The word began bubbling inside the Lombardi Recreation Center in Reno, Nevada, soon spilling out from all edges of the University of Nevada’s campus, a hub of high school has-beens given a sudden chance to change their lives.

The Eric Musselman era at USC basketball has not yet arrived at its first regular-season game, but the Trojans did take the court against another college basketball team on Saturday night. USC faced No.

Gonzaga men’s basketball’s season-opening charity exhibition game against USC won’t go down in the official record books, though regardless of the stakes at han