1969–70 USC Trojans men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1969–70 USC Trojans men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	18–8 (9–5 Pac-8)
Head coach	Bob Boyd (3rd season)
Home arena	Los Angeles Sports Arena
Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Pacific–8 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA	12	–	2	.857	28	–	2	.933
Washington State	9	–	5	.643	19	–	7	.731
No. 20 USC	9	–	5	.643	18	–	8	.692
Oregon	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
Washington	7	–	7	.500	17	–	9	.654
California	5	–	9	.357	11	–	15	.423
Oregon State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	16	.385
Stanford	2	–	12	.143	5	–	20	.200

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The Trojans were led by 3rd year coach Bob Boyd.

Roster

1969–70 USC Trojans men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	25	Paul Westphal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Redondo Beach, California

Head coach

Bob Boyd

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 5*		Colorado	W 88–74	1–0	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 6*		Vanderbilt	W 108–89	2–0	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 12*		Seattle	L 70–74	2–1	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 13* 8:00 pm	No. 6	Iowa State	W 70–59	3–1	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 18*	No. 13	at No. 15 LSU	W 101–98	4–1	John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 20*		at Houston	L 73–77	4–2	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
December 23*	No. 12	St. John's	W 95–59	5–2	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 26*		at No. 10 Washington	L 86–90	5–3	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
December 29*		vs. Temple Far West Classic	W 68–53	6–3	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
December 30*	No. 19	vs. Illinois Far West Classic	W 65–62	7–3	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (6,324) Portland, Oregon
January 3*		Florida State	W 71–68	8–3	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 9		Oregon State	W 64–51	9–3 (1–0)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 10		Oregon	W 77–68	10–3 (2–0)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 24*		at Arizona State	W 108–95	11–3 (2–0)	Sun Devil Gym Tempe, Arizona
January 30		at Stanford	W 71–68	12–3 (3–0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
January 31		at California	W 78–73	13–3 (4–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
February 7		at Washington State	L 72–89	13–4 (4–1)	Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, Washington
February 9		at Washington	L 72–77	13–5 (4–2)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
February 13		Washington	W 84–81	14–5 (5–2)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 14		Washington State	L 63–66	14–6 (5–3)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 20		at Oregon	L 83–92	14–7 (5–4)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
February 21		at Oregon State	W 70–55	15–7 (6–4)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
February 27		California	W 90–82	16–7 (7–4)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 28		Stanford	W 85–71	17–7 (8–4)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
March 6		at No. 1 UCLA	W 87–86	18–7 (9–4)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
March 7		No. 1 UCLA	L 78–91	18–8 (9–5)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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References

^ "1969–70 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

v t e USC Trojans men's basketball
Venues	Shrine Auditorium (1926–1949) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (1949–1959) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–2006) Galen Center (2006–present)
Rivalries	UCLA (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	George Tirebiter "Fight On" Traveler Athletics scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics