COLUMN: Win over Nebraska latest example of Trojans finding their identity

After the USC men's basketball team finished off its latest impressive road win in conference play Wednesday night at Nebraska, coach Eric Musselman lamented how his Trojans' postseason hopes might look right now if they'd played the same way at home. It's a fair what-if, but it also needs to be said that this team is probably outperforming many expectations overall in Musselman's first season. The Trojans were picked 14th out of 18 teams in the Big Ten preseason poll, and many might have thought that was even optimistic after watching this team struggled to squeak by the likes of Idaho State and UT Arlington early followed by losses to Cal, an evisceration at the hands of St. Mary's (a 71-36 loss), New Mexico and Oregon.