USC and UCLA will face each other for the third time this season on Sunday, but this meeting will be for the Big Ten championship. However the third act of this battle for Los Angeles will occur in Indianapolis, some 2,000 miles away from homes of these former Pac-12 schools that have taken over the conference in their first season of being in the Big Ten. The game tips at 4:30 p.m. ET and can be seen on CBS and Paramount+.
The Bruins (29-2, 16-2 Big Ten) only have two losses through what has so far been the best campaign in program history, but both were against the Trojans (28-2, 17-1 Big Ten). Their last meeting on March 1 resulted in a 80-67 win for the Trojans, which propelled Lindsay Gottlieb’s squad to earn the program’s first regular season conference title in 30 years.
UCLA’s players and coaching staff were disappointed with that performance, but Lauren Betts said the team went over that game in tough film session ahead of the Big Ten tournament and that seemed to have motivated everybody. Coach Cori Close said she “100 percent, absolutely,” wanted a third crack at USC this season, and now the Bruins will get their chance.
Where to watch No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 UCLA:
When: Sunday, March 9 at 4:30…
