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UC San Diego scorer Bryce Pope transfers to USC, Eric Musselman

Eric Musselman brings an 18-points-per-game scorer to USC.

Eric Musselman has landed a high-scoring transfer portal prospect at USC. Bryce Pope, a 6-foot-3 guard from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego who averaged 18.6 points per game and was a first team All-Big West selection, has transferred from UC San Diego to USC.

Entering the portal, Pope had offers from a ton of college squads, including Texas, N.C. State, Creighton, Florida State, Louisville, UCLA, USC, Arkansas, LSU, Seton Hall, Maryland, Stanford, California, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, among many others.

Per ESPN, Pope appeared in all 33 games. He averaged 35.6 minutes, 18.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals per contest, while hitting on 41.8 percent from the field, 33.2 percent from beyond the arc, and 81.7 percent from the free-throw line.

Musselman still has a lot of roster spots to fill, but it is clear that he is showing he values offense on his roster. Musselman wants to win, but also entertain. Playing an attractive style of ball will lure recruits to USC, given that crosstown rival UCLA plays a grind-it-out style under defense-first coach Mick Cronin.

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UCLA joins lengthy list of suitors for talented UCSD scorer

This would be a huge get for Mick Cronin’s team.

The UCLA Bruins basketball program is wasting no time trying to bring in talent in the transfer portal.

Perhaps one of the biggest scorers in the portal is UC San Diego guard Bryce Pope, who entered the portal after averaging 18.3 PPG and being named First-Team All-Big West.

UCLA is one of many teams to show interest in Pope in the portal, per Jeff Goodman.  Here are some of the 21 suitors Goodman mentioned:

  • USC
  • Texas
  • Creighton
  • Louisville
  • LSU
  • Colorado
  • Notre Dame
  • Utah
  • Stanford

There are plenty more suitors for Pope. He is a grad transfer who will provide a season of huge minutes for any of these programs.

Pope was ranked No. 86 in The Athletic’s transfer portal rankings courtesy of Sam Vecenie and CJ Moore.

The Tritons finished with a 21-11 record but fell short of a trip to the NCAA Tournament as Long Beach State engineered a magical run to earn the automatic bid for the Big West.