Despite bowing out early in its first year in the Big Ten, USC coach Eric Musselman took issue with the officiating, or lack thereof, which allowed the Boilermakers to ice the game at the free-throw line.

Ryan Kartje is the USC beat writer at the Los Angeles Times. He joined The Times after six years with the Southern California News Group. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times.