This season’s USC men’s basketball team isn’t quite what head coach Eric Musselman envisioned. He and his staff were confident in the roster they had built, but injuries have changed the look of the team.

The confidence is still there.

“There’s a camaraderie that’s like past teams that we’ve had that have won at a high level,” Musselman told reporters on a Thursday Zoom call. “They get along. And then there’s a pride in your role. A lot of guys are taking pride in the role that they’re developing and still creating.”

The Trojans (8-0 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) have charged out to an unbeaten start after taking down Oregon 68-60 in their Big Ten opener and will face a quality Washington (5-3, 0-1) team on Saturday.

Their strong start has been without budding college basketball star Alijah

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