¢ USC is located in Los Angeles. Enrollment is 33,000 with 17,000 undergrads. Nickname is Trojans. Colors are Cardinal and Gold.

¢ KU leads the all-time series, 7-5. The Jayhawks won the last meeting, 107-78, on Dec. 12, 1998. KU has won three straight in the series.

¢ USC freshman Dwight Lewis at one time committed to KU, but changed his mind and reopened his recruiting, eventually picking Southern Cal. KU’s coaches had challenged him to pick up his play during AAU ball prior to the decommitment on Aug. 8, 2005. Lewis played his senior season at James Taylor High in Katy, Tex., after being uprooted by hurricane Katrina. He hails from Metairie, La. He’s averaging 6.7 points in 21.7 minutes per contest his freshman season.

¢ USC lost its opener to South Carolina, 80-74, in OT on Nov. 16, in Los Angeles. Since then the Trojans have beaten St. Mary’s (69-63), The Citadel (74-58) Long Beach State (79-61), Mississippi Valley State (63-39) and Loyola Marymount (67-50).

¢ Tim Floyd is 263-144 in 14 seasons as a college head coach at Idaho, New Orleans, Iowa State and USC.

¢ USC was picked to finish sixth in the Pac-10. UCLA was tapped first.

¢ USC has a great one coming into the program next year. O.J. Mayo, the country’s No. 1-rated recruit out of Cincinnati, signed with USC on Nov. 15.

¢ USC has established a Ryan Francis Endowment Scholarship. Francis, an honorable-mention selection to the Pac-10 all-freshman team last year, was shot and killed on May 14 while in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La., visiting his mother.