USC's men's basketball team, hoping for significant improvement after the worst season in school history, will have 29 of its 31 games televised on either ESPN, FOX, CBS or the Pac-12 Network, the school announced Wednesday.
The Trojans are coming off a 6-26 season in which multiple starters suffered season-ending injuries. USC finished with only six scholarship players.
Coach Kevin O'Neill is hoping that the return of players such as guard Jio Fontan and 7-foot forward Dewayne Dedmon and the addition of transfers such as forward Renaldo Woolridge will make the Trojans contenders for an NCAA tournament berth.
The Pac-12 Network will air 14 Trojans games, including the Nov. 9 opener against Coppin State at the Galen Center, which is part of the Maui Invitational.
A Dec. 3 game at Nebraska and a Dec. 22 game at Georgia are the only games not scheduled to be televised.
The full regular-season schedule:
Nov. 9 Friday Coppin State (^Maui Invitational) Pac-12 Network Galen Center 8:00 P.M.
Nov. 13 Tuesday Long Beach State Pac-12 Network Galen Center 6:30 P.M.
Nov. 19 Monday vs. Illinois (^Maui Invitational) ESPN2 (Lahaina Civic Center) 9:00 P.M.
Nov. 20 Tuesday vs. Texas/Chaminade (^Maui Invitational) ESPN2 (Lahaina Civic Center) 2/ 7:30 P.M.
Nov. 21 Wednesday vs. UNC/MSU/Marquette/Butler (^Maui Inv.) ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN (Lahaina Civic Center) TBD
Nov. 25 Sunday San Diego State FSN Galen Center 7:00 P.M.
Dec. 3 Monday at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. (Bob Devaney Center) TBD
Dec. 5 Wednesday at New Mexico CBS Sports Network Albuquerque, N.M. (Bob King Court) TBD
Dec. 8 Saturday Minnesota Pac-12 Network Galen Center 7:30 P.M.
Dec. 15 Saturday UC Riverside Pac-12 Network Galen Center 4:00 P.M.
Dec. 20 Thursday UC Irvine Pac-12 Network Galen Center 8:00 P.M.
Dec. 22 Saturday at Georgia Athens, Ga. (Stegeman Coliseum) TBD
Dec. 30 Sunday Dayton Pac-12 Network Galen Center 4:00 P.M.
Jan. 3* Thursday Stanford ESPNU Galen Center 7:00 P.M.
Jan. 5* Saturday California FSN Galen Center 8:00 P.M.
Jan. 10* Thursday at Colorado ESPNU Boulder, Colo. (Coors Events Center) 7:00 P.M.
Jan. 12* Saturday at Utah Pac-12 Network Salt Lake City, Utah (Huntsman Center) 3:00 P.M.
Jan. 17* Thursday Oregon ESPNU Galen Center 8:00 P.M.
Jan. 19* Saturday Oregon State Pac-12 Network Galen Center 5:00 P.M.
Jan. 24* Thursday at Arizona State Pac-12 Network Tempe, Ariz. (Wells Fargo Arena) 7:30 P.M.
Jan. 26* Saturday at Arizona ESPNU Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Center) 5:30 P.M.
Jan. 30* Wednesday at UCLA Pac-12 Network Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) 7:00 P.M.
Feb. 7* Thursday Washington State Pac-12 Network Galen Center 8:30 P.M.
Feb. 10* Sunday Washington FSN Galen Center 7:00 P.M.
Feb. 14* Thursday at Stanford ESPNU Palo Alto, Calif. (Maples Pavilion) 8:00 P.M.
Feb. 17* Sunday at California FSN Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) 7:00 P.M.
Feb. 24* Sunday UCLA FSN Galen Center 12:30 P.M.
Feb. 27* Wednesday Arizona Pac-12 Network Galen Center 6:30 P.M.
March 2* Saturday Arizona State FSN Galen Center 12:00 P.M.
March 6* Wednesday at Washington Pac-12 Network Seattle, Wash. (Alaska Airlines Arena) 8:30 P.M.
March 9* Saturday at Washington State Pac-12 Network Pullman, Wash. (Friel Court) 3:30 P.M.
* Pac-12 Conference game
^ Maui Invitational (USC, North Carolina, Texas, Marquette, Butler, Mississippi State, Illinois, Chaminade)
-Gary Klein
