USC Trojans
mens
Pac-12
canonical name from espn_mbb
#6 Elite 8 (out) 2021
Ratings · 2021
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.18 | points per possession | 0.12 |
| DE | 0.88 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| ME | 0.30 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 67.13 | possessions per game | 4.66 |
At season 2021's latest cutoff
(2021-04-04 00:47),
with 39 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up show · hidden
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2021.
Axis spans 0.89 to 1.42 over
69 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjOE_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played. The warm-up stretch is hidden — the toggle
above brings it back.
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2021
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | 8 | 0.758 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | USC | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-30 | 2021 | USC @ Gonzaga N | 66–85 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-29 | 2021 | Oregon @ USC N | 68–82 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-23 | 2021 | USC @ Kansas N | 85–51 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-20 | 2021 | Drake @ USC N | 56–72 | ncaa_tournament |
| 2021-03-13 | 2021 | Colorado @ USC N | 72–70 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-12 | 2021 | Utah @ USC N | 85–91 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-06 | 2021 | USC @ UCLA | 64–63 | regular |
| 2021-03-04 | 2021 | Stanford @ USC | 42–79 | regular |
| 2021-02-28 | 2021 | USC @ Utah | 61–71 | regular |
| 2021-02-26 | 2021 | USC @ Colorado | 62–80 | regular |
| 2021-02-23 | 2021 | Oregon @ USC | 58–72 | regular |
| 2021-02-20 | 2021 | Arizona @ USC | 81–72 | regular |
| 2021-02-18 | 2021 | Arizona State @ USC | 71–89 | regular |
| 2021-02-14 | 2021 | USC @ Washington State | 76–65 | regular |
| 2021-02-12 | 2021 | USC @ Washington | 69–54 | regular |
| 2021-02-07 | 2021 | UCLA @ USC | 48–66 | regular |
| 2021-02-03 | 2021 | USC @ Stanford | 72–66 | regular |
| 2021-01-30 | 2021 | Oregon @ USC | scheduled | regular |
| 2021-01-28 | 2021 | Oregon State @ USC | 62–75 | regular |
| 2021-01-24 | 2021 | USC @ California | 76–68 | regular |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021 | USC @ Stanford | scheduled | regular |
| 2021-01-20 | 2021 | USC @ Oregon State | 56–58 | regular |
| 2021-01-17 | 2021 | Washington State @ USC | 77–85 | regular |
| 2021-01-15 | 2021 | Washington @ USC | 68–95 | regular |
| 2021-01-13 | 2021 | UC Riverside @ USC | 62–67 | regular |
| 2021-01-10 | 2021 | USC @ Arizona State | 73–64 | regular |
| 2021-01-08 | 2021 | USC @ Arizona | 87–73 | regular |
| 2021-01-02 | 2021 | Utah @ USC | 46–64 | regular |
| 2021-01-01 | 2021 | Colorado @ USC | 72–62 | regular |
| 2020-12-30 | 2021 | Santa Clara @ USC | 63–86 | regular |
| 2020-12-23 | 2021 | Texas Southern @ USC | canceled | regular |
| 2020-12-20 | 2021 | USC @ Oregon State | scheduled | regular |
| 2020-12-17 | 2021 | San Francisco @ USC | canceled | regular |
| 2020-12-14 | 2021 | Stanford @ USC | scheduled | regular |
| 2020-12-09 | 2021 | UC Irvine @ USC | 56–91 | regular |
| 2020-12-04 | 2021 | UConn @ USC N | 61–58 | regular |
| 2020-12-01 | 2021 | USC @ BYU N | 79–53 | regular |
| 2020-11-29 | 2021 | Montana @ USC | 62–76 | regular |
| 2020-11-26 | 2021 | California Baptist @ USC | 87–95 | regular |