Good morning, Trojan Family. Big year 2s ahead for Coach Musselman and Caleb Williams!

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏀 New MBB player
🏀 MBB practice highlights
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Welcome. The men’s basketball team added EJ Neal to its 2025-26 roster. Neal recently played at Sacramento State. He played in all 32 games for the Hornets and started in 25 in them last season. Neal finished in double digits 13 times and averaged 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

🏀 Read more about Neal.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is football player Makai Lemon. Lemon is Trevor Sikkema’s early WR1 in the 2025 NFL Draft. Lemon ranked in the 87th percentile in separation rate and averaged 3.03 yards per route run in 2024.

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Listen Up. Two men’s basketball coaches were featured on recent podcasts. Michael Musselman was on The Dunk City Podcast. 

Assistant coach _____ was on USCHoops.com 

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down for the answer!

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Todd Lee!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!