The men's USC Trojans Basketball program has
a long tradition. Men's program is only one of about 4 dozen schools
have more than 1,000 victories in college basketball, and USC is one of
them. Since starting basketball in 1907, the Trojans have compiled a
record of 1,357-984 (.580), winning 14 league championships. USC athletics participates in the NCAA
Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national
championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. USC's
cross-town rival is UCLA, with whom there is fierce athletic and
scholastic competition. However, USC's rivalry with Notre Dame predates
the UCLA rivalry by three years. The Notre Dame rivalry stems mainly
from the annual football game played between these two universities and
is considered the greatest intersectional rivalry of all college
athletics.
The Trojan men have won more National
Championships, 86 total (including a national-best 73 NCAA men's titles) than any other
University.
* The Women of Troy have earned 20 National Championships.
* The Trojans won at least 1 national team title in 26 consecutive years
(1959-60 to 1984-85).
* USC won the National College All-Sports Championship an annual ranking
by USA Today of the country’s top athletic programs — 6 times since its
inception in 1971.
* Trojan men athletes have won more individual NCAA titles (290) than
those from any other school in the nation (the Women of Troy have
brought home another 41 individual NCAA crowns).
* Four Trojans have won the prestigious Sullivan Award as the top
amateur athlete in America: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry
O’Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer Janet Evans
(1989).
* Two Women of Troy athletes have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top
collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983-84) and Angela
Williams (2001-02). And Trojan women have won 8 Honda Awards, as the top
female athlete in their sport.
* USC won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, a year-long all-sports competition
between Troy and crosstown rival UCLA, in its inaugural 2001-02 season
and again in 2003-04 and 2005-06 .
