February 10th, 2010, 12:57 am by Mark Whicker, ocregister.com
There has been speculation about two new members of the Pac-10 for a long time now. I remember when they were supposed to be Texas and Texas A&M, when the old Southwest Conference was breaking up.
New commissioner Larry Scott, a marketing guy who says “going forward” a lot, seems receptive to the idea of a Pac-12.
And Channel 4 in Salt Lake City thinks the extra pair will be Utah and Colorado. No Brigham Young.
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February 6th, 2010, 6:30 pm by Michael Lev, staff writer
Nikola Vucevic made a tip-in to put USC ahead with 20.6 seconds left, and the Trojans held off Stanford, 54-49, on Saturday at Galen Center.
USC (14-9, 6-5 Pac-10) overcame a monster performance from Pac-10 leading scorer Landry Fields, who had 27 points and 11 rebounds.
Vucevic, who missed a tip-in that could have won the previous matchup at Stanford, had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
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February 6th, 2010, 5:21 pm by Michael Lev, staff writer
Nikola Vucevic has 10 points and six rebounds as USC leads Stanford, 27-26, at halftime of their game at Galen Center.
Playing lockdown defense from the opening tip, the Trojans shot out to a 21-7 lead. But a subsequent lapse — coinciding with Marcus Johnson getting his second foul and leaving the game — led to a 16-1 Cardinal run.
Stanford’s Landry Fields, the leading scorer in the Pac-10, leads all scorers with 14 points. He also has a game-high nine rebounds.
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February 6th, 2010, 3:53 pm by Michael Lev, staff writer
Hitting four free throws in the final nine seconds against Cal on Thursday was USC forward Nikola Vucevic’s be-like-Mike moment.
As a youth, the sophomore from Montenegro remembered watching Michael Jordan hitting countless winning shots.
“You want to do that one day,” Vucevic said after those foul shots helped clinch the Trojans’ 66-63 victory.
Vucevic did it despite an injured pinkie finger on his shooting hand. He had a Velcro strap keeping his ring finger and pinkie together, and he’s wearing it again during warmups for today’s game against Stanford at Galen Center.
The injury obviously didn’t bother him.
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