USC women’s basketball had a run for the ages last season. They won the final Pac-12 conference tournament and reached the Elite Eight for the first time in 30 years. Their freshman phenom, JuJu Watkins, was even better than advertised, ensuring the best is yet to come for the Trojans as they head to the Big Ten.
Swish Appeal interviewed head coach Lindsay Gottlieb to discuss the offseason moves she’s made to help improve the USC roster and the work she’s doing with Box Out Colon Cancer to spread the word about the importance of screening for colon cancer.
This is technically the offseason for college basketball, but with USC going on a late run, recruitment, a transfer portal and moving to the Big Ten, it’s been a 24/7 job for Gottlieb. She shared all the reasons why that is a good thing.
Yeah, what offseason, Right? I think we’re at a great time in women’s basketball, and the fact that people are now talking about women’s basketball after the national championship game and long before next season starts, speaks to the growth of the game. The way that NBA free agency is so hot in July, I kind of feel like women’s basketball offseason there’s a lot of interest now, which is a great thing. For me personally, I think that the excitement that was…
