the USC Trojans came into this season with high hopes of making the NCAA Tournament and contending for a Pac-12 championship. With forward Bennie Boatwright returning for his senior season, a talented 2018 recruiting class which featured one of the top guards in the class in Kevin Porter Jr., and key players in Jonah Matthews, Nick Rakocevic, and Saqquan Aaron returning to bolster their roster following impressive performances the following season. Things however didn’t work quite the way they wanted.
Things started to take a turn after the team was hit by the early injury bug that hit key players such as Charles O’Bannon Jr.