Big Ten baseball on the rise, but will teams commit resources to take next step? https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/48309/ #Baseball #CollegeSports #IllinoisFightingIllini #IndianaHoosiers #IowaHawkeyes #MarylandTerrapins #MichiganStateSpartans #MichiganWolverines #MinnesotaGoldenGophers #NebraskaCornhuskers #NorthwesternWildcats #OhioStateBuckeyes #OregonDucks #PennStateNittanyLions #PurdueBoilermakers #RutgersScarletKnights #UCLABruins #USCTrojans #WashingtonHuskies

Ranking the 25 best college football teams of the 2000s: Is 2001 Miami or 2019 LSU No. 1? https://www.rawchili.com/4272837/ #ALabamaCrimsonTide #AuburnTigers #ClemsonTigers #CollegeFootball #FloridaGators #FloridaStateSeminoles #Football #GeorgiaBulldogs #LSUTigers #MiamiHurricanes #MichiganWolverines #ncaa #NcaaFootball #NCAAF #OhioStateBuckeyes #OklahomaSooners #TexasLonghorns #USCTROJANS

Texas Named to Top 8 for International College Football Prospect https://www.rawchili.com/4260474/ #ALabamaCrimsonTide #AuburnTigers #Football #GeorgiaBulldogs #LSUTigers #ncaa #NcaaFootball #NCAAF #NebraskaCornhuskers #OklahomaSooners #PPIRecruits #SouthCarolinaGamecocks #TexasLonghorns #USCTROJANS #VirginiaCavaliers

Women’s college basketball’s post-transfer top 25: Is UConn still on top? Did LSU jump? https://www.rawchili.com/nba/29674/ #Basketball #ConnecticutHuskies #MarylandTerrapins #NotreDameFightingIrish #OleMissRebels #SouthCarolinaGamecocks #TCUHornedFrogs #TennesseeLadyVolunteers #UCLABruins #UscTrojans #Women'sCollegeBasketball

USC baseball takes rivalry series, bolsters postseason bid – Annenberg Media https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/23489/ #AndrewJohnson #AndrewLamb #AndyStankiewicz #AugieLopez #Baseball #BrodiePurcell #CadenAoki #CadenHunter #EthanHedges #MajorLeagueBaseballPlayoffs #MajorLeagueBaseballPostseason #MasonEdwards #MLB #MLBPlayoffs #MLBPostseason #UCLABaseball #UCLABruins #USCBaseball #USCTrojans

#USCTrojans #NCAAW #WBB now has 4 transfers coming in:

- Kara Dunn (GTech 2.5yr starter), jr, guard, 5'-11";
- Londynn Jones (UCLA 2yr starter), jr, (point) guard, 5'-4"
- Yakiya Milton (Auburn), so, forward, 6-'4";
- Dayana Mendes (Washington State .5 yr starter), fr, forward, 6'-2".

They still have room for 2 more transfers. Milton, at 6'-4", would be the tallest player on the team. Not a lot of remaining players at F/C at 6'-5" or taller, though.

In the final regular season game between #UCLABruins and #USCTrojans women basketball teams, USC crushed UCLA at Pauley. In post-game interviews, UCLA's coach was angry at her players for not executing and I mentioned how it was quite the contrast to USC's Lindsay Gottlieb who'd praise players even in loss. Is it a coincidence that all 5 freshmen and starting junior point guard Londynn Jones entered the portal from a team that played in the Final4? I think coach was too intense.

Aalyah Del Rosario, 6'-6" center from LSU has entered the transfer portal. She was ranked 7th in the same class as Juju Watkins, in 2023. If #USCTrojans could grab her, it'd be huge.

In the end, it was the #USCTrojans without Juju Watkins who came closest to beating #UConn the entire #NCAAW basketball tournament. There was no better team in the tourney than USC, until Watkins was lost for the season, IMO.

If #On3 is correct on each #CFB school's average #NIL offer to recruits, then, #USCTrojans football is doing some incredible recruiting to overcome $, and probably leaving a lot of schools very upset. Under On3's 2026 recruiting class rankings, USC's class is 2nd behind LSU.

1. Texas - $299K
2. Maryland - $246K
3. Oregon - $224K
4. Alabama - $209K
5. LSU - $205K
6. Houston - $193K
7. Tennessee - $182K
8. Ohio State - $166K
9. Florida - $159
10. USC - $137K

Thinking about the 2025 #USCTrojans women's basketball team, they'll have just two returning forwards and no centers. They'll have to go to the portal to restock. How about Washington State's Alex Covill, a 6'-6" sophomore? This past season she averaged 8.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.2 assists, and shot 60.5% from the field. Maybe steal Wisconsin's junior forward, Serah Williams? She's 6'-4", averaged 19.2 pts, 9.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and shot 49.3% from the field. ASU's 6'-7" Kennedy Basham?

#USCTrojans fall to #UConn 78-64, in almost the same way they did last year, despite Kennedy Smith's brilliant defense. The Huskies were able to use high picks to get Smith off Paige Bueckers but USC didn't keep Smith on her all the time.

Last year, the Trojans couldn't stop Aaliyah Edwards w/ Bueckers (combined 52 pts) and this year they couldn't stop Sarah Strong w/ Bueckers (combined 53 pts).

Strong's physical defense stopped Kiki Iriafen. While Rayah Marshall stepped up, no one else did.

What a game for the #USCTrojans. They win, 67 - 61 over #KansasState, and while the Wildcats had their opportunities to score at the end, the pressure may have been too much.

With Trojans senior Kiki Iriafen shooting poorly including her free throws, the Trojans' three true freshmen scored 40 of 67 points, including the last 4 points of the game from the free throw line. This freshman class continues to impress.

Now, on to the #Elite8 where they get a rematch of last year's game w/ UConn.

#USCTrojans #KennedySmith forcing two straight #KansasState turnovers. She's a true freshman, too.

#USCTrojans football practice, showing #RobRyan in action as coach of the linebackers. So many positive things to observe from this short video: hitting harder, moving well laterally, finishing tackles with the same intensity as they start. Rob Ryan's got this squad excited to practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq5fFsIIfaE

WNBA Draft confidential: GMs anonymously scout women’s college basketball post players https://www.rawchili.com/4147301/ #AtlantaDream #ChicagoSky #ConnecticutSun #DallasWings #GoldenStateValkyries #IndianaFever #KansasStateWildcats #LasVegasAces #LosAngelesSparks #LSULadyTigers #MinnesotaLynx #NewYorkLiberty #PhoenixMercury #SeattleStorm #SouthCarolinaGamecocks #TCUHornedFrogs #USCTROJANS #WashingtonMystics #WNBA #Women'sCollegeBasketball

“She will be back stronger and better”: USC Trojan star JuJu Watkins suffers season-ending injury as NBA and WNBA stars show support | NBA News https://www.rawchili.com/4142025/ #ACLInjury #JujuWatkins #JuJuWatkinsInjury #MagicJohnsonReaction #NCAATournament2023 #USCTROJANS #USCTrojansBasketball #watkins #WNBA #WNBASupportForJuJuWatkins

Losing #JujuWatkins, just minutes into tonight's game against #MississippiState was rough, and may yet prove to be an impossible hurdle for them to overcome to reach the Final-4. But this #USCTrojans team showed just how far it has developed through the season, coming together to dominate the Bulldogs, 96 -59, and it wasn't even that close. Three freshman scored 41 points combined and the senior transfer, #KikiIriafen dominated inside the paint w/ 36. This team is close-knit and looking solid.

The #USCTrojans women's basketball substitution is fascinating. Twice so far in the game against #UNCGreensboro Juju has stayed in while the other four substitute out, then wait a few minutes before Juju gets a rest. It's a switch between big on defense with scoring from inside-out, to a fast transition with scoring from the outside-in. Coach Gottlieb has enough good players to make wholesale substitutions, and that's with four true freshman in the rotation. This team is way better than last yr.