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We understand from "BibbyBaby" (at http://www.uschoops.com) that the University of Southern California has scheduled its own west coast version of "Midnight Madness" for October 16th at 10 p.m.. Presumably, the event will take place at the Sports Arena, but that hasn't been announced yet to our knowledge. If it's like most other such events, the Trojan variant of Midnight Madness will feature contests, prizes, probably the usual one year free tuition to the lucky student who makes a half-court shot. . . . and so on. Maybe they'll get Traveler into the gym for a game of . . . what else, horse.

USC's exhibition season will get under way a few weeks later, and then on on November 18, 1998 the non-conference games begin. A few games have been rescheduled since the tentative calendar was first issued this year. Those who want to see the Trojans' football game with UCLA and the USC basketball game at UNLV— both originally scheduled for Nov. 21 — can now do so. The basketball game has been moved to Nov 20, Friday night, while the football game is now scheduled for 12:30 Saturday at the the Rose Bowl. Similarly, the Trojans' non-conference opener against San Diego State at the Sports Arena, originally set for Nov. 18, will be played instead on the 17th. Here's a brief look at the Trojan schedule:

Date	Opponent	Site
Nov. 17	San Diego State	Sports Area
Nov. 20	UNLV	Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 24	Long Beach State	Sports Arena
Nov. 30	St. Bonaventure	Sports Arena
Dec. 5	UC-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA
Dec. 9	Loyola-Marymount	Sports Arena
Dec. 12	Kansas	Lawrence, KA
Dec. 21	American University	Sports Arena
Dec. 29	Arkansas State	Sports Arena
Pac-10 Conference
Jan. 2	Arizona State	Sports Arena
Jan. 4	Arizona	Sports Arena
Jan. 7	@ Oregon	Eugene, OR
Jan. 9	@ Oregon State	Corvallis, OR
Jan. 14	Stanford	Sports Arena
Jan. 16	California	Sports Arena
Jan. 20	UCLA	Sports Arena
Jan. 28	@ Washington State	Pullman, WA
Jan. 30	@ Washington	Seattle, WA
Feb. 4	Oregon State	Sports Arena
Feb. 6	Oregon	Sports Arena
Feb. 11	@ California	Oakland, CA
Feb. 13	@ Stanford	Palo Alto, CA
Feb. 18	@ UCLA	Pauley Pavilion
Feb. 25	Washington	Sports Arena
Feb. 27	Washington State	Sports Arena
March 4	@ Arizona	Tucson, AZ
March 6	@ Arizona State	Tempe, AZ

And just in case you forgot who Bibby's Trojan ballers are, here's a roster to help get you through the season:

No.	Position	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr	HS/College
3	SG	Quincy Wilder	6'-3"	195	Jr	Highline JC
4	G	Nicholas Maddox (walk-on)	5'- 9"	180	Jr	Cerritos
5	PG	Brandon Granville	5'-10"	175	Fr	Westchester
10	PG	Kevin Augustine	6'-0"	180	So	Mater Dei
11	F	Seymour Daffeh (walk-on)	6'-6"	200	Sr	Episcopal
12	G/F	Jeff Trepagnier	6'-4"	180	So	Compton
13	F	Adam Spanich	6'-7"	215	Sr	Marshalltown JC
20	SG	Elias Ayuso	6'- 2"	205	Sr	New Mexico JC
21	PF/C	Jarvis Turner	6'- 8"	230	Jr	South Bakersfield
22	SF	Shannon Swillis	6'- 6"	225	So	Bullard
24	PF/C	Brian Scalabrine	6'- 9"	240	So	Highline JC
33	SF	Jason Thomas (football scholarship)	6'-4"	220	Fr	Dominguez
34	SF/PF	David Bluthenthal	6'-8"	235	Fr	Westchester
44	PF	Greg Lakey	6'-8"	215	So	Lynwood
45	F	Shelby Jordan (walk on)	6'-7"	200	So	Palos Verdes
50	PF	Sam Clancy	6'-7"	235	Fr	St. Edwards