The 2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Trojans were led by fourth-year head coach

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, and played their home games at the

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.2024-25 USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS. USCTROJANS.COM, October 2024 This marks the program's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. USC entered their first season in the Big Ten expected to finish No. 1 in the preseason conference coaches poll.

JuJu Watkins Judea Skies "JuJu" Watkins (born July 15, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference. Watkins attended Windward School and Sierra Canyon School, both in her hometown of Los Angeles. She was ran ...

was named the preseason Big Ten conference player of the year. The Trojans won the Big Ten regular season championship in their first year as a member, and earned a number 1 seed in the

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. The season ended with a loss to the eventual national champion

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.Guzman, Ed
March Madness: Paige Bueckers, UConn beat USC to reach Final Four.
Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2024

Previous season

The

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finished the Pac-12 regular season tied for second with UCLA. USC held the tiebreaker over UCLA, earning then the 2-seed in the

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, where they won. The squad earned their second straight bid for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, earning a No. 1 seed in the Portland region. They went on to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Round,

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in the Second Round, and Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen, but lost to

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in the Elite Eight. They started the season ranked No. 21 and finished the season with a No. 5 AP ranking and a No. 6 ranking in the Coaches' poll.

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Spokane regional 4 – Spokane, WA

Spokane 4 regional final

Game summaries

This section will be filled in as the season progresses. Source:

No. 20 Ole Miss (Aflac Oui-Play Game)

vs. Cal Poly

vs.
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vs. Santa Clara

vs. No. 6 Notre Dame

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(Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

Saint Louis (Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

vs. California Baptist

at.
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vs.
Fresno State California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers 60 ba ...

vs. Elon

at. No. 4 UConn

vs. No. 23 Michigan

vs.
Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

at.
Rutgers Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was aff ...

at. No. 8 Maryland

vs.
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vs. Northwestern

Due to the

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in the

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and

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, the Northwestern road games at UCLA on January 12 and USC on January 15 were postponed.Northwestern women take forfeits for not playing January games at UCLA, USC over wildfire concerns
Associated Press / Big Ten Conference, February 26, 2025 Northwestern forfeited the games in February 2025. UCLA and USC each were credited with a win, and the Wildcats were assessed two losses.

at.
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at.
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vs.
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at.
Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

at.
Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

vs.
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vs.
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(
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)

at.
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vs.
Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the ...

vs.
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
(Senior Day)

at. UCLA (Rivalry)

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(9) Indiana (Quarterfinals)

(5) Michigan (Semifinals)

(2) No. 4 UCLA (Championship Game/Rivalry)

NCAA Tournament

(16) vs
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(First Round)

(9) vs
Mississippi State Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States. It is classified among "R ...
(Second Round)

(5)
Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...
(Sweet Sixteen)

Rankings

Awards and honors

*JuJu Watkins was the consensus player of the year, winning John R Wooden award, the Naismith National Player of the Year, and the Associated Press National Player of the Year.Owens, Jason
USC's JuJu Watkins wins Wooden Award, earning consensus National Player of the Year honors from major outlets.
Yahoo Sports, April 5, 2025

References

External links

USC Athletics Site

USC Basketball Fan Forums
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