Last year, if you heard Stanford was the underdog against USC at home, you would be shocked. However, this year, USC has emerged from a lowly PAC-12 team into a tournament team. On Thursday night, Stanford basketball will take on USC at 8 PT at Maples Pavilion. Both teams are coming off tough losses, and USC is hoping for a strong finish to the regular season headed into the Conference and NCAA tournaments. Stanford, meanwhile most likely needs to win the PAC-12 tournament in order to reach March Madness.
For Stanford to win the game, they need to dominate the paint and shoot the ball well.