The USC women’s basketball team lost its most important piece when JuJu Watkins announced she will miss this entire season due to an ACL injury suffered in the NCAA Tournament in March, but that’s not the only roster update to keep in mind.

The Trojans, who saw eight players from last year’s team enter the transfer portal or leave to play professional basketball, will have six new faces in the program this season – including top-ranked recruit Jazzy Davidson.

“The standards remain the same,” Gottlieb told reporters in September. “The expectations remain the same, even though some faces are different.”

USC reached the Elite Eight last season, falling to No. 2 seed UConn . Returners like Kennedy Smith and Malia Samuels can use the tournament experience to provide consistency as US

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