Pursuit of its first Final Four appearance since 1986 begins at home in the NCAA Tournament Portland 3 Region for top-seeded Southern California against the same opponent where the Trojans' road began.
USC (26-5) earned its No. 1 seed with an impressive collection of marquee wins, not the least of which was an 83-74 defeat of the Buckeyes to open the campaign. That meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 6 set a fitting tone both for the Trojans overall, and for freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.
