2020–21_USC_Trojans_men's_basketball_team

2020–21 USC Trojans men's basketball team

2020–21 USC Trojans men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2020–21 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Andy Enfield, they played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25-8, 15-5 in Pac-12 Play to finish in 2nd place. They defeated Utah in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Colorado. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Drake, Kansas, and Oregon to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Gonzaga.

Quick Facts USC Trojans men's basketball, NCAA tournament, Elite Eight ...
More information Conf, Overall ...

Previous season

See also: 2019-20 USC Trojans men's basketball team

The 2019–20 USC Trojans ended the season at 22–9 overall, and a 11-7 Conference record for a tie for 3rd Place with Arizona State. They were set to take on Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament, and all other postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Off-season

Departures

More information Name, Number ...

Incoming transfers

More information Name, Num ...

2020 recruiting class

More information Name, Hometown ...

2021 Recruiting class

More information US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits, Name ...

Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...

Team Recognition

  • Andy Enfield
    • John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year
    • Naismith Trophy Men's Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List
  • Evan Mobley
    • Pac-12 Player of the Year
    • Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
    • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
    • All-Pac-12 First Team
    • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
    • Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
    • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Week 2, Week 3, Week 7, Week 9, Week 11, Week 13)[1]
    • Pac-12 Men's Basketball Preseason Media First Team All-Conference [2]
    • Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List[3]
    • Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List[4]
    • Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List
    • NABC Player Of The Year Watch List[5]
    • Naismith Trophy Watch List[6]
    • Naismith Defensive Play of the Year Award Watch List
    • Naismith Player of the Week (Week 13)[7]
    • Naismith National Player of the Year Semifinalist
    • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List[8]
    • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Top 10 Finalist
    • NCAA Player of the Week[9]
    • Pac-12 Player of the Week (Week 11) - 2nd player in the conference, after Onyeka Okongwu, to ever be recognized as player of the week and freshman of the week during the same week.
  • Tahj Eaddy
    • All-Pac-12 Second Team

Injuries

  • E. Anderson wasn't available for the UConn game due to back spasms. He remained on the sidelines until his return on January 14, 2021 against Washington.

Schedule and results

More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...

[11]

Rankings

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
More information Week, Poll ...

Note: AP does not release post-tournament rankings
^ Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References

  1. The Loyola Marymount-USC Trojans game had originally been scheduled for December 29, but was canceled due to COVID-19 related issues within the Loyola Marymount program. This game was added after USC past four games have either postponed or canceled as a result of positive COVID-19 test results within the USC program.
  2. The USC Trojans-Oregon State game had originally been scheduled for December 20, but was postponed as a result of positive COVID-19 test results within the USC program.
  3. The Stanford-USC Trojans game had originally been scheduled for December 13, but was postponed as a result of positive COVID-19 test results within the USC program.
  1. [1]
    "2020-21 Men's Basketball Players of the Week". Pac-12.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Media selects preseason 2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams". Pac-12.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Evan Mobley Named To the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List". USC Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Evan Mobley Named To Wooden Award Midseason Watch List". USC Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Evan Mobley Named To NABC Player Of The Year Watch List". USC Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Evan Mobley Named To Naismith Trophy Watch List". USC Athletics. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Naismith Player of the Week". Twitter. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "USC Freshman Evan Mobley Named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List". USC Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  9. [9]
    NCAA March Madness [@marchmadness] (February 8, 2021). "🏆 Weekly Honors! 🏆 Team of the Week: @StJohnsBBall Player of the Week: @evan_mobley7" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. [10]
    "USC Men's Basketball Team Activities Remain Paused; Next Three Games Canceled/Postponed". usctrojans.com. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  11. [11]
    "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". USC Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2020–21_USC_Trojans_men's_basketball_team, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.