– California produces more talent than any other State;
– only the New York City metropolitan area produces more talent than talent than the southern California metropolitan area;
– no college located in California has made more NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007 than USC; and
– only UCLA has won more NCAA Tournament games than USC since 2007 among all California universities.
In nutshell, USC is the middle of LOTS of talent, has a decent recent track record (save for 2011-12), AND has a state of the art facility and is locked into a new TV deal which affords better national exposure (assuming the P12N migrates to DirecTV soon. Here are the details:
Universities in California
NCAA Tournament Appearances since 2007:
#1(T) UCLA: 4
#1(T) USC: 4
#3(T) St. Mary’s: 3
#3(T) San Diego St.: 3
#5(T) Stanford: 2
#5(T) Long Beach St.: 2
#7 Cal: 1
NCAA Tournament Wins since 2007:
#1 UCLA: 10
#2 USC: 3
#3 (T) Stanford: 2
#3 (T) San Diego St.: 2
#3 (T) St. Mary’s: 2
#6 Cal: 1
– Long Beach St.: 0
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