Luke Winn: Q&A with ... USC's Daniel Hackett

USC's Daniel Hackett grew up in Italy before returning to the US when he was 15 He calls getting his jaw broken in preseason by O.J. Mayo 'a very bad episode' With freshman phenom DeMar Rozen, USC should have a strong backcourt The latest subject in our Hoops Q&A series is USC junior Daniel Hackett, a 6-foot-5 point guard who grew up in Pesaro, Italy, where his father, Rudy, a former All-American at Syracuse (and now the Trojans' strength coach), played professional basketball. Daniel moved to the U.S. at the age of 15 for high school, but has returned to Italy to play for its Under-20 national team two summers ago in the European Basketball Championships. Hackett overcame a broken jaw and a stress fracture in his lower back last season to play in 29 games while averaging 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists. The... [read full story]