This is the kind of game college basketball players dream of playing. It’s No. 7 USC versus No. 11 Colorado in the latest of many Pac-12 games to feature two top-15 women’s basketball teams. The Friday night showdown in the Galen Center carries very big stakes and should be one of the fiercest games USC fans will see all season long.
USC will not host Pac-12-leading Stanford this season. The only game against the Cardinal came in Palo Alto. USC already did host Oregon State, but that game was played before the Beavers made their ascent in the Pac-12 and in the national rankings. The UCLA game is the one home game which had as much or more buzz than this game does. USC-Colorado is a big-time game loaded with all sorts of storylines. Let’s offer you a sense of how large this game is and what USC needs to do to win it: