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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Eric musselman explains why west coast teams in big ten might have been a bad idea - The Untold Story

USC coach Eric Musselman shakes hands with Maryland players after a Trojans loss. | Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images

The USC Trojans' inaugural Big Ten basketball season has not been great. After going 8-12 in their final Pac-12 season and finishing eighth in the standings they're currently 6-10 in the Big Ten which has them 14th in Eric Musselman's first year with the school.

After the team lost to Maryland and Rutgers during a Thursday-Sunday road trip, Musselman spoke with the media and basically laid out why it might be silly for teams from the West coast to be playing a Big Ten schedule, suggesting that teams like USC are "in the hole two-four games based on travel."

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