USC REPORT
* Monday vs. No. 5 North Carolina at the Maui Invitational, 4 p.m. PST--If there is any edge for USC, it’s that the Trojans have already played a game. North Carolina has four starters returning from last season’s 24-10 squad that lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Weber State.
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