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Despite sanctions, USC basketball tries to persevere

Updated: January 10, 2010, 2:54 AM ET
By Ramona Shelburne | ESPNLosAngeles.com

BERKELEY -- She has been checking for signs, as you would expect a wife to do in the first few days and weeks after her husband learned of such a disappointing decision.

Lack of sleep? Depression? Anger?

USC basketball coach Kevin O'Neill would be entitled to any of these emotions.

The painful self-imposed sanctions leveled on O'Neill's surging program by the school have been sinking in to all their guts in the days since USC athletic director Mike Garrett informed O'Neill of ...

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