To someone who does not understand USC basketball’s place in the Los Angeles sports hierarchy, Andy Enfield’s description of Staples Center as a venue for his team this week might have come as a surprise.
The Trojans play their home games at Galen Center, less than a two-mile trek down Figueroa Street. And they do represent the University of Southern California, after all. But Enfield seemed resigned to a USC fan turnout so small that it would not provide the Trojans a home-court advantage against Texas Christian, which hopped a commercial plane Thursday and flew 1,400 miles for what it assumed would be something at least resembling a road game.