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Message: [QUOTE="SoBeCuse, post: 148849, member: 796"] I went to USC to grad school. It has always been distant second fiddle to football. Now that dumpy, dark LA Sports Arena was a factor but even when the basketball team was doing better than football from 1999-2001 (Elite 8 in '01), not many people went. Much like UGA above, we had the place to ourselves practically courtside and it was awesome. UCLA and Arizona would draw big crowds but usually it was just the hoops junkies like all of us, band, and limited season ticket holders attending. Saw guys from Baron Davis to all those great Arizona players (Terry, Bibby, Simon, Woods, Wright) play live. USC has been pretty solid in hoops the past 5 years or so. Early departures from OJ Mayo, Taj Gibson, Nick Young, Gabe Pruitt, Vucevic, etc., have hurt them. [/QUOTE]