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22. USC Trojans 

2025-26 record: 18-14 (7-13 Big Ten)

Roster departures 

• Chad Baker-Mazara (18.5 ppg and 4.2 rpg)
• Ezra Ausar (14.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg)
• Kam Woods (8.8 ppg and 4.1 apg)
• Jaden Brownell (5.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg)
• Gabe Dynes (2.9 ppg and 2.3 rpg)
• Amarion Dickerson (4.6 ppg and 3.4 rpg)
• Jerry Easter (4.4 ppg and 3.0 rpg)
• Jaden Brownell (5.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg)
• Jordan Marsh (7.3 ppg and 1.9 apg)

Roster returnees

• Rodney Rice (20.3 ppg and 6.0 apg in 6 games)
• Jacob Cofie (9.9 ppg and 6.8 rpg)
• Alijah Arenas (14.1 ppg and 2.1 apg in 14 games)

Roster additions

• KJ Lewis (14.9 ppg and 5.1 rpg at Georgetown)
• Jalen Cox (17.9 ppg and 5,3 apg at Colgate)
• Isaac Bruns (20.8 ppg and 5.1 rpg at South Dakota)
• Jadis Jones (15.3 ppg and 8.5 rpg at Lindenwood)
• Eric Reibe (5.9 ppg and 3.3 rpg at UConn)
• Joshua Hughes (9.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg at Evansville)
• Aaron Hunkin-Claytor (6.0 ppg and 3.9 apg at Hawaii)
• Christian Collins (5-star forward prospect)
• Adonis Ratliff (4-star center prospect)
• Darius Ratliff (4-star center prospect)

Both Arenas and Cofie had gone through the NBA Draft process, but both are back. Rice, who was one of the top guards in the country before his season-ending injury, is also back as the lead guard. Lewis was a starter at Georgetown, while Bruns and Cox gives them plenty of backcourt.

The frontcourt has a really high ceiling, depending on how good the Ratliff brothers are. Both are top-30 prospects, while Reibe comes over from UConn as a breakout candidate in his own right. The Trojans have some of the most depth in the nation and a potential All-American candidate in Rice to work with. 

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