USC Triple-Double: Rodney Rice discusses transfer to USC, first summer practices

Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion

Ryan Abraham - USCFootball,com publisher

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The USC Triple-Double Podcast -- the Peristyle Podcast's basketball-focused podcast -- returns with co-hosts Shotgun Spratling and Connor Morrissette (aka Mr. Triple Double) breaking down the offseason for the USC men's program that has a complete face lift for the second time in as many seasons under head coach Eric Musselman. The podcasting duo talk with one of the 11 newcomers on the roster as star guard Rodney Rice discusses his decision to make the move from the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) area to Southern California when he transferred from Maryland to USC. Rice chats on learning about his new teammates and how things are going through the first couple of summer practices. Rice also talks about playing under Musselman and what makes him a unique coach to play for. The 6-foot-4 guard, who averaged 13.8 points per game last season with the Terrapins, discusses his transition to the point guard position and what he sees his leadership role as this season. After a break, Shotgun and Connor look at how the roster has come together this offseason and debate where strengths and weaknesses may lie for the 2025-26 season for the Trojans. Please review, rate and subscribe to the Peristyle Podcast on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠! Make sure you check out ⁠USCFootball.com⁠ for complete coverage of this USC Trojans basketball and football teams. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.6	Yes. Yeah.
0:49.1	Summer, summer, summer time.
0:52.5	I thought about inserting some Will Smith here.
0:54.4	It's an old school classic Will Smith.
0:59.2	But hello and welcome to the USC Triple Double podcast for a summertime edition.
1:00.4	I'm your host, Shacken, Sparling. Along with my co-host, Mr. Triple Double himself.
1:02.9	Connor, how is your summer going, sir?
1:06.8	So far, so good.
1:07.7	I didn't know you would start with a tune there.
1:09.6	I enjoyed that.
1:10.7	That kept me on my toes. But yeah, I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing well. You're the only person that enjoyed that. Everyone else's ears are bleeding a little bit right now. But that's okay. They came for the words, not for the songs. We're here. We're going to break down the offseason, I guess, of USC. You know, March Madness ended a couple months ago, and then
1:29.2	the roster completely changed. So we're going to focus on the men's basketball team right now.
1:33.8	Maybe we'll do a women's episode a little bit later. But for any first-time listeners, the USC
1:38.0	Triple Double podcast is part of the Peristyle podcast family shows. The USC Triple Double
1:41.8	podcast is focused on the Trojan men and women
1:45.3	of Troy basketball programs. So each season, each week during the season, we break down
1:49.2	all the latest action and news, but this is an offseason podcast. So we are going to have a special
1:54.0	guest. We're going to have USC new transfer guard Rodney Rice set to join us here in just a second.
2:00.5	But, Connor, I got to get
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