USC loses former 4-star Brandon Gardner to transfer portal

LOS ANGELES — The kid from Down Under is the only one left.

The final domino in a monthlong USC program overhaul dropped Tuesday, as redshirt freshman forward Brandon Gardner has submitted paperwork to enter the transfer portal, his mother Tameka Gordon told the Southern California News Group. The former four-star recruit out of New York was the last unknown in the mass exodus that has followed longtime coach Andy Enfield’s departure for SMU, holding out for weeks under new coach Eric Musselman’s...