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Good luck to Watkins at USC.  Can't ever fault someone for a personal decision like this.  I would assume it is mostly that she wanted to stay near home.  Maybe some NIL involved?  LA being home and being a place with many NIL opportunities couldn't hurt.  I do hope it works out for her.  USC has not done well for several years, is going to the Big 10 where travel will be a royal pain even if they charter, and has been a revolving door of transfers in and out.  Gottlieb did ok at cal for a while but ran that program into the ground.  There is no evidence she can build up a program to the level a talent like Watkins deserves.  But we shall see.  Maybe this commitment will be the start of something big for them.  Only one in this class so it may take a while.  Be a shame if Watkins doesn't get to play in the NCAAs or get far in them in her career there, but that is a real possibility.  Of course these days she could just transfer if things don't go well.  

We only have them in conference one year when she will be there I think.  I would assume we would play them non-conference often though.  That would make sense for both teams.

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Good luck to Watkins at USC.  Can't ever fault someone for a personal decision like this.  I would assume it is mostly that she wanted to stay near home.  Maybe some NIL involved?  LA being home and being a place with many NIL opportunities couldn't hurt.  I do hope it works out for her.  USC has not done well for several years, is going to the Big 10 where travel will be a royal pain even if they charter, and has been a revolving door of transfers in and out.  Gottlieb did ok at cal for a while but ran that program into the ground.  There is no evidence she can build up a program to the level a talent like Watkins deserves.  But we shall see.  Maybe this commitment will be the start of something big for them.  Only one in this class so it may take a while.  Be a shame if Watkins doesn't get to play in the NCAAs or get far in them in her career there, but that is a real possibility.  Of course these days she could just transfer if things don't go well.  

We only have them in conference one year when she will be there I think.  I would assume we would play them non-conference often though.  That would make sense for both teams.