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Former USC guard Bryce Jones has signed scholarship papers to transfer to UNLV, the Runnin' Rebels announced Friday.

Jones decided to transfer away from the Trojans in January after his minutes went significantly down when Jio Fontan became eligible in mid-December. A product of Woodland Hills Taft, he was the top player in USC's 2010 recruiting class, composed of guard Maurice Jones (no relation) and forwards Garrett Jackson and Curtis Washington.

In 18 games with the Trojans, he averaged 7.6 points and 1.6 assists per game.

He joins a UNLV team that lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Illinois in March but will have to sit out the 2011-2012 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.

Over a two week period that began last week, we're going over the 10 scholarship basketball players who were on USC's 2010-2011 roster -- one by one, Monday-Friday -- and recap their accomplishments in the now-completed season, no matter how big or how small. We began with redshirt junior forward Aaron Fuller, redshirt sophomore Evan Smith and sophomore Curtis Washington, with the years in reference to what they will be come next season.

We fell behind some last week, so four, five and six will be coming your way Monday, starting with sophomore forward Garrett Jackson.

Jackson had an interesting year at USC as really the only player who played any sort of minutes without playing big minutes. He was the freshman who played a typical role for freshmen, as opposed to Maurice Jones' 34.5 minutes per game. There was also Bryce Jones, but he left the team in January when his minutes were reduced to Jackson's range after Jio Fontan became eligible.

So what did Jackson do well in 2010-2011?

He was a capable scorer, when given the chance. He was the best shooter on the team -- albeit in limited opportunities -- and showed a solid midrange and 3-point stroke. His rebounding was OK -- not where'd you like it to be a for a 6-7 power forward, which is what he most often played, but respectable. His defense needed a lot of work, though, and was the primary reason he didn't get more minutes than he did.

There were times where coach Kevin O'Neill would insert Jackson for one play and then immediately take him out after a mess-up on defense. When asked -- which he frequently was -- why Jackson wasn't getting more minutes, O'Neill would consistently say that he wasn't confident in Jackson's defensive abilities to trust him all situations.

So what Jackson needs to do over the summer is clear: get better defensively. The rest of his offseason focus depends on where the Trojans envision using him. Do they see him as a small forward or power forward in the future?

For next year's team, it makes a bit more sense to use Jackson as the small forward, likely interchanging him a bit with Fuller at power forward.

That's it for right now. Coming up shortly is sophomore guard Maurice Jones.

USC (18-13, 10-8) enters the Pac-10 Tournament as the first conference team out of the likely NCAA Tournament field, but the Trojans fortunately have enough time left to prove themselves this week in advance of Selection Sunday.

Projected to finish sixth in the conference entering the season, USC tied for fourth with Cal and won the fourth seed in the Pac-10 tourney based on conference tiebreakers. The Trojans started off the season pretty badly, actually, going 4-4 in their first eight games against zero likely NCAA tournament teams. But when December started, USC kicked it into gear, slamming No. 20 Texas at home and, two weeks later, barely losing to No. 3 Kansas on the road. A win over No. 18 Tennessee followed, and the Trojans finished off the year with a convincing small-school win, an overtime loss against conference favorite Washington and a win over Washington State, now a team just about as much on the bubble as they are.

From there, things went back and forth. USC beat UCLA impressively, then lost at Oregon and Oregon State. The low point on the year came midway through February when the Trojans fell to 13-12 and 5-7 in conference after losing at home to the Ducks. But the Trojans have won five of six since then and are now apparently peaking at the right time, as multiple players said in practice last week before the Washington trip.

Let's recap what's led to that peak as we approach Thursday's tournament opener against Cal:

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USC (13-12, 5-7 in the Pac-10) plays Cal at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Berkeley. We'll have a preview of the game on Thursday, but here are a few worthwhile nuggets from the Trojans' Tuesday practice in preparation for the Bears:

O'Neill not down on his team

Coach Kevin O'Neill has taken a curious stance on his team's status at this point in the season.

He's not down on his team, but he's not exactly up on it either. It's clear he fancies himself as a realist about the fate of the squad, but is he really?

Asked if things have gone downhill since the Trojans were 10-6 heading into the Oregon road trip last month, O'Neill said no. This is essentially what he expected to happen, he implied.

"I'm not sure they've gone downhill," he said. "Obviously we haven't won as many as we wanted to, but I don't remember ever saying we were gonna compete for the league title."

OK, maybe not a league title. But a certain amount of wins, maybe? O'Neill was -- after the Texas win in December, especially -- fairly high on his team publicly, and pretty much every player who spoke to the media did say a Pac-10 regular-season title was within reach.

So, with the Trojans now in danger of heading south of .500 if they are swept this weekend in the Bay Area, what does O'Neill expect for the rest of the season? There are six games left, plus three or four potential games in the Pac-10 tournament. Could they win five or six of those remaining contests?

Not according to O'Neill.

"We're not gonna win 18 or 19," he said Tuesday. "Let's be honest about this -- we'd have to win the rest of them and I don't know if we're capable of that. All we can do is play every game, one at a time, and see where we are at the end of the year."

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Five questions -- well, four, plus a prediction -- that will go a long way toward deciding tonight's 8 p.m. game against Cal:

1. Will USC see a zone?


Kevin O'Neill alluded to it not 10 minutes after Thursday's game ended, in his postgame press conference, saying he expects the Golden Bears to use a good portion of zone Saturday. Nikola Vucevic said the same thing afterward

"They'll play more zone," O'Neill said of Cal compared to Stanford. "Their inside players are a little bigger. If we play anything less than 100% on defense, we won't win."

That covers just about all of USC's primary concerns. The zone is an issue, the size of the defenders is an issue, and the defensive performance is an issue -- keeping it up, basically. We'll see to those later.

But both men also expected Stanford to use a zone Thursday, and -- save for two or three plays -- the Cardinal stuck in a man-to-man all game long. USC still hasn't proven it can beat a zone defense, consistently or even in spurts. And with Bryce Jones out, the Trojans are even weaker in terms of outside shooting.

2. Can the defense keep it up?

The Trojans held Stanford within two missed shots of setting a record low opponent field-goal percentage in Thursday's 65-42 win, and they're 10-1 on the season when holding an opponent to a field-goal percentage below 40. That also means, though, that USC is 1-7 when an opponent shoots better than 40 percent. Cal shot 58 percent in a loss at UCLA Thursday and hasn't shot under 40 since a road win over Arizona State two weeks back.

All that goes to show that a top-notch defensive performance is key for the Trojans tonight, even if it isn't likely. Harper Kamp is a more polished inside player than the Trojans are used to seeing in the post in the Pac-10, and Cal has four players who average double figures in points, an impressive number in this conference.

3. How good is Allen Crabbe?

This is an interesting question. Crabbe, a freshman from Los Angeles Price, is averaging 11.4 points on the season but 17.3 in Pac-10 play. We all know USC defensive specialist Marcus Simmons plays up to the quality of his opponent, as O'Neill constantly refrains. Will Simmons play as if Crabbe is a solid No. 1 option or a freshman simply picking up for former Cal guard Gary Franklin since his decision to transfer.

That could be the difference between a 20-point game and a 5-point game for Crabbe, and a Cal win or loss.

4. Will Cal double team Nikola Vucevic?

Vucevic was very surprised that Stanford didn't double team him on Thursday, he said after the game. Even as the 6-10 forward was knocking down shot after shot from the post, there was no effort to send a second defender from the Cardinal.

The Bears have some size, with 6-7, 265-pound banger Mark Sanders-Frison and the 6-8, 245-pound Kamp in the starting unit and Richard Solomon available off the bench.

It will be very surprising if Vucevic isn't double-teamed as soon as he gets the ball Saturday.

5. Who will win?

USC won't hold the Bears under 40 percent shooting -- most teams don't -- but the Trojans will add a second win to their over-40-percent category with a victory Saturday.

Both games last season between the two teams featured dramatic comebacks from one side. Expect that to continue, and expect USC to win by a score like 68-62.

LOS ANGELES -- If last week's games against Oregon and Oregon State were the softest USC had played on defense this season, Thursday's game against Stanford was the hardest.

Not one Cardinal player finished in double figures in points. Star guard Jeremy Green had five points -- 10 below his season average -- on nine shots. Freshman swingman Anthony Brown, who didn't get off the bench in Stanford's biggest win this season over Washington last week, had a team-high nine points. As a team, Stanford shot 22 percent from the field.

"We dominated on defense," said USC reserve guard Donte Smith, who was partly in charge of guarding Green.

The primary Green-guarder was defensive specialist Marcus Simmons, who once again did a superb job on an opponent's best player. He struggled on the defensive end in Oregon, but, as Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill said, that was largely because he tends to take a "vacation" when defending secondary players.

Sort of like USC did in Oregon, actually. But that was fixed Thursday.

"We did everything that we didn't do when we were on the road," O'Neill said. "And that shows who we have to be as a team."

"Our players may not want to hear it, but that's who we have to be."

Nikola Vucevic led USC (11-8, 3-3) with 20 points. Guard Jio Fontan had 12 and forward Alex Stepheson added 10. All seven of the Trojans' normal rotation players scored. Other signs of Stanford's offensive ineptitude: the Cardinal (10-7, 3-3) totaled four assists, shot 17 percent from 3-point range and almost had more offensive rebounds (16) than defensive boards (18).

Said Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins: "We didn't play well tonight and I think that was clear to everyone."

Player of the game: Vucevic was efficient from the field and effective on defense. He made nine of 11 shot attempts for his 20 points, recorded nine rebounds and added two blocks and two assists

Dawkins called him one of the better big men in the conference. O'Neill said he was simply continuing his solid play from the end of the Oregon weekend -- Vucevic was the only Trojan to have a good game on Saturday against Oregon State with 26 points and 14 rebounds.

Stat of the game: Stanford made 14 field goals in 63 attempts -- good for that sparkling 22-percent clip, the lowest shooting percentage by a Stanford team in the shot clock era.

O'Neill tied that statistic back to the team's record. Hold a team under 40 percent shooting, he often says, and you'll win.

The Trojans did that Thursday.

Quote of the game: "It felt different without Bryce there. It was weird. But we knew that at the end of the day we had to man up and get the job done. We're gonna miss Bryce. He's a good guy, but this is a must-win for us." -- Smith

Freshman guard Bryce Jones announced plans to transfer from the USC basketball program Tuesday, so Thursday's game was the first the Trojans played without the 6-5 swingman. In his absence, freshman forward Garrett Jackson picked up his play a bit and contributed six points and three rebounds in 11 minutes.

Freshman Curtis Washington also got off the bench late in the game and played four minutes, but it's unlikely he'll play much in the future. O'Neill and USC will likely just stick to a seven-man rotation, which will surely require some adjustment as the season goes on.

Said O'Neill: "We weren't discouraged by losing, we weren't distracted by Bryce's departure. The guys just did their job."

Notes: Stanford's bench far outscored its starters. The seven Cardinal bench players combined for 30 points; the five starters, including Green and Josh Owens, had a combined 12...Stanford's 42 points were the fewest scored by the Cardinal against USC since 1948...It was the fewest points allowed by a USC team since the Trojans gave up only 37 to ASU on Jan. 2, 2010.

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Vucevic talked afterward about getting established on the offensive end, whether he was surprised that Stanford didn't spend much time in a zone defense and other topics.

See what he had to say:

Five questions -- well, four, plus a prediction -- that will go a long way toward deciding tonight's 7:30 p.m. game against Stanford:

1. How much of an effect will Bryce Jones' transfer have on the Trojans?

Judging solely off the minutes Jones played in USC's two losses last week to the Oregon schools, you'd say his decision to transfer will have a minimal -- if any at all -- effect on the rest of the Trojans' season. But it'll be considerate, simply because Jones was one of only three viable available options off the bench for Kevin O'Neill. If you thought the Trojans were stretched thin before, well -- they'll be stretched even further against the Cardinal. O'Neill has played up freshman forward Curtis Washington as an option to get minutes as the third man off the bench, but it has to be viewed as an unlikelihood that Washington will play any sort of meaningful minutes tonight.

2. Will Marcus Simmons be able to neutralize Stanford's Jeremy Green?

Simmons is certainly capable, although he wasn't at his defensive best against the Oregon schools. (Though, as O'Neill always says, the better player he's going against, the better defense Simmons plays.)

Green is Stanford's top scorer, one of only two Cardinal players putting up double-digit points nightly. A junior, Green benefited from playing alongside Landry Fields in the Stanford backcourt last season, but he's able to maintain most of his effectiveness this year as the lone wolf back there. His points-per-game average and field-goal percentage are both slightly down from last year's numbers. It's also worth noting that Green had his worst game of the season at the Galen Center last season, scoring only three points on 1-of-10 shooting against the Trojans.

"He's a level up even from some of the guys we've played," O'Neill said this week of Green. "But Marcus has been a tremendous stopper for us and we would hope he does the same kind of job for us on Jeremy on Thursday."

3. How much zone will the Trojans see?

In the past, Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins has expressed a willingness to go to a zone defense if a particular situation calls for it.

This situation very well might, with Dawkins' Cardinal squad facing a USC team that is clearly weakened against the zone -- be it the 2-3 or the 1-3-1. Expect Stanford to break it out at times tonight and force O'Neill to pick between the offense of Donte Smith and the defense of Simmons, a decision he has sometimes struggled with.

4. Will O'Neill's squad rebound defensively?

"It was the softest we've been all year long, in those two games," O'Neill said of the defense's play against the Oregon schools. "If you look at us, in the previous eight games, everybody was under 40 percent and we're 6-2. The numbers tell it."

He's right -- the numbers do tell it. And, luckily for USC, the Trojans get an opportunity to rebound against one of the more offensively-limited teams in the conference. It starts with Simmons locking down Green and continues with Nikola Vucevic and Alex Stepheson serving as true anti-penetration presences in the key, something they sometimes struggled with in Oregon.

6-foot-8 Stanford forward/center Josh Owens is the Trojans' secondary focus, and O'Neill has no experience coaching against him because he sat out all but one minute of last season.

5. Who will win?

Said O'Neill: "If we don't defend, we'll lose."

He's mostly right. USC's offensive output against Oregon State on Saturday was fine. A game like that from Vucevic and Jio Fontan in the backcourt and the Trojans will be fine offensively. The difference-maker will be whether or not the Trojans allow 80 points again, as they did Saturday.

Our pick is USC by a margin between five and 10. Simmons stands a good chance of holding Green under 10 points, and Stanford doesn't have enough alternative offensive options to combat that.

Guards Maurice Jones and Jio Fontan spoke about teammate Bryce Jones' decision to transfer Tuesday after the Trojans practiced in preparation for a game against Stanford on Thursday.

Jones had started the first 10 games of USC's season but became a sparingly-used reserve when Fontan became eliglble Dec. 18 at Kansas. Maurice Jones and Bryce Jones had become fast friends and roommates since they enrolled at USC over the summer.

Here's what the two had to say:

(Maurice Jones, on what it changes for the team)

"It changes us a little bit, especially with him coming off the bench, he provided some scoring and things like that, like the UCLA game, when he came in and sparked us and helped us get the win."

(Maurice Jones, on whether it limits options in the backcourt)

"Yeah, a little bit, because Bryce was kinda like our slasher. Bryce, at 6-5 or 6-6, he was long, he was able to be one of our best guards rebounding and stuff like that, but we've just gotta do it with what we've got."

(Maurice Jones, on whether, personally, he'll miss having his roommate on the team with him)

"I would like for Bryce to be here. Me and him had such good chemistry. But he's got to take his talents somewhere else and hopefully he'll be successful wherever he goes."

(Fontan, on how to move forward)

"We just need to get closer as a team. Most importantly, I think it's important to know that everybody on our team, we're all behind Bryce. We all wish him the best. I don't think anybody here has any negative attitudes towards his decision. It happened but it is what it is, and I think now we just get a little closer and understand that we need more people."

(Fontan, on taking Jones' starting spot)

"I don't personally feel bad or anything like that. I think Bryce, if you ask him, me and him were pretty close and I think we got closer as I started to come back and play, because we were both excited to play with each other. That was one of my things -- I tell people all the time, it's funny how the roads have changed, because at Fordham I had a lot of people who wanted to play with me and I made the decision to come here because I wanted to play with a lot of the guys here, like Nik, and knowing Maurice and Bryce were gonna be here. Especially Bryce, I heard a lot about Bryce and I always wanted to play with another wing like that. I hadn't played with a wing that good since playing with Mike Rosario [at St. Anthony's High in Jersey City, N.J.] To lose him is tough on me because not only did I lose somebody I wanted to play with, but I lost a friend. I told him from the day I heard about the whole situation that if he ever needed my help, because I went through the same situation, that I'm always there for him."

Here's what second-year USC basketball coach Kevin O'Neill had to say about freshman guard Bryce Jones' announcement that he planned to transfer:

Freshman guard Bryce Jones will transfer from the USC men's basketball team, the school announced Tuesday.

"We appreciate his contributions to our program, and we wish Bryce and his family all the best," Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill said in a statement. "He's a talented player with a promising future."

Read the full story here.

Five questions that will go a long way toward deciding tonight's 8 p.m. game against Oregon:

1. How much of an effect will the Ducks' new Matthew Knight Arena, opening Thursday, have on the game?

Oregon is making a big deal about the new stadium, which cost a reported $227 million to construct -- more than 50 percent more than it cost to build the Galen Center in 2006. Of course, the Knight Arena is also unlike anything the college basketball world has ever seen.

USC forward Nikola Vucevic said the atmosphere Thursday night will be "crazy," but he said the Trojans are ready for it. Jio Fontan said the experience of playing Sunday's game against UCLA in front of a loud crowd will help, even though the crowd will be cheering in a different direction.

2. Can USC beat the zone with an outside shooter and scare teams away from sitting in the defense?

This has been the Trojans' single biggest problem in conference road games in past seasons. Teams catch a little bit of momentum to start the game and are able to take a lead and then relax into a slow-paced game featuring a zone defense USC hasn't been able to crack. There's only one real way Kevin O'Neill's team can get Oregon out of the zone consistently: make outside shots.

Said O'Neill: "We've just gotta do what we did against Washington State's zone and Washington's: Get the ball in to Nik, drive it and be aggressive, not passive."

When Vucevic gets the ball in the post, it'll force an immediate double team. Then he'll have an open player to pass to, and Vucevic's passing skills have dramatically improved this season. It'll be up to guys like Bryce Jones and Donte Smith to hit those shots.

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A few notes from Galen Center practices this week as the Trojans prepare to play Oregon on Thursday at the brand-new Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.:

• So USC's coming off a big rivalry win and heading into perhaps the easiest conference road game it'll play this season. All signs point to a letdown possibility, right? Not according to Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill, who said his guys proved to him Tuesday they are clearly focused on the Ducks. "I'm sure that that's the question everybody asks after every big win or rivalry win, but I wouldn't think so," O'Neill said. "Our guys practiced hard today. There shouldn't be any letdown. We lost to Bradley and Rider, so I don't think we're above losing to anybody, to be honest with you."

• The Ducks are an interesting team, with a first-year coach in Dana Altman who has found previous success at the college level but inherited a clearly talent-deficient team this season. Altman has only eight scholarship players on his roster after four chose to transfer when former coach Ernie Kent was dismissed at the end of last season. Junior guard Malcolm Armstead, a sometimes-dominant player last season in his first year with the program, no longer starts. Instead the Ducks' top scorer is 6-foot-6 big man Joevan Catron, a 245-pounder who missed almost all of last season with a back injury. Catron has clearly rebounded well from his injury and is averaging 15.9 points per game this season on 52 percent shooting -- an impressive mark for a player who also operates outside of the key frequently. It's also worth noting that Catron, a fifth-year senior, is coming off his worst game of the season -- a four-point, four-rebound performance against Washington State last weekend.

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Notes from Sunday's USC-UCLA game worth revisiting as the Trojans prep to play the Oregon schools later this week:

• As I mention in my postgame video report, USC's Nikola Vucevic was key to the victory, but his performance wasn't mentioned by Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill in his postgame news conference. O'Neill complimented forward Alex Stepheson on his 13-point, 16-rebound day, Bryce Jones for a great stint off the bench and Maurice Jones, Marcus Simmons, Jio Fontan and Donte Smith for solid defensive performances, but didn't mention Vucevic, who finished with a game-high 20 points in 34 minutes.

• The consensus on UCLA's Josh Smith? He's big, and he's good. Listed at 6-foot-10 and 305 pounds but appearing significantly heftier than that, the freshman was able to pretty much do what he wanted to USC in the low post when he got the ball, but he didn't get the ball very often. In 22 minutes he took only six shots, making four of them. He was in foul trouble for essentially the entire game, but the Bruins often seemed to look away from him in the post even when he was in the game. Lazeric Jones and Malcolm Lee doubled Smith's shot attempts but made just one-quarter of what he did from the field. Stepheson and Simmons said Smith was the biggest player they had ever played against.

• Speaking of Simmons, the senior swingman admitted to feeling a little too hyped-up early as a result of the boisterous crowd. The student section was filled an hour before the game, when the Trojans began to warm up on the court at the Galen Center. "I was surprised to see it was a packed house," Simmons said. The capacity crowd of 10,258 was almost double USC's previous high in home attendance this season -- 5,584 against Washington. Of course the Trojans also played in front of crowds of 16,000 and 19,000 in consecutive games at Kansas and Tennessee.

• A telling quote from O'Neill examining Howland and the Bruins' long-term success: "No matter where they are, UCLA is the benchmark to measure yourself against. When you talk about USC and UCLA, we compete against them in everything, so it was a big win for us. When you beat them, you beat tradition. They'll get better. They're really well-coached." O'Neill may be right, but the Trojans now have a significant advantage on UCLA as far as postseason candidacy is concerned this season. The teams have similar records -- 10-6 for USC, 9-6 for UCLA -- but the Trojans have, for the most part, beat the better teams. Now USC must try to take this momentum on the road, where it will open Oregon's new Matthew Knight Arena on national television at 8 p.m Thursday and then face Oregon State on Saturday. Both Oregon schools got swept by the Washington schools last weekend, so they'll have a lot to prove.

We'll have more in advance of Thursday's game, including a practice report Wednesday and a preview of the game Thursday.

LOS ANGELES -- The Lehigh Mountain Hawks didn't know what they were in for on Thursday night at the Galen Center.

USC guard Jio Fontan surprised them.

Fontan, playing only his third game since making his debut Saturday against Kansas, was the best player on the court -- driving to the hoop, hitting the spot-up three and working in a mid-range jumper or two to finish with a game-high 21 points to lead the Trojans to a dominating 76-49 win over traditional Patriot League power Lehigh.

Afterward, Mountain Hawks coach Brett Reed lamented a lack of a solid scouting report on Fontan and said he added a "dangerous element" to the USC offense.

"It really would have helped us to be able to watch more film on him to prepare our team," Reed said. "We didn't make adjustments throughout the game and it cost us.

"He's been aggressive and he came out that way again tonight."

On top of what Fontan did, USC (8-5) also got 16 points from forward Nikola Vucevic, 13 from reserve guard Donte Smith and 11 from forward Alex Stepheson to form a balanced attack and avoid a possible letdown against a worthy Lehigh (6-6) squad that made the NCAA tournament last season and put up a fight against Kansas in the first round.

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USC's freshmen showed up this time, and they made the difference.

After combining for only two points in a heartbreaking loss at No. 3 Kansas on Saturday, USC's Maurice Jones and Bryce Jones had 26 points against No. 18 Tennessee on Tuesday as the Trojans topped the Volunteers, 65-64, and salvaged their nonconference schedule with a big road win for their NCAA resume.

The 5-foot-7 Maurice Jones, in particular, played inspired basketball. He had a game-high 15 points, four assists and four steals in 39 minutes, converting a number of big shots and playing both guard positions well when switching with Jio Fontan.

The Trojans' best stretches came in the final minutes of each half, during which they outscored the Vols by nine. The score was tied with five minutes to go in the first half before USC quickly scored 15 points on some fast-paced play. And with five minutes left, Tennessee led by two after a slicing-and-dicing drive from Harris. But USC quickly responded with a big 3-pointer (maybe the shot of the game) from Bryce Jones. Another timely three from reserve guard Donte Smith, a layup from Alex Stepheson and a free throw from Maurice Jones, and the Trojans had enough offense to earn the victory.

This victory was much different that the way Kevin O'Neill-coached teams usually win.

Tennessee (7-3) shot a remarkable amount of free throws and shot them remarkably well. The Vols shot 29 free throws to USC's nine and made 24 of them for an 83-percent rate. The Trojans were also heavily out-rebounded, 38-23.

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