USC advances to Sweet 16 for first time since 2007 with blowout of Kansas

[ASFN Admin]

No. 6-seeded USC shot the ball better than it has all season from the perimeter, got production from up and down its rotation, jumped out to a 19-point halftime lead on No. 3 Kansas and only made it even more of a blowout in the second half while closing out an 85-51 win Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind. For the first time since 2007, the Trojans are headed to the Sweet 16. More to the point, it's only the third time this program has advanced past the second round of the NCAA tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (and now 68 teams), including an Elite Eight appearance in 2001 that is now also within reach of matching.

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