The forecast Friday in Minneapolis calls for a high just a few degrees above freezing.
It will be much more cozy inside The Sports Pavilion, where the No. 12 Hawaii is ready to hatch a plan to put Southern California’s season on ice in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament.
“Their problem has been ball-control,” coach Dave Shoji said. “We hope to serve tough and get them out of system and make them set the ball high.
“We’ll have our work cut out to beat them.”
Despite the unranked Trojans’ pedestrian record (8-13, 10-10 PAC-12), Shoji called them “big, strong and athletic.