USC Men’s Basketball 2019-2020 Preview

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe USC men’s basketball team enters the 2019-2020 season with a revitalized roster following a disappointing 16-17 campaign. Head coach Andy Enfield and his staff continued their hot streak on the recruiting trail, putting together an extremely strong recruiting class highlighted by 5-star big men Isaiah Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu. The rest of the deep class includes 4-star small forward Max Agbonkpolo, 3-star guards Kyle Sturdivant, Drake London, and Ethan Anderson. On top of that, the Trojans also landed graduate transfers in small forward Daniel Utomi and point guard Quinton Adlesh. These new look Trojans kicked off their season last Friday with an exhibition match against perennial powerhouse Villanova in a game that did not have the feel of a mid-October matchup. The new faces in the program put their stamp on the game, with Onyeka Okongwu dropping a 15 point, 10 rebound double-double and Daniel Utomi draining 5 of 7 threes for 15 points in their first games at the Galen Center.

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