2008–09 USC Trojans men's basketball team
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Roster
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Class |
| 43 | Kasey Cunningham | 6–7 | F | SO |
| 10 | DeMar DeRozan DeMar DeRozan DeMar Darnell DeRozan is an American professional basketball player, selected ninth overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. DeRozan played college basketball at USC for the Trojans... |
6–7 | F | FR |
| 14 | Mamadou Diarra | 7-0 | F | FR |
| 3 | James Dunleavy | 6–6 | G | FR |
| 22 | Taj Gibson Taj Gibson Taj Jami Gibson is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association . Following the 2010 signing of Carlos Boozer, he has played as the second string power forward... |
6–9 | F | JR |
| 30 | Terence Green | 5-11 | G | SR |
| 13 | Daniel Hackett | 6–5 | G | JR |
| 0 | Marcus Johnson | 6–6 | F | SR |
| 21 | Dwight Lewis | 6–5 | G | JR |
| 34 | J.J. Meyers | 6–2 | G | JR |
| 15 | Percy Miller | 5–11 | G | FR |
| 20 | Marcus Simmons | 6–6 | G | SO |
| 35 | Donte Smith | 5–11 | G | SO |
| 1 | Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of Southern California. At the end of 2008 season, Stepheson decided to transfer from the University of North Carolina citing family illness. He chose USC on July 17, 2008... |
6–9 | F | JR |
| 5 | Nikola Vucevic Nikola Vučević Nikola Vucevic is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who plays for the KK Budućnost Podgorica during NBA lockout. He was selected 16th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.-High School:Vucevic averaged 18 points and 12.0 rebounds as a senior at... |
6–10 | F | FR |
| 4 | Leonard Washington | 6–7 | F | FR |
| 2 | Ryan Wetherell | 5–11 | G | JR |
| 23 | Keith Wilkinson | 6–10 | F | SR |
Schedule
| Date | Location | Opponent | rank | Result | Score | Record | Pac-10 Record |
| 11/15/2008 | Galen Center Galen Center The Galen Center is a multipurpose indoor arena and athletic facility owned and operated by the University of Southern California. Located at the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, it is right across the street from the campus and... – Los Angeles, CA |
UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine's Athletics program participates in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... |
21 | W | 78-55 | 1–0 | |
| 11/18/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | New Mexico State New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball The New Mexico State Aggies Basketball team is the basketball team that represents New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1904, the Aggies currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference and last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2010... |
20 | W | 73-60 | 2-0 | |
| 11/20/2008 | Coliseo de Puerto Rico – San Juan, PR - Puerto Rico Tip-Off Puerto Rico Tip-Off The 5 Hour Energy Puerto Rico Tip-Off is an ESPN Regional Television owned and operated preseason college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, usually the week before Thanksgiving. It takes place in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico... |
Seton Hall Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball The Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey... |
20 | L | 61-63 | 2–1 | |
| 11/21/2008 | Coliseo de Puerto Rico – San Juan, PR - Puerto Rico Tip-Off | Chattanooga Chattanooga Mocs basketball The Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in NCAA Division I men's competition. -History:... |
20 | W | 73-46 | 3-1 | |
| 11/23/2008 | Coliseo de Puerto Rico – San Juan, PR – Puerto Rico Tip-Off | Missouri | 20 | L | 72-83 | 3-2 | |
| 11/28/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Tennessee-Martin University of Tennessee at Martin The University of Tennessee at Martin is a campus in the University of Tennessee system. Other campuses include the flagship campus in Knoxville, the Chattanooga campus, the Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, and the Space Institute in Tullahoma... |
W | 70-43 | 4-2 | ||
| 12/1/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | San Francisco San Francisco Dons men's basketball The San Francisco Dons basketball team represents the University of San Francisco in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's college basketball. The Dons compete in the West Coast Conference, in which they have won sixteen regular season and one conference tournament... |
W | 74-69 | 5-2 | ||
| 12/04/2008 | Lloyd Noble Center Lloyd Noble Center The Lloyd Noble Center is an 11,528-seat multi-purpose arena, in Norman, Oklahoma, United States, some south of downtown Oklahoma City... – Norman, OK - Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series |
#6 Oklahoma | L | 72-73 | 5-3 | ||
| 12/15/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Pepperdine Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine Waves is the name given to the sports teams of the Pepperdine University.-See also:* Pepperdine Waves alumni* 2011-12 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team... |
W | 91-77 | 6-3 | ||
| 12/20/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | North Dakota State | W | 71-67 | 7-3 | ||
| 12/28/2008 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team earned an automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was their third... |
W | 66-56 | 8-3 | ||
| 1/2/2009 | McArthur Court McArthur Court McArthur Court is a basketball arena located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene and the former home of the Oregon Ducks men's and women's basketball teams, replaced in 2011 by Matthew Knight Arena.... – Eugene, OR |
Oregon | W | 83-62 | 9-3 | 1-0 | |
| 1/4/2009 | Gill Coliseum Gill Coliseum Gill Coliseum is a 10,400-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Opened in 1949, the arena is home to the Oregon State Beavers' basketball, wrestling, volleyball, and gymnastics teams. It is named after famed basketball coach Amory T... – Corvallis, OR |
Oregon State Oregon State Beavers men's basketball The Oregon State Beavers men's basketball program, established in 1901, is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the Oregon State University Beavers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Pacific-12 Conference. The team is coached by Craig... |
L | 58-62 OT | 9–4 | 1–1 | |
| 1/11/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | #7 UCLA | L | 60-64 | 9-5 | 1-2 | |
| 1/15/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | #15 Arizona State | W | 61-49 | 10–5 | 2–2 | |
| 1/17/2009 | Galen Cener – Los Angeles, CA | Arizona | W | 65-64 | 11-5 | 3–2 | |
| 1/22/2009 | Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion – Seattle, WA | Washington | L | 73-78 | 11–6 | 3–3 | |
| 1/24/2009 | Beasley Coliseum Beasley Coliseum Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena, in Pullman, Washington, on the campus of Washington State University. The arena opened in 1973 and is named for Wallis Beasley, a long-time WSU sociology professor, executive vice president and interim president. Beasley was also WSU's... – Pullman, WA |
Washington State | W | 46-44 | 12-6 | 4–3 | |
| 1/29/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Stanford Stanford Cardinal men's basketball The Stanford Cardinal Men's Basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference. The team has won 13 conference championships , the last in 2004, and one NCAA championship, in 1942... |
W | 70-69 | 13-6 | 5–3 | |
| 1/31/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | California California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 29 varsity athletic programs and various club teams of the University of California, Berkeley... |
W | 73-62 | 14-6 | 6-3 | |
| 2/4/2009 | Pauley Pavilion Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles, California, on the campus of UCLA. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams... – Los Angeles, CA |
#12 UCLA | L | 60-76 | 14-7 | 6-4 | |
| 2/12/2009 | McKale Center McKale Center McKale Memorial Center is an athletic arena located at 1756 E University Blvd on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. It is primarily used for basketball, but also features state-of-the-art physical training and therapy facilities. Its construction is marked with a large... – Tucson, AZ |
Arizona | L | 76-83 | 14-8 | 6–5 | |
| 2/15/2009 | Wells Fargo Arena Wells Fargo Arena Wells Fargo Arena is the name of at least two indoor arenas in the United States:*Wells Fargo Arena , an arena on the grounds of the Iowa Events Center... – Tempe, AZ |
#18 Arizona State | L | 53-65 | 14–9 | 6–6 | |
| 2/19/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Washington State | W | 61-51 | 15–9 | 7–6 | |
| 2/21/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | #19 Washington | L | 51-60 | 15-10 | 7-7 | |
| 2/26/2009 | Haas Pavilion Haas Pavilion The Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion is the home of the University of California's men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and men's and women's gymnastics teams... – Berkeley, CA |
California | L | 78-81 | 15-11 | 7-8 | |
| 2/28/2009 | Maples Pavilion Maples Pavilion Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena in Stanford, California built in 1968. Maples underwent a $30 million renovation in March 2004, which wrapped up in time for conference play in December of that year... – Palo Alto, CA |
Stanford | L | 63-75 | 15-12 | 7-9 | |
| 3/5/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Oregon | W | 80-66 | 16–12 | 8-9 | |
| 3/7/2009 | Galen Center – Los Angeles, CA | Oregon State | W | 68-52 | 17-12 | 9–9 | |
| 3/12/2009 | Staples Center Staples Center Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles... – Los Angeles, CA - Pac-10 Tournament 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2009 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began with the first round on March 11, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 12, semifinals on March 13, and the finals on March 14... |
California | W | 79-75 | 18-12 | ||
| 3/13/2009 | Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA - 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | #14 UCLA | W | 65-55 | 19-12 | ||
| 3/14/2009 | Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA - 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | #23 Arizona State | W | 66-63 | 20-12 | ||
| 3/20/2009 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, commonly called the Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington and Memorial Stadium on the University... – Minneapolis, MN - NCAA Tournament 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The first and second round games were played at the following sites:First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 19 and 21, 2009-Qualifying teams:-Brackets:Results to date * – Denotes overtime periodAll times in U.S. EDT.... |
Boston College | W | 69-55 | 21-12 | ||
| 3/22/2009 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome – Minneapolis, MN - 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | #7 Michigan State | L | 69-74 | 21-13 | ||
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