It was the one call DJ Rodman waited for. The one he hoped would come. But the interest from his “dream school” UCLA never did.
And no, the USC forward, now on his fifth season of college basketball, hasn’t forgotten about the snub.
“I’ve always wanted to beat them for however long I’ve been in college,” said Rodman, a Newport Beach native who played the previous four years at Washington State.
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After scoring a then-season high 19 points on seven-of-10 shooting in a one-point loss to the Bruins last year, Rodman can get his revenge Saturday in his first crosstown showdown at 5 p.