Right now is a great time to be Lindsay Gottlieb, the head coach of the USC women’s basketball program. The Women of Troy are in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game, facing Stanford on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas. USC is firmly in the discussion for a No. 1 seed in the 2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament. The Trojans beat crosstown Los Angeles rival UCLA for a second time this season. They have lost only five games all season long. They will host Women’s NCAA Tournament games at the Galen Center in two weeks, marking the first time in school history that has happened (hosting at the Galen Center, to be specific). Gottlieb has USC in a great place, to be sure.
Then again, is there ever a bad time to be Lindsay Gottlieb? She won at Santa Barbara. She won at Cal. She did well as a Cleveland Cavalier assistant in the NBA. She’s a winner and an elite coach. USC fans have her in their corner. They’re lucky to have Gottlieb coaching their team. We can all see the difference Gottlieb makes.
With USC now front and center in the national women’s basketball conversation, take a look at some quotes and pull up some podcasts Gottlieb has recently appeared on, spreading the gospel of USC women’s basketball, including but not limited to JuJu Watkins: