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1 USC Trojans SUMMER PROSPECTUS Sam Clancy Senior Forward All-American Candidate Wooden Award Candidate Naismith Award Candidate Brandon Granville Senior Guard USC career assist leader 4th-year starter 3rd: USC career 3-pointers 4th: USC career steals 10th: Pac-10 career assists 2001 All-Pac-10 1st Team 2001 NABC All-District 15 1st Team 4th-year starter USC leading returning scorer, rebounder USC career blocked shots leader David Bluthenthal Senior Forward 3rd-year starter 11th: USC career 3-ptrs. 6th: USC career FT % USC 2nd-leading returning scorer, rebounder 2001 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight

2 USC Schedule TENTATIVE DATE DAY OPPONENT SITE TIME Nov. TBA TBA Exhibition Lyon Center TBA Nov. TBA TBA Exhibition Lyon Center TBA Nov. 13 Tuesday! Wyoming ^ Sports Arena 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14/15/16 Wed./Thur./Fri.! Fresno State/Montana State ^ TBA TBA Nov. 21 Wednesday! TBA ^ New York City (Madison Square Garden) TBA Nov. 23 Friday! TBA ^ New York City (Madison Square Garden) TBA Nov. 26 Monday UC Santa Barbara Sports Arena TBA Dec. 1 Saturday at Bradley Peoria, IL (Carver Arena) TBA Dec. 3/4 Mon./Tue. Rhode Island Sports Arena TBA Dec. 7 Friday vs. Pepperdine % Las Vegas, NV (Mandalay Bay Hotel) TBA Dec. 12 Wednesday at Long Beach State Long Beach, CA (Pyramid) TBA Dec. 16 Sunday Miami (Ohio) Sports Arena TBA Dec. 20 Thursday at San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion TBA Dec. 22 Saturday at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles (Gersten Pavilion) 7:05 p.m. Dec. 27 Thursday at Washington Seattle, WA (Bank of America Arena) TBA Dec. 29 Saturday at Washington State Pullman, WA (Friel Court) TBA Jan. 4 Friday * Washington State Sports Arena TBA Jan. 6 Sunday * Washington TBA TBA Jan. 9 Wednesday * UCLA TBA TBA Jan. 17 Thursday * at Arizona Tucson, AZ (McKale Center) TBA Jan. 19 Saturday * at Arizona State Tempe, AZ (Wells Fargo Arena) TBA Jan. 24 Thursday * California Sports Arena TBA Jan. 26 Saturday * Stanford Sports Arena TBA Jan. 31 Thursday * at Oregon State Corvallis, OR (Gill Coliseum) TBA Feb. 2 Saturday * at Oregon Eugene, OR (McArthur Court) TBA Feb. 6 Wednesday * at UCLA Westwood, CA (Pauley Pavilion) TBA Feb. 14 Thursday * Arizona State Sports Arena TBA Feb. 16 Saturday * Arizona Sports Arena TBA Feb. 21 Thursday * at Stanford Palo Alto, CA (Maples Pavilion) TBA Feb. 23 Saturday * at California Berkeley, CA (Haas Pavilion) TBA Feb. 28 Thursday * Oregon Sports Arena TBA March 2 Saturday * Oregon State Sports Arena TBA March 7-9 Thur.-Sat. Pacific-10 Conference Tournament Los Angeles (Staples Center) TBA March Thur.-Sun. NCAA First and Second Rounds TBD TBA East Pittsburgh, PA; Washington D.C. Midwest Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX South Greenville, SC; St. Louis, MO West Albuquerque, NM; Sacramento, CA March Thur.-Sun. NCAA Regionals TBD TBA East Syracuse, NY; Midwest Madison, WI; South Lexington, KY; West San Jose, CA Mar. 30, Apr. 1 Sat., Mon. NCAA Final Four Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) TBA * Pacific-10 Conference game! Preseason NIT ^ Televised live by ESPN % Las Vegas Showdown (USC vs. Pepperdine followed by Fresno State vs. Gonzaga) 6/14/01 Games, times and dates subject to change All game times local to site

3 USC Outlook OVERALL: PAC-10: 11 7 (T-4TH) 2001 NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL FINALISTS When you make history, what do you do for an encore? That s the question and challenge for the 2002 USC men s basketball team, which made its deepest foray ever in the NCAA Tournament in 2001, reaching the East Regional Final before bowing out against eventual national champion Duke. Yes, the Trojans had been to the Final Four before (1940 and 1954), but never before had USC won three games in any tournament and never before had it gone as far in the draw s current format. The Trojans finished 24-10, tying the school record for most wins in a season and ended the season ranked for the first time since For sixth-year USC men s basketball coach Henry Bibby, his answer to the above question is to keep pushing for more. The success the Trojans enjoyed put a spotlight on the program it hadn t experienced in at least a decade and the USC coaching staff plans to build on the momentum. It makes the program more recognizable, Bibby said. The exposure we got was tremendous. People are still congratulating me and the team every day. It helps in recruiting. It helps get us in the homes of some of the top players in the country. More high schools know about us now and people back East have a new respect for us. It was a major step. And, Bibby hopes, a stepping stone. That said, the losses from last year s squad can t be discounted. Gone is perhaps USC s most versatile big man ever and the program s sixth-highest scorer in forward/center Brian Scalabrine as well as possibly the most athletic Trojan ever, guard Jeff Trepagnier. Scalabrine was USC s second-leading scorer (14.7) and third-leading rebounder (5.9) last year while Trepagnier, after missing the non-conference season, came back to provide the necessary intangibles offensively (9.0 ppg) and defensively (5.1 rpg, 1.5 spg) that helped catapult USC during its postseason run. Forward Jarvis Turner (3.6 ppg), a versatile sixth man, and guard Tyler Murphy (2.2 ppg), a steady reserve who could play either backcourt spot, also both graduated. Also gone is center seldom-used Luke Minor (academics). But the 2002 Trojans won t be lacking for talent or senior leadership. Three of USC s NCAA Tournament trailblazing starters, 6-foot-7 forwards Sam Clancy and David Bluthenthal and 5-foot-9 point guard Brandon Granville, are back for their senior years, poised to make the Trojans postseason success a habit, not an anomaly. Said Bibby: We bring back three players who were cornerstones of the team that played in the Elite Eight last year. They are testaments to the statement that hard work pays off. I expect them to bring the seriousness back, to try to pick up where we left off. They will help us come in and get focused. I ve never seen guys in the gym so much in the summer or lifting as much. Joining the senior trio are five returning lettermen who are poised to increase their contributions: 6-foot-4 sophomore guard Desmon Farmer, 6-foot-1 junior point guard Robert Hutchinson, 6-foot-11 junior center Kostas Charissis, 6-foot-3 senior guard Gennaro Busterna and 6-foot-4 guard Nate Hair. Completing the team is one of the country s top incoming classes and Bibby hopes these newcomers will eventually match the contributions made by the class of 1999, which included Clancy, Granville, Bluthenthal and Scalabrine. This year s recruits all freshmen feature twin 6-foot-2 guards Errick and Derrick Craven, 6-foot-8 forward Nicholas Curtis and 6-foot-11 center Rory O Neil. But the focus of the team is its seniors, starting with Clancy, who returns as one of the top post players in the nation, a dominating big man who can score inside or outside and who has defensive skills to match. Though initially submitting his name for the NBA draft and participating in draft camps, Clancy ultimately withdrew his entry to return to the Trojans. Last season, Clancy earned 2001 All-Pacific-10 Conference, Sporting News Pac-10, NABC District 15 and USBWA District 9 first team honors, leading USC in scoring (17.3), rebounding (7.5), field goal percentage (.501) and blocked shots (81). He became USC s all-time leading shot blocker (147) and also set a school season record for rejections (81). Clancy earned East Regional All-Tournament Team honors as he led USC in scoring (18.0), rebounding (10.8) and blocks (4.0) in the Trojans four NCAA Tournament games. Clancy, set to start for his fourth season, is also 22 nd on USC s all-time scoring chart with 1,046 points. Said Bibby: We were going to support Sam Clancy with whatever decision he made, but obviously him coming back is a big boost for our team. I think he understands that he can only get better with another year of college ball. We re going to run a lot of our offense through Sam this year. We re simply going to have to get him the ball. He s proven that he can dominate a game. He became one of the best players in the Pac-10 and the nation last year and teams will pay a lot of attention to him this year. But I think he s up to the challenge. He ll get plenty of support from Bluthenthal and Granville, who enjoyed success together as state champion teammates in high school and have carried it over throughout their USC careers. Granville is USC s all-time leader in assists (595) and is set to start at point guard for the Trojans for his fourth season. One of the most effective playmakers in Pac-10 history, Granville is also one of USC s all-time three-point threats (third-most ever at USC with 162) and is 23 rd on Troy s career scoring list (1,030 points). Last season, Granville led the Pac-10 in assists (6.1) for the second consecutive year and finished as USC s fourth-leading scorer (12.4). Granville s 207 assists were the second-most ever in a season at USC, behind only his school season record of 248 set as a sophomore. Said Bibby: Brandon Granville has improved each year and really has become a leader for us. I expect him to continue to improve and bring up his level of intensity. I d like to see him be a little more aggerssive offensively and be a little more creative this year. Bluthenthal, in his third year starting for the Trojans, is a multi-dimensional threat on the court, equally adept at posting up or shooting the three-pointer and able to rebound the basketball with the best of them. He was USC s second-leading rebounder (6.8) and third-leading scorer (13.5) as a junior in He led the Trojans in three-point percentage (65-of-159,.409) and total three-pointers. Underrated defensively, he was second on the team in steals (50). His 65 three-pointers was the sixth-most ever in a season at USC. He earned East Regional All-Tournament Team honors by averaging 16.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in the postseason. Said Bibby: There s no better shooter or post-up player or rebounder than David Bluthenthal. I d like to see him get a little quicker and handle the ball a little more. He took some steps forward defensively last year, but I d like to see him continue to improve in that area as well. Among the reserves, Farmer has started 16 times and Charissis 13 times, valuable experience for both as their roles figure to increase.

4 USC OUTLOOK CONTINUED Both have good shots at starting this season. Look for Farmer to have the biggest impact among last year s reserves. A crafty scorer with a fiery on-court demeanor, he is a likely replacement for Trepagnier at shooting guard. Farmer started 16 of 32 games as a 2001 freshman, most of his starts coming in place of Trepagnier, who was ineligible for most of the first half of last season. Farmer averaged 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game. He started 15 of his first 16 games, averaging 9.1 points through the first half of the season. When Trepagnier returned, Farmer became a key reserve off the bench. Said Bibby: Desmon Farmer was very good as a starter last year. He was very good offensively. We have to try and control his play a little bit and get him more involved with our system. He can shoot from outside, drive to the basket and is a great rebounder. He plays with a lot of emotion and he gets the crowd into the game. He s reckless on the floor, and I kind of like that. He can play either the two or the three. He got stronger over the summer. He s basically a fourth returning starter for us. He s also probably our best passer. Charissis playing time was limited last year because of the team s veteran big men core. But the hard worker has shown flashes of the offensive and defensive skills necessary to be an effective center in the Pac-10. Charissis played in 18 games in 2001, averaging 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in 4.7 minutes per game. Said Bibby: Like Farmer, Kostas Charissis also has starting experience (as a 2000 freshman). And when he started, he played well. This year could be a great year for him. He can rebound and can score. He hasn t played a lot, but to play against guys like Sam Clancy and Brian Scalabrine in practice the last two years, that s going to make him better. Hutchinson proved to be a valuable reserve point guard during the NCAA Tournament last year when he came through with clutch performances against both Boston College and Kentucky. He played in every game in 2001, averaging 1.2 points in 7.4 minutes per game. Said Bibby: Robert Hutchinson proved to be a key for us last year and we look for more of the same this season. Busterna contributed little on the court last year, never quite recovering from the time he missed after suffering a toe injury in the preseason. He wasn t available to play until the Pac-10 season started and saw action in only eight games, going scoreless. But he was a strong contributor in practice, where he consistently proved to be a reliable outside threat. Said Bibby: I m really a fan of Gennaro Busterna. He s a great shooter who really showed what he could do in practice. He s kind of like (former Trojan sharp-shooter) Adam Spanich. He just drills shots, but he s a streaky shooter. When he s on, he s a very good player. I m excited to get him back. He needs to show us he can hit shots consistently. We expect him to give us a lot of outside offense. Hair also was sidelined at the start of last season, suffering a strained tendon in his knee in the preseason that kept him out of early action. He played in 15 games last year, starting once. He averaged 1.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game. Bibby will get considerable help in the backcourt from the Craven twins, a pair of athletic guards from Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance, Calif., who have earned a reputation for their tireless play on both ends of the court. Both prep All-Americans, Errick Craven averaged 19.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.6 steals and shot 53.0% from the field as a 2001 senior while his brother Derrick averaged 16.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.9 steals while shooting 56.0% from the field, leading the Knights to their second consecutive California and CIF Southern Section Division III titles. Said Bibby: Errick and Derrick Craven are blue-collar workers. Both are very skilled. We can t get two better guards than those two. They have nice size, are athletic, can score and play excellent defense. We picked up the whole package with those guys. Errick can get to the basket and dunk on you. He s exciting. He s physical and has quick feet. He s very aggressive and plays hard. Derrick has improved his shooting. He can defend and can drive. He s very similar to his brother. He s not getting as much credit as he deserves. We think he can help us. Bibby will also get a boost in the frontcourt with O Neil, from Burroughs High in Ridgecrest, Calif., and Curtis, from Oxnard (Calif.) High. Another prep All-American, O Neil is a skilled big man who can score inside and out. He averaged 25.1 points and 13.5 rebounds per game as a 2001 senior and ESPN.com named him the sixth-best prep center in the country. Said Bibby: Rory O Neil is so skilled it is scary. He could be a better version of Brian Scalabrine. He s a great offensive player. He runs the floor very well. He s still learning how to play, but he loves to compete and can make shots. He also has the potential to be a good shotblocker. He has to work on his strength, but that will come. Curtis is another big body that figures to be a factor in the post. A California All-State performer, he averaged 19.9 points, 14.8 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game as a senior in Said Bibby: Nicholas Curtis is 6-8 and still growing. He s an excellent rebounder. He was kind of overlooked but I think he ll surprise a lot of people. We expect him to contribute. Overall, USC looks to have struck a competitive balance of veteran leaders and talented newcomers and Bibby can t wait to see how it unfolds. Said Bibby: You re always going to miss people like Brian Scalabrine, Jeff Trepagnier, Jarvis Turner and Tyler Murphy because they re older guys and you can t replace that kind of maturity. But we re going to have a youthfulness about us this season and we ll have more energy. It will be a different team than last year and I m excited about that part. Going as far as we did last year changes the whole outlook of the program. The guys on the team know what it feels like to achieve that kind of success and they know the kind of work it takes to get there. We re bringing in a group of young players like we did three years ago and down the road, hopefully we ll see similar results as we saw this past year. With the group coming in, we should have continued improvement. USC faces a challenging schedule in The Trojans begin play as one of 16 teams in the Preseason NIT by hosting Wyoming and hope to reach the semifinals and finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Other non-conference dates include home games versus UC Santa Barbara, Rhode Island and Miami (Ohio) while other non-league road opponents include Bradley, Pepperdine (in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand), Long Beach State, San Diego and Loyola Marymount. For the first time since 1990, the Pacific-10 Conference will hold a postseason tournament to determine the league s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The top eight teams in the conference will compete March 7-9 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Our preseason schedule is full of quality teams that should prepare us well for the Pac-10, Bibby said. And as usual, our conference will be one of the toughest in the nation. We will be tested throughout the season.

5 USC Roster NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Nate Hair G Jr. 10/1/80 Mission Viejo, CA (Capristrano Valley HS) 4 Robert Hutchinson G *Jr. 1/10/80 Albany, GA (Okaloosa-Walton College) 5 Brandon Granville G Sr. 10/5/79 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 14 Gennaro Busterna G Sr. 8/31/79 Denver, CO (McCook College) 15 Kostas Charissis C Jr. 11/12/79 Athens, Greece (Bachlitzanaki HS) 21 Rory O Neil C Fr. 10/12/82 Ridgecrest, CA (Burroughs HS) 22 Errick Craven G Fr. 7/4/83 Torrance, CA (Bishop Montgomery HS) 24 Derrick Craven G Fr. 7/4/83 Torrance, CA (Bishop Montgomery HS) 33 Desmon Farmer G So. 10/7/81 Flint, MI (Northwestern HS) 34 David Bluthenthal F Sr. 7/18/80 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 44 Nicholas Curtis F Fr. 11/23/83 Oxnard, CA (Oxnard HS) 50 Sam Clancy F Sr. 5/4/80 Fairview, OH (St. Edward HS) * Utilized redshirt year ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 34 David Bluthenthal F Sr. 7/18/80 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 14 Gennaro Busterna G Sr. 8/31/79 Denver, CO (McCook College) 15 Kostas Charissis C Jr. 11/12/79 Athens, Greece (Bachlitzanaki HS) 50 Sam Clancy F Sr. 5/4/80 Fairview, OH (St. Edward HS) 24 Derrick Craven G Fr. 7/4/83 Torrance, CA (Bishop Montgomery HS) 22 Errick Craven G Fr. 7/4/83 Torrance, CA (Bishop Montgomery HS) 44 Nicholas Curtis F Fr. 11/23/83 Oxnard, CA (Oxnard HS) 33 Desmon Farmer G So. 10/7/81 Flint, MI (Northwestern HS) 5 Brandon Granville G Sr. 10/5/79 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) 1 Nate Hair G Jr. 10/1/80 Mission Viejo, CA (Capristrano Valley HS) 4 Robert Hutchinson G *Jr. 1/10/80 Albany, GA (Okaloosa-Walton College) 21 Rory O Neil C Fr. 10/12/82 Ridgecrest, CA (Burroughs HS) * Utilized redshirt year HEAD COACH Henry Bibby (UCLA, 1972), 6th year ASSISTANTS Damon Archibald (Boise State), 2nd year BASKETBALL ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT Dusty May (Indiana, 2000), 2nd year DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Tim Farmer (Wayne State, 1998), 2nd year

6 DAVID BLUTHENTHAL SENIOR FORWARD LOS ANGELES CA (WESTCHESTER HS) # 34 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 29, twice last at Oregon, FG 11, vs. CSUN, FG ATTEMPTED 18, vs. CSUN, FG 6, vs. Kentucky, FG ATTEMPTED 9, vs. Kentucky, FT 10, at Arizona St., FT ATTEMPTED 11, vs. Boston College, REBOUNDS 28, vs. Arizona St., ASSISTS 4, three times, at Washington St., BLOCKS 2, twice last vs. Arizona St., STEALS 5, at Oregon, MINUTES 44, vs. Arizona St., THIS SEASON: David Bluthenthal, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound senior, returns for his third year as a starting small forward in 2002 and one of the top all-around threats in the Pac-10. One of the league s premier threepoint threats, he s also an aggressive rebounder who led the Trojans in that category as a sophomore. CAREER: Bluthenthal has started 61 of his 84 games at USC. He is 11th on USC s career three-point chart (109) and sixth on Troy s career free throw percentage list (.799). He also shares the Trojan record for most rebounds in a game (28). SAID BIBBY: There s no better shooter or postup player or rebounder than David Bluthenthal. I d like to see him get a little quicker and handle the ball a little more. He took some steps forward defensively last year, but I d like to see him continue to improve in that area as well : Bluthenthal was USC s secondleading rebounder (6.8) and third-leading scorer (13.5) as a junior in He led the Trojans in three-point percentage (65-of-159,.409) and total three-pointers and was second on the team in steals (50)... His 65 three-pointers was the sixth-most ever in a season at USC... He earned East Regional All-NCAA Tournament Team honors by averaging 16.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in the postseason. After going scoreless in the tourney opener against Oklahoma State, Bluthenthal came back to score 20 points vs. Boston College, 27 points vs. Kentucky (including 5-of-6 free throws in the final 30 seconds) and had 17 points and 13 rebounds vs. Duke... Bluthenthal tied a career- and season-high with 29 points at Oregon. He also had five three-pointers and set a career high with five steals... He led USC in rebounding (or tied for team-high honors) 15 times last year... He had four consecutive double-doubles against Utah, Cal State Northridge, UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine... Bluthenthal earned his second career Pac-10 Player of the Week honor after the doubles vs. UCSB and CSUN... He missed both exhibition games while recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery but returned to play in fine fashion, scoring 23 points and grabbing 13 rebounds against Bradley in the season opener... Including a streak of 33 free throws in a row continued from his sophomore year, Bluthenthal set USC and Pac-10 record for consecutive free throws at 41. Bluthenthal also owned the Pac-10 record for consecutive in-league free throws at 42. Both Pac-10 marks, however, were broken by Stanford s Ryan Mendez... Bluthenthal also was named to the 2001 U.S. team for the World Maccabiah Games : Bluthenthal blossomed as a sophomore, starting 29 of 30 games at small forward en route to 2000 All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors... He averaged a USC-best 8.3 rebounds per game (third in the Pac-10 and the best USC mark since 1995) and his 250 rebounds were the 14th-most ever by a Trojan... He was the team s fourth-leading scorer, averaging 13.9 points per game, and he also finished as the squad s top free throw shooter, canning 74-of-88 foul shots (.841, fifth best in the Pac-10 and fifth best in USC history)... Bluthenthal was the Pac-10 s top rebounder in conference games, finishing with a 9.9 clip, the best ever by a Trojan in the Pac He was also the Trojans third-leading scorer in conference games at 15.3, finishing one rebound short of averaging a double-double in Pac-10 games... In addition, he led the Pac-10 in free throw percentage in conference games at.890 (65-of-73), becoming the first Pac-10 player ever to lead the league in both free throw percentage and rebounds in Pac-10 games... Bluthenthal s season was highlighted by a monster performance against Arizona State at the Sports Arena when he tied a USC record (set by Cliff Robinson) with 28 rebounds (the third highest total ever in the Pac-10) to go with 18 points... He followed that up with a careerhigh 26 points and seven rebounds against Arizona to earn his first Pac-10 Player of the Week honor... Bluthenthal finished with eight double-doubles on the season, including three in a row against Arizona State, Oregon State and Oregon... He scored in double figures 21 times and averaged 18.0 points and 9.6 rebounds in his last seven outings... He also played every minute of a game five times... He scored 19 points and had 15 rebounds in a loss at UCLA, had 24 points and 10 rebounds in a home loss to Oregon, made 9-of-10 field goal attempts against Northwestern and had a 10-of-10 showing from the foul line at Arizona State : Bluthenthal earned a role as an oft-used reserve as a 1999 freshman, playing 7.6 minutes in 20 games, all off the bench... He averaged 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds and made 15-of-30 field goal attempts (50.0%)... He also had six blocks and five steals... He scored a season-high seven points and had five rebounds against Arkansas State and scored six points and had a season-high six rebounds, two blocks and two steals against American... He scored four points against both California and Stanford on the road... Bluthenthal also played in the 1999 Maccabiah Games in Mexico, helping the U.S. squad to the gold medal.

7 HIGH SCHOOL: Bluthenthal averaged 21.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a senior at Westchester (Calif.) High, playing with fellow Trojan senior Brandon Granville... He led the Comets to a 30-3 record and their first-ever City Section 4-A title and Division I state championship... Following the 1998 season, Bluthenthal was honored with the John R. Wooden Award (which goes to seven Los Angeles area prep players) and was named the City 4-A Player of the Year... He also earned several other honors, including USA Today All-USA honorable mention, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-City 4-A first team and Los Angeles Times South Bay/Westside All-Star Team (for the second year in a row). In the spring of 1998, Bluthenthal played in the Eddie Jones All- Star Classic for the West squad, which faced off against the East and fellow Trojan freshman Sam Clancy. Bluthenthal averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds in 1997 as a junior at Venice (Calif.) High and was selected to the Los Angeles Times South Bay/Westside All-Star Team and the Student Sports All-State Underclass Team... He was also a Street & Smith 1997 High Honorable Mention selection... In the summer of 1997, Bluthenthal was a member of the United States team at the Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel. SIDELIGHTS: Bluthenthal was born on July 18, He is a sociology major... Bluthenthal s great, great, great grandfather was Isaias Hellman, one of the three major donors of the land where USC sits in Los Angeles... He was nicknamed Tasmanian Devil by his father when he was young. DAVID BLUTHENTHAL ON: His sidetrips during a stay in Israel for the Maccabiah Games: We each had a group, and every group had their own armed guard. We went to the Golan Heights and you could hear the bombs going off. What a fan told his dad, Ralph, following Bluthenthal s Dennis Rodman-esque 28 rebounds vs. Arizona State last year: He said he was expecting to see a big guy with green hair and they saw me instead. His mother, Suzanne, who died of cancer when he was a freshman in high school: She was a nurse and was used to taking care of people and the nicest person in the world. She knew how much I wanted to do well in basketball. I think of her a lot. I dedicate every game to her. I know she knows what i am doing. OTHERS ON BLUTHENTHAL: (Todd Harmonson, of the Orange County Register): He has become USC s most dependable starter and made the transformation from the player no one knew to the one no one dares to ignore. (USC Coach Henry Bibby): David is very serious about the game of basketball. He ll stay in the gym forever. By working so hard, he s become too players in one. He is one of our best post players and best perimeter players. DAVID BLUTHENTHAL CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS:

8 BLUTHENTHAL GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon Oregon State Stanford California UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington State Oklahoma State Boston College Kentucky Duke Totals BLUTHENTHAL GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge North Carolina Memphis Utah State Duke UCSB St. Bonaventure Hawai i LMU Long Beach St San Diego State Northwestern Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon Oregon State California Stanford UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington State TOTALS BLUTHENTHAL GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS San Diego State UNLV... DNP Long Beach State St. Bonaventure UCSB LMU Kansas American Arkansas State Arizona State... DNP Arizona Oregon Oregon State... DNP Stanford California UCLA Washington... DNP Washington State DNP Oregon State Oregon... DNP California Stanford UCLA Washington Washington State Arizona Arizona State... DNP Wyoming... DNP TOTALS

9 GENNARO BUSTERNA SENIOR GUARD DENVER CO (McCOOK COLLEGE) # 14 CAREER HIGHS POINTS, FG, 3FG, FT, FTA None FG ATTEMPTED 2, twice 3FG ATTEMPTED 2, twice REBOUNDS 1, tiwce ASSISTS 1, at Arizona, 1/18/01 MINUTES 4, at Arizona, 1/18/01 THIS SEASON: Gennaro Busterna, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound shooting guard, is a senior who has a potent perimeter touch and will be looked on to provide offense off the bench in SAID BIBBY: I m really a fan of Gennaro Busterna. He s a great shooter who really showed what he could do in practice. He s kind of like (former Trojan sharp-shooter) Adam Spanich. He just drills shots, but he s a streaky shooter. When he s on, he s a very good player. I m excited to get him back. He needs to show us he can hit shots consistently. We expect him to give us a lot of outside offense : Busterna came to USC as a JUCO transfer as a 2001 junior guard, but saw limited action off the bench... Busterna played in eight games, but only averaged 1.9 minutes per contest and missed all seven of his field goal attempts... Sidelined much of the season by a toe injury, Busterna began suiting up in the Washington State game, but did not make his debut until playing four minutes off the bench at Arizona, going scoreless... He played one minute at Arizona State and three minutes against Oregon State... He got in late against UCLA at the Sports Arena, but missed both of his three-point attempts. McCOOK COLLEGE: Busterna spent two seasons at McCook (Neb.) College... As a sophomore, Busterna was the 2000 Nebraska Junior College and Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference Player of the Year and earned 2000 All-Region 9 first team honors while leading McCook to a 25-6 record... He averaged 20.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game last year... He shot.505 from the field (202-of-436),.491 from three-point range (113-of-230) and.744 from the foul line (64-of-86)... He also had 55 assists. As a freshman in 1999, Busterna averaged 11.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game... He shot.504 from the field (118-of-234),.414 from three-point range (63- of-152) and.851 on free throws (40-of-47)... He added 53 assists as McCook went 24-7 that year. HIGH SCHOOL: Busterna prepped at Manual High in Denver, Colo.... He earned All-State and All- City 5-A honors as a senior in 1998, averaging 20.0 points per game and leading Manual to the state finals... He played as both a shooting and point guard his senior year. As a junior in 1997, Busterna averaged 15.0 points per game and earned All-City honorable mention honors. Busterna didn t play basketball as a freshman and didn t join the team until late in his sophomore year. SIDELIGHTS: Busterna was born on Aug. 31, He plans to study elementary education at USC... His full name is Gennaro Busterna... He enjoys fishing and swimming... Among his favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant and Scottie Pippen.

10 GENNARO BUSTERNA CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS BUSTERNA GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley...INJ San Diego...INJ LMU...INJ Utah...INJ CS Northridge...INJ UC Santa Barbara.INJ Pepperdine...INJ BYU-Hawaii...INJ Mississippi...INJ Brigham Young...INJ Northwestern...INJ Long Beach State.INJ Washington State DNP Washington... DNP UCLA... DNP Arizona Arizona State Oregon... DNP Oregon State Stanford California... DNP UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon... DNP Stanford... DNP California... DNP Washington... DNP Washington State DNP Oklahoma State.. DNP Boston College... DNP Kentucky... DNP Duke... DNP Totals

11 KOSTAS CHARISSIS JUNIOR CENTER ATHENS GREECE (BACHLITZANAKI HS) # 15 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 9, at Arizona, FG 3, at Arizona, FG ATTEMPTED 6, three times 3FG/ATTEMPTED 0 FT 3, at Arizona, FT ATTEMPTED 4, at Arizona, REBOUNDS 8, at Arizona, ASSISTS 4, at Arizona, BLOCKS 2, vs. Northwestern, STEALS 2, vs. Arizona, MINUTES 33, at Arizona, THIS SEASON: Kostas Charissis, a 6-foot-11, 250-pound center and a native of Greece, is a 2002 junior who will look to have an increased role on this year s squad... His full first name is Konstantinos. SAID BIBBY: Kostas Charissis is sort of another starter. And when he s started, he s played well. This year could be a great year for him. He can rebound and can score. He hasn t played a lot, but to play against guys like Sam Clancy and Brian Scalabrine in practice the last two years, that s going to make him better : Charissis played in 18 games as a sophomore reserve center in He averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in 4.7 minutes per game... He made his first start of the season vs. Washington... He scored four points in a season-high 12 minutes... He had four points vs. Long Beach State and Oregon State... He scored two points and had two rebounds in three minutes in USC s opener vs. Bradley : Charissis played in 26 of 30 games as a 2000 freshman center and started 13 times after injuries depleted USC s frontcourt, including the last 10 games in a row... He averaged 1.5 points and 2.1 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game overall and had seven blocks... He had by far his most productive game of the season at No. 4 Arizona, posting career highs in points (nine), rebounds (eight), minutes (33), free throws made and attempted (3 of 4) and assists (four)... In the last eight games of the season, Charissis averages rose to 2.9 points and 4.0 rebounds... He had five points and six rebounds in 15 minutes at Arizona State and had four points and six boards in his first career start against Hawai i. PAPAGOU-ATHENS CLUB: Charissis was a reserve center for the Papagou-Athens club team in 1999, his first year with the mid-level club team... He averaged 3.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in limited action. Before that, Charissis spent three years playing for Psihico, a team from a smaller division... He averaged 10 points and 12 rebounds with Psihico... Charissis prepped at Bachlitzanaki in Pireus, Greece SIDELIGHTS: Charissis was born on Nov. 12, He is majoring in economics... He has a younger sister, Maria, who plays volleyball... His recruiting visit to USC marked the first time he had been to the United States... He spent the past summer working part-time as a security guard at Staples Center for the Los Angeles Lakers lockerroom. KOSTAS CHARISSIS ON: Adjusting to America and its many cultures: In Greece, there is just the Greek culture. Here, there are so many cultures. Here, you have the option of trying to do stuff with other people of the Greek culture, or you try to adjust. And that s what I try to do because I believe you become a better person by learning different cultures.

12 KOSTAS CHARISSIS CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS: CHARISSIS GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge... DNP UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young... DNP Northwestern... DNP Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon State Stanford... DNP California... DNP UCLA... DNP Arizona State... DNP Arizona Oregon State... DNP Oregon... DNP Stanford... DNP California... DNP Washington Washington State Oklahoma State.. DNP Boston College... DNP Kentucky... DNP Duke... DNP Totals CHARISSIS GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge North Carolina Memphis Utah State... DNP Duke UCSB St. Bonaventure Hawai i LMU Long Beach St San Diego St Northwestern Washington St Washington... DNP UCLA... DNP Arizona State... DNP Arizona Oregon Oregon State California Stanford UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington St TOTALS

13 SAM CLANCY SENIOR FORWARD FAIRVIEW OH (ST. EDWARD HS) # 50 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 31, twice, last at UCLA, FG 12, twice, last at UCLA, FG ATTEMPTED 22, vs. North Carolina, FG 1, vs. San Diego, FG ATTEMPTED 1, three times, last vs. San Diego, FT 11, vs. Bradley, FT ATTEMPTED 13, twice, last at Arizona State, REBOUNDS 14, vs. Oregon, ASSISTS 4, twice, last vs. BYU-HI, BLOCKS 7, vs. California, STEALS 4, twice, last at Northwestern, MINUTES 42, at Stanford, THIS SEASON: Sam Clancy, a 6-foot-7, 240- pound senior All-American, Wooden and Naismith Award candidate in 2002, is one of the Pac-10 s top offensive and defensive threats and is equally adept from the post, the wing or the top of the key. A major shot-blocking and rebounding presence in the paint, Clancy is in his fourth year as a starting forward. CAREER: Sam Clancy is USC s all-time leading shot-blocker (147). He has started 71 of his 81 games at USC. He is 22nd on USC s career scoring chart with 1,046 career points and was the 25th Trojan ever to reach the millennium milestone. SAID BIBBY: We re going to run a lot of our offense through Sam this year. We re simply going to have to get him the ball. He s proven that he can dominate a game. He became one of the best players in the Pac-10 and the nation last year and team s will pay a lot of attention to him this year. But I think he s up to the challenge : Clancy earned 2001 Pacific-10 Conference, Sporting News Pac-10, NABC District 15 and USBWA District 9 first-team honors as a junior forward, leading USC in scoring (17.3), rebounding (7.5), field goal percentage (.501) and blocked shots (81)... He became USC s all-time leader shot blocker (147) and also set a school season record for rejections (81)... He averaged team highs in points (17.1) and rebounds (7.2) in the Pac His 588 points on the season were the fifth-most in school history and his 255 rebounds were the 14th most ever at USC... He had a team-high nine double-doubles on the season and scored at least 20 points a team-high 11 times... Clancy earned East Regional All-NCAA Tournament Team honors as he led USC in scoring (18.0), rebounding (10.8) and blocks (4.0) in the Trojans four NCAA Tournament games. He had 22 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks against Oklahoma State, 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks vs. Boston College, 17 points and seven rebounds vs. Kentucky and 19 points and 11 boards vs. Duke... Clancy had a career-high seven blocks vs. Cal on March 3 to go with 16 points and seven boards... He posted career highs of 31 points twice, once in the season-opener vs. Bradley and again at UCLA (to go with 13 rebounds)... Clancy was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 25- Jan. 1. He averaged 19.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.5 steals in USC s loss at Northwestern and win over Long Beach State... He scored 27 points in the Pac-10 finale at Washington State. He had 28 points at Arizona State after scoring 23 points to go with seven boards and four blocks at Arizona : Clancy averaged 15.5 points and 6.9 rebounds as a 2000 sophomore forward, but had what was turning into a monster season derailed by a fractured foot suffered against Arizona State on Jan At the time of the injury, Clancy was averaging team highs in points (17.6, also second in the Pac-10), rebounds (7.8) and blocks (1.6)... After missing 10 games, he returned for the Trojans final four contests and averaged 8.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in only 22.5 minutes per game... Clancy had scored in double figures in 12 consecutive games before the injury... He scored a career-high 24 points in the season-opener against Cal State Northridge and had 23 points against both then-no. 5 North Carolina and at Washington... He had five double-doubles on the season, including three in a row against UC Santa Barbara, St. Bonaventure and Hawai i : Clancy came on strong as a true freshman in 1999, starting 22 of 27 games while averaging 5.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per outing... He was second in the Pac-10 in blocked shots (1.4) and was USC s third-leading rebounder... He made his first start of the season at UC Santa Barbara and became a starter for good two games into the Pac-10 season... He was one of only three Pac-10 freshmen with at least four double-doubles, getting his fourth with 12 points and 10 rebounds in USC s upset at then-no. 6 Stanford... He had a season-high 14 rebounds, 11 points and two blocks against Oregon and had a season-high 16 points and 10 rebounds against then-no. 8 Arizona at the Sports Arena... His other double-double came in his debut as a Trojan with 11 points and 10 boards vs. San Diego State... He had a Pac-10-high six blocks to go along with 10 points at Oregon State and had five blocks at Kansas and against Stanford at the Sports Arena. HIGH SCHOOL: Clancy averaged 17.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as a 1998 senior at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio... He led the Eagles to the Ohio Big School state championship and earned Parade Magazine All-America fourth team honors... According to Dave Krider of USA Today, Clancy was a Top 20 All-American... Street & Smith s 1997 College Basketball Annual listed him as a fourthteam All-American and an All-Metro (Cleveland) pick. He was rated highly by several college basketball recruiting outlets, including Prepstars (No. 12), Bob Gibbons (No. 19), The Sporting News (No. 40) and Clark Francis (No. 43)... Recruiting USA rated Clancy as the No. 8 power forward in the country, while ESPN SportsZone ranked him as the No. 12 prospect at his

14 position and the No. 52 player overall... Prior to the 1997 season, he was rated among the Top 30 High School Juniors in Dick Vitale s College Basketball Preview. As a junior in 1997, Clancy averaged 11.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game at St. Edward... He shot 57 percent from the field while leading the Eagles to a 24-2 mark in As a sophomore in 1996, he averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game on an Eagle team that went 21-5 and lost in the state semifinals. SIDELIGHTS: Clancy, who was born on May 4, 1980, is a sociology major... He is the son of Sam Clancy Sr., who played football and basketball at Pittsburgh ( ) before moving on to a career in the NFL as a defensive end with the Seattle Seahawks ( ), Cleveland Browns ( ) and Indianapolis Colts ( )... The elder Clancy was the defensive line coach for the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football from 1995 to 1997 (he was part of the Dragons team that won the 1997 World Bowl). OTHERS ON CLANCY: (St. Edward High head coach Eric Flannery): Sam is an outstanding talent and person. He is going to flourish at the next level. I expect some very big things in the future for Sam. He does an extremely good job on the boards and defensively, in part because he has such long arms. (J.A. Adande of the Los Angeles Times): (Sam) can score inside or deftly pass to (former teammate Brian) Scalabrine from the high post. He makes the 18-foot jump shot from the baseline or beyond the free throw line. He snatches rebounds at rim level and blocks shots inside or on the perimeter. (Joe Juliano of the Philadelphia Inquirer): Sam Clancy resembles a tight end on the basketball court. At 6-foot-7 and 240 pounds, he s not someone who s easy to hide. (Trojan teammate David Bluthenthal): Teams will try to trash-talk him, but you can t really get to Sam. When I guard him in practice, I talk at him and he talks back to me, but it doesn t affect the way he plays. You can t really faze him. SAM CLANCY CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS:

15 CLANCY GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon Oregon State Stanford California UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington State Oklahoma State Boston College Kentucky Duke Totals CLANCY GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge North Carolina Memphis Utah State Duke UCSB St. Bonaventure Hawai i LMU Long Beach St San Diego St Northwestern Washington St Washington UCLA Arizona State Arizona...INJ Oregon...INJ Oregon State...INJ California...INJ Stanford...INJ UCLA...INJ Arizona...INJ Arizona State...INJ Oregon State...INJ Oregon...INJ Stanford California Washington Washington St Totals CLANCY GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS San Diego State UNLV Long Beach State St. Bonaventure UC Santa Barbara Loyola Marymount Kansas American Arkansas State Arizona State... DNP Arizona Oregon Oregon State Stanford California UCLA Washington Washington State Oregon State Oregon California Stanford UCLA Washington Washington State Arizona Arizona State Wyoming Totals

16 DERRICK CRAVEN FRESHMAN GUARD TORRANCE CA (BISHOP MONTGOMERY HS) # 24 THIS SEASON: Derrick Craven, a 6-foot-2, 170- pound freshman guard in 2002 and identical twin brother of fellow Trojan freshman Errick Craven, is an athletic addition to the team with a strong defensive work ethic. He is expected to push for time off of the bench. SAID BIBBY: Derrick Craven has improved his shooting. He can defend and can drive. He s very similar to his brother. He s not getting as much credit as he deserves. We think he can help us. HIGH SCHOOL: Craven prepped at Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance, Calif., where he averaged 16.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.9 steals while shooting 56.0% from the field as a 2001 senior while leading the Knights to both their second consecutive California and CIF Southern Section Division III titles... He was a 2001 Street & Smith s preseason All-American honorable mention selection, a Daily Breeze All-Area first team pick and shared CIF Division III Player of the Year and Del Rey League MVP honors with his brother Errick for the second consecutive year. As a junior, Craven averaged 17.1 points, 5.8 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 3.1 steals, helping the Knights to a 28-5 run and a California Division III title... He was named a 2000 USA Today All-American honorable mention and a Daily Breeze All-Area and Los Angeles Times South Bay/Westside first team selection... He also shared CIF Division III Player of the Year honors with his brother Errick. As a sophomore in 1999, he averaged 12.4 points per game and earned All-CIF Division III first team, Daily Breeze All-Area third team and Del Rey League first team honors. SIDELIGHTS: Craven was born on July 4, He is one minute younger than his twin brother, Errick... Both he and his brother plan to major in business administration at USC. OTHERS ON DERRICK CRAVEN: (South Bay Daily Breeze): He is one of the top defenders in Southern California. ON DERRICK AND HIS TWIN ERRICK: (Bob Holtzman of the South Bay Daily Breeze): Both are capable of making sensational individual plays, but they also lead by example with their unselfish team play and outstanding defense.

17 ERRICK CRAVEN FRESHMAN GUARD TORRANCE CA (BISHOP MONTGOMERY HS) # 22 THIS SEASON: Errick Craven, a 6-foot-2, 170- pound freshman guard in 2002 and identical twin brother of fellow Trojan freshman Derrick Craven, is an athletic addition to the team whose intensity on defense and growing offensive skills should be a boon for the Trojans. He is expected to challenge for quality minutes off of the bench. SAID BIBBY: Errick Craven is a great athlete who can handle the ball well and really likes to play defense. He can get to the basket and dunk on you. He s exciting. He s physical and has quick feet. He s very aggressive and plays hard. HIGH SCHOOL: Craven prepped at Bishop Montgomery High in Torrance, Calif., where he averaged 19.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.6 steals and shot 53.0% from the field as a 2001 senior while leading the Knights to both their second consecutive California and CIF Southern Section Division III titles... He was a 2001 Street & Smith s preseason All-American honorable mention selection and was named South Bay Daily Breeze Player of the Year for the second consecutive season... He was the first player to win the Daily Breeze s Player of the Year in consecutive years since the Boston Celtics Paul Pierce did it in He shared 2001 CIF Division III Player of the Year and Del Rey League MVP honors with his brother Derrick for the second consecutive year... He was named the No. 10 best prep shooting guard in the country by ESPN.com. As a junior, Craven was named a 2000 Daily Breeze and Los Angeles Times South Bay/Westside Player of the Year and Del Rey League Co-Player of the Year... He also shared 2000 CIF Division III Player of the Year honors with his brother Derrick while averaging 20.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.6 steals, helping the Knights to a 28-5 run and a California Division III title. As a sophomore in 1999, Craven averaged 18.2 points per game en route to All-CIF Division III first team, Daily Breeze All-Area first team and Del Rey League MVP honors. SIDELIGHTS: Craven was born on July 4, He is one minute older than his twin brother, Derrick... Both he and his brother plan to major in business administration at USC. OTHERS ON ERRICK CRAVEN: (Bob Holtzman, South Bay Daily Breeze): His desire to win, and ability to take over a game in any way possible can t be questioned... Whether scoring thanks to his explosive first step to the basket, blocking shots with his exceptional leaping ability or stealing the ball with his quick hands, Craven makes the amazing appear routine.

18 NICHOLAS CURTIS FRESHMAN FORWARD OXNARD CA (OXNARD HS) # 44 THIS SEASON: Nicholas Curtis, a 6-foot-8, 220- pound freshman forward in 2002, comes to USC as a strong rebounder who will lend solid frontcourt depth to the Trojans. SAID BIBBY: Nicholas Curtis is young and he is still growing. He s an excellent rebounder. He was kind of overlooked but I think he ll surprise a lot of people. We expect him to contribute. HIGH SCHOOL: Curtis earned 2001 Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Division I-AAA first team and Los Angeles Times All-Ventura and All- Pacific View League MVP honors while leading Oxnard to a 25-4 record as a senior in He is Oxnard High s career record holder for points (1,215), rebounds (1,003) and blocks (244). A three-year starter, Curtis averaged 19.9 points, 14.8 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game as a senior... He shot 68.0% from the field and 79.0% from the free throw line. As a junior, Curtis earned 2000 Los Angeles Times All-Ventura County and All-Pacific View League first team honors after averaging 14.4 points and 14.1 rebounds per game... The Yellowjackets went 24-0 in league games in Curtis three years. SIDELIGHTS: Curtis was born on Nov. 23, His sister, Danielle, played basketball at CS Dominguez Hills.

19 DESMON FARMER SOPHOMORE GUARD FLINT MI (NORTHWESTERN HS) # 33 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 24, vs. Washington St., FG 8, twice, last vs. WSU, FG ATTEMPTED 14, vs. CSUN, FG 2, several times 3FG ATTEMPTED 7, vs. CSUN, FT 7, vs. Long Beach St., FT ATTEMPTED 10, vs. Bradley, REBOUNDS 9, vs. CSUN, ASSISTS 5, at Northwestern, BLOCKS 1, twice, last vs. Arizona, STEALS 2, three times, last vs. Washington, MINUTES 36, at Northwestern, THIS SEASON: Desmon Farmer, a 6-foot-4, 225- pound shooting guard, is a 2002 sophomore with a great scoring touch and a fiery defensive presence who will challenge for starting time. SAID BIBBY: Desmon Farmer was very good as a starter last year. He was very good offensively. We have to try and control his play a little bit and get him more involved with our system. He can shoot from outside, drive to the basket and is a great rebounder. He plays with a lot of emotion and he gets the crowd into the game. He s reckless on the floor, and I kind of like that. He can play either the two or the three. He s got stronger over the summer. He s basically a fourth returning starter for us. He s also probably our best passer : Farmer started 16 of 32 games as a 2001 freshman guard last year, most of his starts coming in place of Jeff Trepagnier, who was out for most of the first half of last season. Farmer averaged 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game. He started in 15 of his first 16 games, averaging 9.1 points through the first half of the season. When Trepagnier returned, Farmer became a key reserve off the bench. He scored a career-high 24 points and had three assists in USC s Pac-10 opener vs. Washington State... He provided a major spark off the bench vs. No. 1 Stanford at the Sports Arena, scoring seven points in 17 minutes and making all three of his shots... He also provided a lift as a reserve against Cal at home, scoring nine points and getting five rebounds in 21 minutes... Farmer had eight boards at Washington, one off of his season high... He had 21 points and a career-best nine rebounds against CSUN... He scored 14 points in 26 minutes vs. then-no. 8 Arizona at home... Farmer had 13 points vs. Mississippi (12 in the first half) and 13 vs. Long Beach State... He had 12 points and five assists at Northwestern... He had 14 points and seven rebounds vs. Loyola Marymount... He started his first game as a Trojan against Bradley, scoring 13 points in 27 minutes... He scored six points against San Diego. HIGH SCHOOL: Farmer prepped at Northwestern High in Flint, Mich.... As a senior in 2000, he averaged 23 points per game in leading Northwestern to a 23-2 mark and a trip to the state regional playoffs... He earned Detroit News Michigan All-State second team honors and earned All-City first team honors... He injured his left knee in June of 1999 in an AAU game, but still played as a senior. As a junior in 1999, Farmer was named a 1999 All- American by Street & Smith s (High Honorable Mention) and USA Today (Honorable Mention)... A Detroit News Michigan All-State third team selectee and an All-City pick, he averaged 18.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists, leading the Wildcats to a 22-2 record and the state regional playoffs... He shot 63.5 percent from the field (120-of-189) and made 49-of-123 three-pointers (39.8%)... He also shot 73.3% from the foul line. Farmer averaged 15.0 points as a sophomore, leading Northwestern to the state semifinals in Farmer also played football from , playing quarterback and wide receiver. SIDELIGHTS: Farmer was born on Oct. 7, He is interested in studying sports management and business at USC... His full name is Desmon Kenyatta Farmer... His brother, Tim, was a strong safety at both Toledo ( ) and Wayne State ( ) who now is the director of operations for the USC men s basketball team... His cousin, Demetrius Calip, was a four-year letterwinner as a guard at Michigan ( ) and was a key reserve in the Wolverines national championship season in Among the notable athletes to come out of Northwestern High are New York Knick Glen Rice, Kansas City Chief Andre Rison, former Trojan basketball player Anthony Pendleton and former USC All-American linebacker Dennis Johnson.

20 DESMON FARMER CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN / TOTALS / FARMER GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon Oregon State Stanford California... DNP UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington State Oklahoma State Boston College... DNP Kentucky Duke Totals

21 BRANDON GRANVILLE SENIOR GUARD LOS ANGELES CA (WESTCHESTER HS) # 5 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 24, at San Diego State, FG 8, twice last at Arizona, FG ATTEMPTED 16, twice last vs. Arizona St., FG 5, six times last at UCSB, FG ATTEMPTED 10, twice, last vs. California, FT 10, vs. Pepperdine, FT ATTEMPTED 14, vs. Pepperdine, REBOUNDS 6, several times ASSISTS 15, vs. Memphis, BLOCKS 2, twice last at Oregon, STEALS 6, four times last at Arizona St., MINUTES 45, twice last vs. Arizona S., THIS SEASON: Brandon Granville, a 5-foot-9, 175-pound senior, is USC s all-time leader in assists (10th in Pac-10 history) and is set to start at point guard for the Trojans for his fourth season in One of the most effective playmakers in Pac-10 history, Granville is also one of USC s all-time three-point threats and one of two 1,000-point scorers on the team. CAREER: Granville will be USC s first four-year starting point guard since Jacque Hill ( ). He has started 89 of his 92 games at USC. He is first on USC s career chart in assists (595, 10th in the Pac-10), third in three-pointers (162), fourth in steals (175) and 12th in free throw percentage (.785). He has 1,030 career points, 23rd most ever at USC. He was the 24th player in school history to eclipse 1,000 points. He is one of only four Trojans ever to have at least 150 career threepointers. SAID BIBBY: Brandon Granville has improved each year and really has become a leader for us. I expect him to continue to improve and bring up his level of intensity. I d like to see him be a little more aggressive offensively and be a little more creative this year : Granville, in his third season as the Trojans starting point guard in 2001, led the Pac-10 in assists (6.1) for the second consecutive year and finished as USC fourth-leading scorer (12.4)... he became the school s all-time leader in assists in the third game of the year with nine against Loyola Marymount... Granville s 207 assists were the second-most ever in a season at USC, behind only his school season record of 248 set as a sophomore... His NCAA Tournament highlights included 14 points, four steals and five assists against Oklahoma State and nine points and six assists versus Boston College. He also had eight assists vs. Kentucky and seven against Duke... Granville s 64 three-pointers on the season were the seventh-most in school history... He scored a season-high 22 points at Arizona State, going 4-of-6 on three-pointers and making 8-of-8 from the foul line... He matched the effort vs. Cal, scoring 22 points, making four three-pointers and going 6-of-6 from the charity stripe... He had 21 points and a season-high five steals against Long Beach State and had 20 points at Washington... Granville scored 17 points vs. Pepperdine and posted career highs of free throw makes (10) and attempts (14)... The game before, he canned 5-of-9 three-point attempts at UCSB, tying a career-high for makes en route to 18 points... He scored 19 points (including four three-pointers) vs. Loyola Marymount and had 15 points vs. both CSUN and BYU-Hawaii : Granville dished out more assists than any USC guard in school history (and the third most ever in the Pac-10) as a 2000 sophomore when he had 248 en route to 2000 All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors... He led the Pac-10 in assists (8.3, fourth nationally), was fourth in steals (2.1) and 10th in free throw percentage (.786)... He finished with a team-best nine double-doubles and 13 double-digit assist efforts... Granville set a USC single-game record with 15 assists against Memphis in the Maui Invitational (tied for sixth-best in Pac-10 history)... He strung consecutive double-digit assists efforts of four in a row once and three in a row twice... He also made a team-best 57 three-pointers... He scored at least 20 points seven times, including a career-high 24 points (including five three-pointers) at San Diego State and two 22-point performances against Arizona State... His 62 steals tied him for the second-most ever in a season at USC... Granville, who played every minute of six games, including two 45-minute contests, averaged 38.1 minutes per game in the Pac-10. It was the most by a Trojan in the conference since Wayne Carlander averaged 40.0 in : A full-time starter at point guard as a true freshman, Brandon Granville earned Pac-10 All- Freshman honorable mention honors in He led USC in assists (5.0) and steals (1.9) and was third and fifth, respectively, in the conference in those categories... His 140 assists on the season were the eighth-most ever at USC and his 41 three-pointers were third highest on the squad... He made 5-of-9 three pointers en route to a season-high 22 points at UC Santa Barbara, adding eight assists and three steals... He was instrumental in USC s upset at then-no. 6 Stanford, scoring 21 points, including 5-of-10 from behind the arc, to go with seven assists... He had at least two steals 13 times and at least seven assists 11 times... He had six steals four times (San Diego State, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount and at Arizona State)... He had a thencareer-high nine assists and four steals against Oregon State at home and had nine assists and six steals at Arizona State... Granville scored 15 points (including 8-of-9 from the foul line) and had seven assists at UNLV... He scored 10 points and had five assists and six steals vs. San Diego State in becoming the first true freshman to start a season opener at USC since Burt Harris in HIGH SCHOOL: Granville averaged 12 points, 10 assists and three steals per game as a 1998 senior at Westchester (Calif.) High, playing with fellow Trojan

22 senior David Bluthenthal... He led the Comets to a 30-3 record and the Coastal Conference Western League championship, City Section 4-A title and Division I state championship... Granville s honors include USA Today All-USA honorable mention, Los Angeles Times South Bay/ Westside All-Star Team, South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area first team (for the second consecutive season), Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team and All-City 4-A first team... During the Comets postseason run to every championship they competed for, Granville made two free throws in the final seconds to defeat Artesia High of Lakewood, Calif., in the CIF Southern Section Regional finals... In the spring of 1998, Brandon played in the Eddie Jones All-Star Classic s L.A. All-Star game. As a junior in 1998, Brandon was named to the Student Sports All- State Underclass Team. SIDELIGHTS: Brandon was born on Oct. 5, He is a sociology major. OTHERS ON GRANVILLE: (The Sporting News): Brandon Granville is an outstanding athlete and a dazzling passer. (Former teammate Brian Scalabrine): Everything happens for us when Brandon is in control of the basketball. And we re out of sync without him. In this league, everything begins, offensively and defensively, with your point guard. (Todd Harmonson of the Orange County Register): He has a point guard s physique and skills but he also has a knack for knocking down clutch shots. (Frank Burlison, then of the Orange County Register): Brandon was one of the quickest and most creative point guards in Southern California in What sets him apart from other playmakers is his ability to stretch a defense with his three-point shooting ability. BRANDON GRANVILLE CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS:

23 GRANVILLE GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon Oregon State Stanford California UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington State Oklahoma State Boston College Kentucky Duke Totals GRANVILLE GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge North Carolina Memphis Utah State Duke UCSB St. Bonaventure Hawai i LMU Long Beach St San Diego St Northwestern Washington St Washington UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon Oregon State California Stanford UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington St TOTALS GRANVILLE GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS San Diego State UNLV Long Beach St St. Bonaventure UCSB LMU Kansas American Arkansas State Arizona State Arizona Oregon Oregon State Stanford California UCLA Washington Washington St Oregon State Oregon California Stanford UCLA Washington Washington St Arizona Arizona State Wyoming TOTALS

24 NATE HAIR JUNIOR GUARD MISSION VIEJO CA (CAPISTRANO VALLEY HS) # 1 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 14, at Oregon State, FG 5, twice last at Oregon State, FG ATTEMPTED 9, at UCLA, FG 4, twice last at Stanford, FG ATTEMPTED 7, three times, last at Stanford, FT 4, at Arizona State, FT ATTEMPTED 6, at Arizona State, REBOUNDS 6, twice, last at UCSB, ASSISTS 7, at Oregon State, BLOCKS 1, three times last vs. Stanford, STEALS 3, at Oregon State, MINUTES 39, twice last at UCLA, THIS SEASON: Nate Hair, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound junior, returns to the Trojans in 2002 as a reserve shooting guard with a good touch from the outside : Hair served as a reserve guard for the Trojans in He played in 15 games last year, starting once... He averaged 1.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game... Hair strained a tendon in his knee in October during the preseason that kept him out of USC s first three games. He had been available since the Utah game but did not seen any action until playing 18 minutes at UCSB. Though he missed all five shots, he did snag a career-high-tying six rebounds... Hair, who started three times as a freshman, made his first start of his sophomore campaign at Oregon, but missed all four shots in 10 minutes of action... Hair saw his most action in the Pac-10 against Oregon State, making 2-of-6 three-point attempts off the bench to go with two rebounds in 11 minutes... Hair had a season-high nine points to go with three steals and three rebounds vs. BYU-Hawaii... Hair scored his first eight points of the season vs. Pepperdine, making 2-of-4 three-pointers and 2-of-4 free throws to go with four rebounds in 25 minutes : Hair played in 27 of 30 games, starting three times, as a 2000 freshman guard... He finished the season as the top reserve off the bench and averaged 4.2 points in 16.7 minutes per game... He made.403 of his three-pointers (29-of-72), tying him with Brian Scalabrine for the best accuracy on the team... It was also good enough for eighth best in the Pac In conference games, Hair averaged 5.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per game and his.453 three-point percentage (24-of-53) was best on the team and fifth best in the Pac Each of his three starts came in the Pac He made his first career start at Oregon State and posted season highs in points (14), three-pointers (four), assists (seven), steals (three) and minutes (39)... He also started both games against California... Hair tied his career-high with four threepointers (accounting for all 12 points) at then-no. 1 Stanford and he had 13 points in 35 minutes at Oregon off the bench, hitting 3-of-4 three-point attempts... He missed most of the preseason and both exhibition games recovering from a stress fracture in his knee. HIGH SCHOOL: Hair prepped at Capistrano Valley High in Mission Viejo, Calif., as a senior in 1999, averaging 15 points and five rebounds per game... He was a 1999 Street & Smith s All-American honorable mention, an All-Stater Sports 1999 West Regional Dream Team fourth teamer and a 1999 Best in the West and 1999 Orange County Register Fab 15 second team pick... He was also rated the 25 th top prospect in the nation and the second-best backcourt shooter by recruiting expert Bob Gibbons entering the 1999 season. Hair played for Aliso Niguel High in Aliso Viejo, Calif., for his sophomore and junior years in In 1998, Hair averaged 13 points, five assists while fighting through an-injury plagued season... He averaged 18 points as a sophomore in 1997, earning All-Pacific Coast League first team honors and was named his team s MVP. As a freshman in 1996, Hair played for Ocean View High in Huntington Beach, Calif. SIDELIGHTS: Hair was born on Oct. 1, He is majoring in communications at USC... His full name is Nathanael James Hair.

25 NATE HAIR CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS: HAIR GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley...INJ San Diego...INJ LMU...INJ Utah...INJ CS Northridge...INJ UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State DNP Washington State DNP Washington... DNP UCLA... DNP Arizona... DNP Arizona State Oregon... DNP Oregon State Stanford... DNP California... DNP UCLA Arizona State... DNP Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California... DNP Washington Washington State Oklahoma State.. DNP Boston College... DNP Kentucky... DNP Duke... DNP Totals HAIR GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent...FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS CS Northridge... DNP North Carolina Memphis Utah State... DNP Duke UCSB St. Bonaventure Hawai'i LMU Long Beach St San Diego St Northwestern Washington St Washington UCLA... DNP Arizona State Arizona Oregon Oregon State California Stanford UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington Washington St TOTALS

26 ROBERT HUTCHINSON (RS) JUNIOR GUARD ALBANY GA (OKALOOSA-WALTON COLLEGE) # 4 CAREER HIGHS POINTS 8, vs. San Diego, FG 2, twice vs. Arizona, FG ATTEMPTED 4, twice vs. Arizona, FG 2, vs. San Diego, FG ATTEMPTED 2, several times FT 5, vs. Boston College, FT ATTEMPTED 6, vs. Boston College, REBOUNDS 2, four times, last vs. Boston College, ASSISTS 3, twice, last at Wash. State, BLOCKS 0 STEALS 1, several times MINUTES 19, twice, vs. Washington, THIS SEASON: Robert Hutchinson, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound point guard, is back as a junior reserve in 2002 who figures to give the Trojans quality minutes behind starter Brandon Granville. SAID BIBBY: Robert Hutchinson proved to be a key for us last year and we look for more of the same this season : Hutchinson played in every game as a reserve point guard as a 2001 sophomore, averaging 1.2 points in 7.4 minutes per game... He became, a hero, however, with his play against Boston College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Filling in for Brandon Granville, who had fouled out, Hutchinson stepped in admirably, making 5-of-6 free throws in the final 77 seconds to go with two rebounds and a key assist, helping seal the win. He then played 12 minutes vs. Kentucky in the Sweet 16 and six minutes vs. Duke... He started his first game at Northwestern, but went scoreless in 14 minutes... He then started against Washington and scored two points in 19 minutes... Hutchinson had six points vs. then-no. 8 Arizona at home... Hutchinson scored three points (on a threepointer) in 14 minutes in his first game as a USC guard against Bradley... He had a very solid outing against San Diego, scoring eight points in 19 minutes, going 2- for-2 on three-pointers as well as from the foul line. He also had three assists without a turnover. OKALOOSA-WALTON COLLEGE: Hutchinson played at Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville, Fla., as a redshirt freshman in He was a 2000 All- Panhandle Conference and Region 8 state tournament first team selection... He led his team to a 26-5 overall mark, a first-place finish in the Panhandle Conference (9-3) and an appearance in the Region 8 state finals... On a team with six players scoring in double figures, Hutchinson averaged 13.5 points, 7.2 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game... He shot 44.0% from three-point range and 75.0% from the foul line... His three-point percentage was a school record, as were his season totals in three-pointers (78), assists (208) and steals (48). Hutchinson did not play basketball in HIGH SCHOOL: Hutchinson prepped at Westover High in Albany, Ga., where he led his team to the state championship as a 1998 senior... That year, he earned All-State Division III first team honors and was a USA Today All-USA honorable mention pick. SIDELIGHTS: Hutchinson was born on Jan. 10, 1980.

27 ROBERT HUTCHINSON CAREER STATISTICS 3-PT OFF DEF TOT YEAR G-GS FG-FGA % FG-FGA % FT-FTA % PTS AVG. REB REB REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL MIN TOTALS HUTCHINSON GAME-BY-GAME 3PT TOTAL Opponent FG-A FG-A FT-A OR-DR REB PF AST TO BLK STL MIN PTS Bradley San Diego LMU Utah CS Northridge UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine BYU-Hawaii Mississippi Brigham Young Northwestern Long Beach State Washington State Washington UCLA Arizona Arizona State Oregon Oregon State Stanford California DNP UCLA Arizona State Arizona Oregon State Oregon Stanford California Washington DNP Washington Oklahoma State Boston College Kentucky Wildcats Duke Totals

28 RORY O NEIL FRESHMAN CENTER RIDGECREST CA (BURROUGHS HS) # 21 THIS SEASON: Rory O Neil, a 6-foot-11, 220- pound freshman center in 2002, figures to add immediate help to USC s frontcourt. A talented big man, O Neil comes to Troy with a solid scoring touch and a good feel for the game. SAID BIBBY: Rory O Neil is so skilled it is scary. He could be a better version of Brian Scalabrine. He s a great offensive player. He runs the floor very well. He s still learning how to play, but he loves to play and can make shots. He also has the potential to be a good shotblocker. He has to work on his strength, but that will come. HIGH SCHOOL: O Neil was a Street & Smith s preseason All-American high honorable mention selection, a Student Sports Senior All-American fourth teamer and All-CIF Division III first team pick as a 2001 senior at Burroughs High in Ridgecrest, Calif.... He averaged 25.1 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game last year... He was the 2001 Desert Sky League 200 Player of the Year and was named the sixthbest prep center in the country by ESPN.com As a junior, he averaged 19.7 points, 12.2 rebounds, 3.6 blocks per game and shot 60.6% from the field as a junior in Last year, O Neil earned All-CIF Division II-A first team honors. He was ranked as the eighth best prep center in the nation by FOXSports.com and among the top 20 prep post players by Athlon Sports... He was ranked the No. 52 best prep player overall by ESPN.com and 95 th by CNNSI.com. SIDELIGHTS: O Neil was born on Oct. 12, His father, Scott, has a degree in mechanical engineering from USC... His mother, Ruth, played tennis at San Diego State... Though he played only basketball in high school, O Neil was a talented youth baseball player who pitched and played right field. O NEIL ON: Growing up in a small town: I love it here. It s a great place to grow up. It goes along with my personality. It s a small town, quiet. I d live in Ridgecrest again. OTHERS ON O NEIL: (Burroughs Coach Robert Campbell): He ll get a rebound and beat people down the floor that s how quick he is. He shoots the ball well. He s very fluid. He has great footwork. He can pass out of the high post.

29 HENRY BIBBY HEAD COACH 6TH YEAR Henry Bibby, a coach with 19 years of college and professional experience and the only player to ever play for an NCAA, NBA and CBA championship team, is set to begin his sixth full season in as the head coach of the USC men s basketball program. This past year he guided the Trojans to their first ever NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance under the tournament s current format and led USC to its fourth winning season and third postseason berth (two NCAA, one NIT) under his watch. With the Trojans on the rise, Bibby was rewarded with a three-year contract extension on Aug. 4, 2000, which will take him through the season. We're happy with the progress of the Trojan men s basketball program under Henry Bibby, USC athletic director Mike Garrett said. This contract extension is a reflection of that. In 2001, Bibby led USC to perhaps its greatest season ever. In their second NCAA Tournament appearance under Bibby, the No. 6-seeded Trojans reached the East Regional Final before losing to Duke. USC s three NCAA Tournament wins (against No. 11 seed Oklahoma State, No. 2 seed Boston College and No. 3 seed Kentucky) were its most ever in one tourney and the Trojans final record of matched the most wins ever in one season at USC. The Trojans finished 11-7 in the Pac-10 (tied for fourth place). In , Bibby directed the Trojans to a overall finish and a 9-9 mark in the Pac-10 (sixth place), but USC fell just short of receiving a postseason berth. The Trojans looked to be headed to the NCAA Tournament after opening the Pac-10 season 6-1, but injuries to starting forward Sam Clancy and top reserve Jarvis Turner early in the conference schedule derailed the Trojans. In , Bibby directed a young Trojan squad, one with four new starters, to a overall mark and a 7-11 finish (tied for seventh) in a strong Pacific-10 Conference. USC earned an NIT bid for its sixth postseason appearance of the decade. USC went 9-19 overall in , but closed out the season with a stunning overtime victory over then-no. 2 Arizona and a rout of Arizona State. In his first full season at the helm of the Trojan program, Bibby did not waste any time in moving Troy in the right direction. The campaign saw the Trojans finish second in the Pacific-10 Conference and make their first NCAA Tournament appearance since USC s overall record (12-6 in the Pac-10) in represented one of the biggest turnarounds in the nation. The previous year, the Trojans went and finished ninth in the conference. The seven-game improvement was the third-biggest turnaround in USC history and the sevenspot increase in the standings matched a school best. In addition, Bibby s mark in is the best by a Trojan coach in his first full year since Forrest Twogood went 21-6 in his debut season in He capped off the 1997 season by being selected to the Hillyard/NABC Silver All-America team, which honored exceptional players from the Class of He joined, among others, USC alum Paul Westphal. Bibby was named USC s head coach on March 15, I m very excited about Henry Bibby and USC s basketball prospects under him, USC athletic director Mike Garrett said, announcing Bibby s hiring. He is well prepared and envisions the success that we seek at USC. I look forward to his years here. Bibby joined the Trojan program in May of 1995 as an assistant coach. He was named USC s interim head coach on Feb. 7, 1996, replacing Charlie Parker. Under Bibby s direction, the short-handed Trojans, who were down to just four active scholarship players at one point, lost their final nine games of that season. Bibby came to USC after coaching a club team in Venezuela in He was a head coach for eight seasons in the Continental Basketball Association, including three years each with the Oklahoma City Cavalry ( ) and Tulsa Fast Breakers ( ) and a year each with the Savannah Spirits (1988) and Baltimore Lightning (1986). His teams made it into the CBA playoffs six times and posted a regular season record, making him only the fourth CBA coach to post 200 wins. His 1989 Tulsa squad won the CBA title and he was named CBA Coach of the Year. He also spent three summers ( ) head coaching in the United States Basketball League and was the 1986 USBL Coach of the Year while leading the Springfield Fame. In 1987, he was a scout with the NBA s Washington Bullets. He was an assistant at Arizona State for three years ( ). Bibby was the starting point guard on three NCAA title teams ( ) at UCLA, earning consensus All-American honors while serving as the team s captain as a senior in The Bruins went 87-3 during his varsity collegiate career (one of the losses was to USC in 1970), including 30-0 in He averaged 15.6 points as a sophomore, 11.8 as a junior and 15.7 as a senior. He then played nine years in the National Basketball Association, averaging 8.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists during his career. He was with the New York Knicks ( ), New Orleans Jazz ( ), Philadelphia 76ers ( ) and San Diego Clippers (1981). In his entire NBA career, Bibby played in 675 games, scored 5,775 points, handed out 2,259 assists and pulled down 1,581 rebounds. His field goal percentage was 42.4% and he sank 78.2% of his free throws. In Bibby s rookie year of 1973, his New York Knicks won the NBA title. After being drafted in the fourth round with the 58th overall selection, Bibby was a supersub for the Knicks and known to provide instant offense. He made two other appearances in the NBA Finals, in 1977 and 1980 with the Philadelphia 76ers. In the NBA, Bibby played under several top-notch coaches, including Gene Shue, Red Holzman and Billy Cunningham. Immediately following his NBA days, Bibby was a player and assistant coach for the 1982 Lancaster Lightning, which won the CBA title. Some of the standouts Bibby has played with during his collegiate and professional days are Bill Walton, Sidney Wicks, Keith Wilkes, Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Willis Reed, Bill Bradley, Jerry Lucas, Dave DeBusschere, Phil Jackson, Pete Maravich and Julius Erving. Bibby won a slew of team awards during his collegiate days in Westwood. In 1969, he won the Seymour Armond Award as UCLA s most valuable freshman player. In 1970, Bibby took home the Irv Pohlmeyer Trophy, which goes to the outstanding first-year varsity player, and the Calkins Trophy for highest free throw percentage. In 1971, he earned the NCAA Tournament Trophy for all-around excellence in the NCAA Championships. In 1972, Bibby won the Alumni Association Award for academic achievement and team contribution, in addition to his second straight NCAA Tournament Trophy. Bibby was a prep All-American at Person-Albion High in Franklinton, N.C. His brother, Jim, was a pitcher in the major leagues. Bibby has two sons, Hank and Mike (who recently finished his third season with the Vancouver Grizzlies after being selected with the No. 2 pick in the 1998 NBA draft), and two daughters, Roslyn and Charlsie. Henry Bibby Year-by-Year OVERALL NCAA NIT NCAA TOTALS PACIFIC t-2nd th t-7th th t-4th TOTALS 44-46