USC men’s basketball has quietly assembled one of the more i ntriguing transfer portal classes in the country this offseason. According to 247Sports, the Trojans currently rank No. 21 nationally in the 2026 transfer basketball team rankings. While much of the attention has centered around the retention of some of USC’s bigger names, such as Rodney Rice or Ezra Ausar, one of the more underrated additions could end up being former Evansville forward Joshua Hughes. Evansville's Joshua Hughes (11) reaches for the rebound as the University of Evansville Purple Aces play the Ball State University Cardinals at Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. | MaCabe Brown / Courier & Press / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images USC officially announced Hughes’ signing on May 8, looking to add another experienced piece to a roster looking to get to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the Eric Musselman era.…