 13, 9, 5 (*)
Slay 11, 5, 2
Owes 11, 1, 0
Bailey 10, 10, 0
Dare 10, 9, 0
Martin 10, 2, 0
Coley 5, 0, 6
Parker 3, 2, 2, 2 stls
Wheat 0, 1, 1
Henry 0, 1, 0
Dissinger 0, 0, 2
Rein 0, 0, 0
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 52-35%
REB: +22
TO: -6
Paint: +36
2nd Chance : +23
Fast Break: +22
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Notes

1. Tremendous balance in this year's team. At least 7 players are capable of top scoring on any given game. PF Valery Stuart looked solid. Cold shooting for the reigning NCAA MOP SG Kaniel Coley, 1-8 3PT, but he dished out 6 assists; maybe he is just waiting for the NCAA tournament in March, and then he'll explode again
2. My big man (4/5) rotation has now expanded to 4 players - Dare, Stuart, Bailey and Martin; all of them scored in double figures

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11/17/02: Dayton (1-0) @ USC (1-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)

Tip off (1st Half)

15:11, Up 7-5

11:42, Up 16-8

7:23, Up 22-15

3:09, Up 29-15


Halftime, Up 40-16

Highlights

• We need to do a better job on the def glass; DAY got 7 off rebs in the 1st half

Adjustments

• Defense sets: 2-3

Start of 2nd Half

15:46, Up 46-16

11:37, Up 59-22

7:48, Up 63-25

3:17, Up 66-30


Final score: Dayton - 42, USC - 74

Box Score

[INDENT]Dare 14, 6, 1
Stuart 13, 4, 6, 2 stls (*)
Parker 11, 1, 7
Coley 10, 1, 1
Slay 8, 6, 2, 3 tos
Martin 8, 3, 0
Bailey 4, 2, 1, 3 tos
Owes 4, 2, 0
Wheat 2, 2, 2, 2 blks
Dissinger 0, 1, 1
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 59-27%
REB: -1
TO: -4
Paint: +34
2nd Chance : +7
Fast Break: +1
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Notes

1. I know DAY missed a lot of shots, but us allowing them to grab 15 off rebs is something that we need to address in practice. Another area that we need to improve is turn overs; we had 15 today

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11/21/02: Louisville (1-1) @ #13 USC (2-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)

Tip off (1st Half)

14:56, Up 11-6

11:43, Up 19-9

6:35, Up 21-17

3:51, Tied at 23
Offense in disarray the last 8 mins


Halftime, Up 32-29

Highlights

• PF Valery Stuart scored our last 7 pts of the 1st half; prior to that run, he was scoreless
• 8 turn overs, and most of them basic errors like traveling

Adjustments

• Defense sets: M2M

Start of 2nd Half

15:34, Down 37-40

10:45, Up 49-45
SG Kaniel Coley exploded for 15 pts in the 2nd half

7:37, Up 55-51

4:07, Up 66-51
We tightened up our defense. PF Valery Stuart started scoring again


Final score: Louisville - 59, USC - 76

Box Score

[INDENT]Coley 22, 1, 1, 9-11 FG (*)
Stuart 12, 8, 3, 2 stls
Slay 12, 4, 1, 2 stls
Dare 11, 4, 2
Owes 6, 1, 1, 3 tos
Parker 5, 3, 8, 4 tos
Bailey 2, 5, 0
Martin 2, 2, 0
Dissinger 2, 1, 0
Wheat 2, 0, 3, 3 tos
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 52-40%
REB: Even
TO: -1
Paint: +12
2nd Chance : +11
Fast Break: +2
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Notes

1. Good recovery, after we went down by 5 early in the 2nd half. It was a tight game until about the 7-min mark, when LVILLE suffered a scoring drought.

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11/24/02: La Salle (2-1) @ #13 USC (3-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)

Tip off (1st Half)

14:49, Up 6-5

11:23, Down 12-13
LASAL 3-6 3PT

7:18, Up 21-15
C Hasheem Bailey 10 pts off the bench

2:57, Up 28-23


Halftime, Up 28-27

Highlights

• We were handling the ball well, having only 1 turn over, until the last 4 mins of the half; and then we committed 5.
• LASAL burned us from the outside, 5-13 3PT

Adjustments

• Defense sets: 1-2-2
• Off rebounding: Increase to 10

Start of 2nd Half

14:23, Down 35-37

11:36, Down 39-42

7:27, Up 54-53
Exciting last 4 mins, as teams went to a see-saw battle. It was our bench, SG Malik Owes and SF Brian Dissinger, who kept us afloat

3:08, Up 64-56

1:32, Up 66-58
Slow down the game


Final score: La Salle - 58, USC - 70

Box Score

[INDENT]Owes 15, 2, 2, 7-9 FG
Dare 14, 9, 0, 2 stls, 2 blks (*)
Bailey 11, 4, 0
Dissinger 10, 4, 2, 2 stls
Stuart 8, 6, 2
Martin 4, 2, 1, 2 stls
Slay 4, 2, 1, 3 tos
Coley 4, 1, 0
Wheat 0, 0, 6, 2 stls
Parker 0, 0, 4
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 51-40%
REB: Even
TO: -10
Paint: +34
2nd Chance : +7
Fast Break: +9
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Notes

1. The bench won this game for us. We also found the perfect time to effectively shut down LASAL's offense during the last 7 mins of the game

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11/28/02: Auburn (0-3) @ #9 USC (4-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (fast)

Tip off (1st Half)

15:36, Up 15-6

11:26, Up 21-9

7:54, Up 28-15
C Elliott Dare unstoppable inside, 11 pts

3:11, Up 45-20
SG Kaniel Coley also in double figures, 10 pts


Halftime, Up 50-29

Highlights

• Control of the boards meant big advantage on 2nd chance pts (+10) and fast break pts (+14)

Adjustments

• Defense sets: M2M
• Def rebounding: Decrease to 9

Start of 2nd Half

15:30, Up 59-35

11:42, Up 69-39

7:20, Up 78-49

3:30, Up 82-51


Final score: Auburn - 59, USC - 86

Box Score

[INDENT]Dare 23, 9, 0, 10-12 FG (*)
Coley 21, 2, 1, 4-6 3PT
Bailey 12, 5, 0
Stuart 10, 8, 4
Slay 8, 4, 1, 2 stls, 4 tos
Parker 4, 1, 9, 2 stls
Martin 4, 1, 0
Dissinger 2, 5, 2
Owes 2, 1, 2
Wheat 0, 2, 2
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 53-43%
REB: +20
TO: -4
Paint: +28
2nd Chance : +20
Fast Break: +22
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Notes

1. Excellent job running the break, resulting in 24 fast break pts. We also got numerous 2nd chance opportunities because of our off rebounding (13)

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12/5/02: #10 USC (5-0) @ Chicago St (3-3)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced (slow)

Tip off (1st Half)

15:35, Up 10-6

11:17, Up 17-6

7:53, Up 26-12

3:53, Up 34-18


Halftime, Up 38-25

Highlights

• We're CHIST a chance to come closer because of our 9 turn overs

Adjustments

• Defense sets: M2M

Start of 2nd Half

15:03, Up 51-31

11:38, Up 57-36

7:44, Up 65-43

3:45, Up 74-47


Final score: USC - 81, Chicago St - 51

Box Score

[INDENT]Dare 17, 14, 2 (*)
Slay 16, 7, 1, 3 tos
Coley 16, 4, 2, 4 tos
Bailey 14, 8, 1, fouled out
Owes 8, 1, 0
Martin 4, 4, 0
Stuart 4, 2, 2, fouled out
Parker 2, 0, 3, 3 tos
Dissinger 0, 3, 3
Wheat 0, 1, 4
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 49-46%
REB: +24
TO: -7
Paint: +28
2nd Chance : +15
Fast Break: +12
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Notes

1. Both teams shot well from the field, but we had way more possessions than CHIST. Even though CHIST had a +22 FTA, our +36 FGA is too much to overcome. Our 18 off rebounds partially responsible for the huge possession differential

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12/12/02: Bradley (3-6) @ #16 USC (6-0)

Scouting Report

1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Balanced

Tip off (1st Half)

15:52, Up 7-0

11:59, Up 18-5
SG Kaniel Coley 11 pts, 3-4 3PT

7:40, Up 28-8

3:56, Up 36-14


Halftime, Up 47-20

Highlights

• We're +23 rebs, +15 2nd chance pts, +17 fast break pts

Adjustments

• Defense sets: M2M

Start of 2nd Half

13:31, Up 53-31

7:52, Up 61-45
We've gone cold, while BRAD connecting on their outside shot. We'll shift to 1-2-2 zone

3:45, Up 69-47


Final score: Bradley - 55, USC - 78

Box Score

[INDENT]Dare 15, 12, 1, 3 tos
Coley 14, 6, 1, 4-7 3PT
Slay 14, 1, 2, 4 tos
Stuart 13, 10, 7, 2 stls (*)
Bailey 8, 5, 0
Owes 6, 1, 0
Dissinger 4, 1, 0
Martin 3, 3, 0
Wheat 1, 3, 4
Parker 0, 6, 4
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Team Stats Comparisons

[INDENT]FG: 50-36%
REB: +27
TO: Even
Paint: +38
2nd Chance : +19
Fast Break: +21
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Notes

1. BRAD put up a lot of outside shots in the 2nd half, finishing with 13-37 3PT