One of the most desirable transport guards in the total basketball committed to it USCGiving Eric Musalman The team maker that he needed in the second gate category.
Rodney Rice chose the University of South California to the most firm basketball forces Villanova, Tennessee and Junza, all of whom were ready to cancel large money for the firstborn in the editorial guard and the 6 -foot tall.
Exactly what cost the Trojan horses to win the bidding war for Rice, the highest goal of transportation was not immediately clear. As a matter, the names, information and three information rose for basketball transfers before settling a house against NCAA to change the rules of athletes compensation, multiple reports suggested on Tuesday that USC paid more than $ 3 million to previous prominent Maryland services.
Rice, a former four -star recruiter, began his university career at Virginia Tech, who only played in eight games due to injury. He sat in the 2023-24 season, before he came out as a Red student in Maryland last season. Rice started 32 games with Terrapins, with an average of 13.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 passes for each game, while launching 37.3 % of the 3 -point range.
At the University of Southern California, the expectation is that Rice will play a goalkeeper than in the past, where he deals with the ball and facilitated crime alongside Desmond Claude, who was like the General Trojan General last season.
Claude still did not clarify his plans for the next season. It was expected that he would evaluate the American Professional League draft before returning to the University of Southern California for another season, according to a person familiar with the expectations of the Trojan horses that are not authorized to publicly discuss it. But with rice in dealing with more duties of the point goalkeeper, it was not completely clear from Tuesday noon whether Claude would stay in Los Angeles, the gate will close on Tuesday night.
If he returns, Claude and rice will give the Trojan horsepower one powerful punch at the back next season. The access of a five -star student on Arenas should only raise this ceiling.
Usc may remain the use of more depth in Guard, bearing in mind that Claude is the only player in the team in this position. The novice goalkeeper Jerry Istter and the transfer of Northdge Conte Jones are the only ball processors in the list.
Musselman has already managed to reshape the front stadium that has now been from Troy with six new wings for the transition and the attacker, all of whom are 6 feet or longer. A high -capacity student, 6 feet and 10 Virginia in Jacob Kofi, brought along with a powerful light of Utah in Ezra Osar. Musamelan mined the mid -wages for the emerging stars, where he was reeling in Amarion Decleson, the league defense player for this year, from Robert Morris; Keone Jones, Choose First First West All-Big team from Northridge; And Jader Brownil, forward from Samford. To solve the USC Edge protection problems, the NCAA leader added in the blocs last season, the Gabe Dynes Center, 7 feet and 3 feet from Youngstown State.
Adding rice is the biggest step for a shipment so far, a step that should help soften a blow The loss of the star of Wesley Yetz IIIWho entered the transport portal earlier this month. He has since adhered to Washington, and returned to the school he enrolled before USC.
As of Tuesday, on the last day of players in the college basketball to enter the transport portal, Trojan’s horses ranked the 117th basketball category according to 247 sport, while Rice was transportation in the twenty -fifth place, one place behind Yits.
USC still has a space to add it to the transfer of its transfer. Waiting for the NCAA decision regarding the eligibility of the great striker St. Thomas, a Trojan horse will either two or three holes available on the list.
