USC women’s basketball: 4 questions for the Big Ten Conference season

The USC women’s basketball team has flown through the first 12 games of its schedule and has experienced a healthy mix of blowout wins and learning lessons against some of the best teams in the country to collect a 9-3 overall record. The Trojans have beaten the one conference opponent they’ve played so far – a 59-50 victory over Washington. Now that their nonconference schedule is over, they will return to conference play on Monday in Nebraska. The No. 17 Trojans are one of eight Big Ten teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. Here are four questions to consider as USC, with star JuJu Watkins out all season as she recovers from a torn ACL, dives into one of the toughest conferences in...