USC Begins Its NCAA Dance In Dayton Facing Providence

The No. 11 seeds in the East Region USC Trojans (24-9, 10-8) and Providence Friars (20-12, 10-8) will meet in an NCAA First Four Game at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio on March 15 at 9:10 p.m. (ET). The winner of the USC-Providence game will face the No. 6 seed SMU Mustangs in Tulsa, Okla. on March 17. Tonight’s game will air on truTV with Spero Dedes and Steve Smith calling the action and Ros Gold-Onwude providing sideline commentary. USC has won 24 games for the first time since the 2007 team won a school-record 25 games (25-12) and the sixth time in school history. The 23 regular season wins were USC’s most since the 1992 team also won 23. USC’s 45 wins the last two seasons are the second-most in a two-season stretch in school history behind the 46 combined wins in during the 2001 and 2002 and 2007 and 2008 seasons.

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