USC freshman guard O.J. Mayo will declare for the NBA draft and will hire an agent soon, a school spokesperson said.

Mayo is projected in the top 10 in the NBA lottery. Mayo led the Trojans in scoring with 20.7 points a game, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists a game and helped lead the Trojans to a 21-12 overall record.

O.J. Mayo of Southern California has been named to The Associated Press all-America basketball team as an honorable mention selection. The freshman averaged a team-high 20.7 points and led the Trojans to an NCAA tournament bid.

“I don’t know. I’m not thinking about that right now,”

USC and Kansas State will play in the first round of the NCAA Tourny and features the battle of fabulous freshmen and soon-to-be NBA rookies: O.J. Mayo of USC vs. Michael Beasley of Kansas State. Mayo will also face best friend and Kansas State freshman Bill Walker, who was a former high school teammate and have known each other since 3 years old.

O.J. Mayo’s stats for the past 7 games after scoring only 4 points and 10 turnovers against UCLA:

26.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.2 steals

ESPN has a NBA Lottery Mock Draft where Chad Ford breaks down different scenarios. He usually has O.J. Mayo going to the LA Clippers as the 6th or 7th pick in the draft.

O.J. Mayo scored a career-best 37 points but the USC Trojans lost to Arizona State 80-66.

There has been much discussion of who is the best Pac-10 Freshmen this year. Many have pointed to Arizon’s Jerryd Bayless but O.J. Mayo had something to say about that by scoring 20 points and helping USC defeat Arizona, 70-58, on Thursday night.
Bayless, matched his season low of eight points,

Southern California freshman guard O.J. Mayo was named the Pac-10 men’s players of the week, the first in his career. Mayo led the Trojans to home victories over Oregon and Oregon State last week by averaging 26.5 points.

According to an executive it has…

One NBA executive said the freshman guard’s four-point, 10-turnover game against UCLA wouldn’t hurt his draft stock “because every decision-maker that matters was at the [NBA] All-Star game” in New Orleans.

“It only becomes a bad box score because no one was there,” the executive said.

Nonetheless, the executive said Mayo’s draft stock had slipped and projected him to be selected late in the lottery, which encompasses the first 14 picks.

“What hurts O.J. more than anything is there are other guys in the Pac-10 playing so well,” the executive said. “[Arizona's] Jerryd Bayless is having a much better year than him. And he’s not beating out other freshmen like Eric Gordon, Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley.”