O.J. Mayo already owns USC

There has been a ton of talk about O.J. Mayo and the final dunk of his high school career, in which he grabbed the ball and threw it 20 rows up into the seats and was ejected, all while the crowd ate right out of his hand like a lost, starving puppy.

Remember Mayo has been ejected from three games this season, and the dude is a gypsy, he played his high school ball in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and then West Virginia again.

There is also the altercation with the police a week back, where one of the guys riding in the car with him takes the rap for possession of marijuana, after cops found grass on the driver and in a pair of shoes in the car they were riding in. Oh and don't forget the referee bumping incident early in the season.

By the looks of all of this Mayo is the sheriff in town. His actions and words seems to be golden because he's just THAT good. The second coming, or the next man to walk on water! The article in the N.Y. Times this morning gives a brief overview on why O.J. Mayo wanted to play at USC:

Mayo: “I want to be different, I want to leave a mark.”

Mayo: “How many scholarships do we have for next year?” he asked.

Floyd:. “After this,” he said, “I guess we have three.”

Mayo: “Don’t worry about recruiting, I’ll take care of it.”

Before Floyd hung up, he asked one more time for Mayo’s cellphone number. “No,” Mayo said. “I’ll call you.”

Mayo and his circus are going to take their show on the road to Los Angeles, until the 2008 NBA draft, where unless he's in a wheelchair, everyone knows he will make himself eligible.

High School Star O.J. Mayo Boosts U.S.C. Before He Arrives - N.Y. Times