Lindsay Gottlieb wanted her team to be tested by the best. That’s why she put together one of the most grueling schedules in all of college basketball, with four games against teams currently ranked in the top four.
But with three of those tests completed, the results haven’t exactly been what she — or anyone else — would have hoped.
USC lost by 17 to No. 2 South Carolina and 28 to No. 1 Connecticut earlier this season. But neither of those losses were as demoralizing as Saturday night’s defeat, as No.