The select O.J. Mayo, out of the University of Southern California.

Okay, it’s way too early to be making predictions but it’s always fun to see where the “draft experts” see players. While Draft Express has O.J. Mayo as their #1 draft pick, sites like NBADraft.net have him going 3rd. Of course, Trojan fans are hoping that 2008 number changes to 2009 or beyond.

Awesome video of USC Trojan O.J. Mayo from ZproductionZ

O.J. Mayo, who will be playing with the USC Trojans this year, scored 39 points for the Stars in a Real Run Summer League game last Friday. Marcus Williams, who backed up Jason Kidd for the New Jersey Nets last year, scored 41 points to lead the Young Guns to the 138-128 victory over the Stars at Inglewood High.

Along with Mayo, players like Paul Pierce, Jrue Holiday, Renaldo Sydney, Demar DeRozan, Amir Johnson, Trevor Ariza, and Kevin Love are expected to play. The league runs every Friday and concludes on August 17. Admission is free.

The 2007-08 USC Trojan’s basketball schedule was released today and clearly the impact of O.J. Mayo to the Trojan’s can be seen. The schedule includes a potential of 16 games against teams garnering preseason top 25 recognition, including non-conference home games with Big 12 powers Oklahoma and Kansas. Their schedule also includes two tournaments which including preseason No. 1 Memphis at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic and the new made for TV Anaheim Classic tournament at the Convention Center from Nov. 22 - Nov. 25.

Oct. 28 Sunday Cardinal and Gold (Exhibition) Galen Center TBA
Nov. 10 Saturday Mercer Galen Center TBA
Nov. 15 Thursday at The Citadel Charleston, S.C. (McAlister Field Houste) TBA
Nov. 17 Saturday at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. (Colonial Center) TBA
Nov. 22 Thursday ^San Diego Anaheim, CA (Anaheim Convention Center) TBA
Nov. 23 Friday ^South Alabama/Miami (OH) Anaheim, CA (Anaheim Convention Center) TBA
Nov. 25 Sunday ^TBA Anaheim, CA (Anaheim Convention Center) TBA
Nov. 29 Thursday Oklahoma Galen Center TBA
Dec. 2 Sunday Kansas Galen Center 11:00 A.M.
Dec. 4 Tuesday vs. Memphis New York, NY (Madison Square Garden) TBA
Dec. 8 Saturday Fresno Pacifi c (Exhibition) Galen Center TBA
Dec. 17 Monday Delaware State Galen Center TBA
Dec. 22 Saturday Cal Poly Galen Center TBA
Dec. 29 Saturday UC Riverside Galen Center TBA
Jan. 3 Thursday *at California Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) TBA
Jan. 5 Saturday *at Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. (Maples Pavilion) TBA
Jan. 10 Thursday *Washington State Galen Center TBA
Jan. 12 Saturday *Washington Galen Center TBA
Jan. 19 Saturday *at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) TBA
Jan. 24 Thursday *at Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum) TBA
Jan. 26 Saturday *at Oregon Eugene, Ore. (McArthur Court) TBA
Jan. 31 Thursday *Arizona State Galen Center TBA
Feb. 2 Saturday *Arizona Galen Center TBA
Feb. 7 Thursday *at Washington Seattle, Wash. (Bank of America Arena) TBA
Feb. 9 Saturday *at Washington State Pullman, Wash. (Friel Court) TBA
Feb. 16 Saturday *UCLA Galen Center TBA
Feb. 21 Thursday *Oregon Galen Center TBA
Feb. 23 Saturday *Oregon State Galen Center TBA
Feb. 28 Thursday *at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Center) TBA
March 1 Saturday *at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. (Wells Fargo Arena) TBA
March 6 Thursday *Stanford Galen Center TBA
March 8 Saturday *California Galen Center TBA
March 12-15 Wed.-Sat. Pacifi c-10 Conference Tournament Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center) TBA