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USC basketball preview: Trojans, Elijah Stewart hope to make a big jump in 2015-16

/ STAFF WRITER

LOS ANGELES – Here’s what needs to happen for the USC men’s basketball team to experience significant improvement this season: Several young players have to take a sizable step forward.

There’s reason to believe it’s a realistic possibility. The Trojans are teeming with talent, and every player who started a game last season is back this season.

No one embodies the potential for such a surge more than sophomore guard Elijah Stewart, who didn’t wait for 2015-16 to crank up his game.

Stewart endured more downs than ups over the first 24 games of his college career.