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Ducks Want To Reassert Toughness Against First-Place Trojans

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Oregon’s recruiting radar was once speckled with players now on USC’s roster, enough so that Dana Altman is quite familiar with the Trojans.

The UO coach respected those players enough to know USC would get things going under third-year coach Andy Enfield. But few predicted the kind of start the Trojans are off to in 2015-16.

Picked to finish 10th in the Pac-12 preseason poll, USC sits atop the conference entering its game Thursday in Matthew Knight Arena (6 p.m., Pac-12 Networks). The Trojans (15-3, 4-1 Pac-12) are off to their best start since 1991-92, and are ranked No.