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2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball team

The 2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans were led by fourth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, and played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. This marks the program's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

USC entered their first season in the Big Ten expected to finish No. 1 in the preseason conference coaches poll. JuJu Watkins was named the preseason Big Ten conference player of the year.

The Trojans won the Big Ten regular season championship in their first year as a member, and earned a number 1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The season ended with a loss to the eventual national champion UConn Huskies.

Previous season

The Women of Troy finished the Pac-12 regular season tied for second with UCLA. USC held the tiebreaker over UCLA, earning then the 2-seed in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, where they won.

The squad earned their second straight bid for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, earning a No. 1 seed in the Portland region. They went on to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Round, Kansas in the Second Round, and Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen, but lost to Connecticut in the Elite Eight.

They started the season ranked No. 21 and finished the season with a No. 5 AP ranking and a No. 6 ranking in the Coaches' poll.

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Source: USCTrojans.com

Spokane regional 4 – Spokane, WA

Spokane 4 regional final

Game summaries

This section will be filled in as the season progresses.

Source:

No. 20 Ole Miss (Aflac Oui-Play Game)

vs. Cal Poly

vs. Cal State Northridge

vs. Santa Clara

vs. No. 6 Notre Dame

Seton Hall (Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

Saint Louis (Acrisure Holiday Invitational)

vs. California Baptist

at. Oregon

vs. Fresno State

vs. Elon

at. No. 4 UConn

vs. No. 23 Michigan

vs. Nebraska

at. Rutgers

at. No. 8 Maryland

vs. Penn State

vs. Northwestern

Due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles and Ventura County, the Northwestern road games at UCLA on January 12 and USC on January 15 were postponed. Northwestern forfeited the games in February 2025. UCLA and USC each were credited with a win, and the Wildcats were assessed two losses.

at. Indiana

at. Purdue

vs. Minnesota

at. Iowa

at. Wisconsin

vs. Ohio State

vs. UCLA (Rivalry)

at. Washington

vs. Michigan State

vs. Illinois (Senior Day)

at. UCLA (Rivalry)

Big Ten Tournament

(9) Indiana (Quarterfinals)

(5) Michigan (Semifinals)

(2) No. 4 UCLA (Championship Game/Rivalry)

NCAA Tournament

(16) vs UNC Greensboro (First Round)

(9) vs Mississippi State (Second Round)

(5) Kansas State (Sweet Sixteen)

Rankings

See also

Awards and honors

  • JuJu Watkins was the consensus player of the year, winning John R Wooden award, the Naismith National Player of the Year, and the Associated Press National Player of the Year.

References

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