TCU's Jones is Trojans' new running backs coach

For the first time in the Lincoln Riley administration at USC, there's a new offensive coach on staff.

USC has hired TCU's Anthony Jones Jr. as its running backs coach, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Monday. Jones fills the vacancy left after two-year RBs coach Kiel McDonald left USC for a position on Jim Harbaugh's staff with the Chargers, and barring any unexpected moves, should finalize the Trojans' staff heading into spring ball.

It's an interesting hire, as Jones comes from a through-and-through Southern background with few ties to USC's current offensive staff, earning

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his coaching stripes by first coaching at his alma mater of Westwood High in Memphis, Tennessee, and later Tennessee's Cordova High. His star blossomed at Memphis, hired in 2018 as a running backs coach and subsequently coaching four future pros across four seasons — former Rams back Darrell Henderson Jr., Tony Pollard (currently with the Cowboys), Antonio Gibson (Commanders) and Kenneth Gainwell (Eagles). At TCU, Jones coached nowSaints back Kendre Miller to a career-best year in 2022, their ground game a key part of a run to the CFP national championship game.

Jones' schemes have been fairly amorphous, coaching both 1-2 punch alignments and clear leadback rotations. That's a key point for USC, which is importing Mississippi State senior transfer Jo'Quavious “Woody” Marks as the veteran of the room — Marks, though, has never eclipsed 121 carries in a season, and his mother Tameka told the Southern California News Group that Marks was drawn in part to USC by the promise of a balanced usage in both the pass and run game.

As such, sophomores Quinten Joyner and A'Marion Peterson will likely see expanded roles, perhaps in a time-share with Marks.

Jones also has an established recruiting presence in Texas and the South, another mark in his favor as USC has been particularly drawn to recruiting Texas backs under Riley.

Monday's results

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AP TOP 25

No. 10 Duke 79, N.C. State 64 No. 15 Baylor 93, Texas 85

SOUTH

Grambling St. 69, Bethune-Cookman 60 Jacksonville 92, Kennesaw St. 86 McNeese St. 87, Houston Christian 69 Southern U. 58, Florida A&M 44

SOUTHWEST

Alcorn St. 82, Texas Southern 79 Jackson St. 79, Prairie View 74 Lamar 70, Texas A&M Commerce 53 SE Louisiana 73, Incarnate Word 56 Texas A&M-CC 73, New Orleans 60

FAR WEST

E. Washington 91, Sacramento St. 88 Montana 79, Idaho St. 65

Montana St. 76, Weber St. 64 N. Colorado 82, N. Arizona 74 Portland St. 72, Idaho 57

AP TOP 25 POLL

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

1. Houston (52)

2. UConn (6)

3. Purdue (4)

4. Tennessee

5. Arizona

6. Iowa St.

7. North Carolina

8. Marquette

9. Duke

10. Creighton

11. Baylor

12. Illinois

13. Auburn

14. Kansas

15. Kentucky

16. Alabama

17. South Carolina

18. Washington St

19. Gonzaga

20. BYU

21. San Diego St.

22. Utah St.

23. Saint Mary's

24. South Florida

25. Dayton

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Yardage:

Final scores

$9 million

7,147;

$1,620,000

Austin Eckroat .......... 65-67-68-67—267 -17

$801,000

Min Woo Lee .............. 67-70-66-67—270 -14 Erik Van Rooyen ........ 66-71-70-63—270 -14

$344,250

Jake Knapp ............... 68-66-71-66—271 -13 Kyoung-Hoon Lee ..... 69-66-70-66—271 -13 Shane Lowry .............. 67-67-66-71—271 -13 David Skinns ............. 65-69-66-71—271 -13 Cameron Young ........ 65-69-71-66—271 -13

$210,536

Billy Horschel ............ 66-71-69-66—272 -12 Martin Laird ............. 68-69-66-69—272 -12 Peter Malnati ............ 68-68-69-67—272 -12 Keith Mitchell ........... 68-70-69-65—272 -12 Alex Noren ................. 67-70-68-67—272 -12 Andrew Novak .......... 65-69-70-68—272 -12 Kevin Yu ..................... 66-67-70-69—272 -12

$137,250

Tyson Alexander ...... 68-70-69-66—273 -11 Doug Ghi .................... 68-72-67-66—273 -11 Garrick Higgo ........... 67-65-73-68—273 -11 Victor Perez ............... 67-66-70-70—273 -11 Ben Silverman .......... 68-71-66-68—273 -11

$87,750

Byeong Hun An .......... 67-71-71-65—274 -10 Bud Cauley ................ 66-65-74-69—274 -10 Nicolas Echavarria... 67-69-69-69—274 -10 Matt Fitzpatrick ........ 70-67-70-67—274 -10 Zach Johnson ............ 71-68-69-66—274 -10 Rory McIlroy .............. 67-67-72-68—274 -10 Sam Ryder ................. 66-68-74-66—274 -10

$59,014

Jacob Bridgeman ....... 70-68-65-72—275 -9 Tom Hoge .................... 70-69-68-68—275 -9 Beau Hossler ............... 69-70-71-65—275 -9 Chan Kim ..................... 69-71-68-67—275 -9 Chris Kirk ..................... 67-70-73-65—275 -9 C.T. Pan ........................ 66-68-70-71—275 -9 Matthieu Pavon .......... 67-68-70-70—275 -9

$43,875

Par:

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RyanFox ...................... 69-68-74-65—276-8 Lucas Glover ................ 68-71-70-67—276 -8

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Orlando

at Cleveland

at Miami

at Brooklyn

New Orleans

at New York

at Houston

at Dallas

at Denver

College Basketball

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Providence

Liberty

Alabama

Ohio

Vermont

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Kent St

at S Florida

at Clemson

at N Carolina

at Georgia

Purdue

Virginia Tech

at Oklahoma

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Dayton

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NHL

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at Kings

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Florida

at NY Islanders

Edmonton

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Monday's results

at Charlotte

Philadelphia

at Toronto

San Antonio

at Georgetown

at Mid Tenn

at New Hampshire

Notre Dame

at Louisville

Cincinnati

at Oklahoma St

Old Dominion

at St. Louis

Georgia Tech

Vancouver

at San Jose

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Minnesota (ss) 4, Atlanta 3 Detroit 2, Boston 1

Pittsburgh 7, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota (ss) 7, Baltimore 2 Washington 1, St. Louis 0 Toronto 5, Philadelphia 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Arizona 2 Cincinnati 15, Oakland 8

San Diego 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Colorado 12, San Francisco 10 N.Y. Yankees 3, Miami 2

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Indiana

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Duquesne

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Air Force

Florida St

Kansas St

Underdog

Columbus

St. Louis

at Boston

Seattle

Montreal

Chicago