The Pac-12 college basketball season has frankly not gone according to plan. The league hoped to have USC and UCLA as big hitters pursuing high seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Instead, both schools are languishing in the lower half of the conference.
However, some stars have emerged as bright new faces in the conference. Andy Patton of College Sports Wire has a list which includes USC’s Isaiah Collier. The freshman is undeniably very talented, and his raw statistical output isn’t bad, but it hasn’t translated into team results for the Trojans this season.
Patton wrote:
“Collier is the toughest player to place on this list. He’s out right now with a hand injury, and conceivably might not suit up for USC if he isn’t healthy until the end of the year when this program might not be in contention.”
Collier not being as great as USC fans hoped for is less about the player, much more about coach Andy Enfield not giving Collier the tools to succeed on a roster which included Boogie Ellis, Kobe Johnson, Vince Iwuchukwu, and D.J. Rodman. Enfield, not Collier, is the man at fault for USC’s lost campaign.
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