Terrance Williams II transferred to USC for a final season of college basketball. After an injury cost him all but seven games, he’ll get another chance to suit up at the college level.
USC recently announced Williams, who played four years at Michigan, would return for the 2025-26 season. He told MLive his medical hardship waiver has already been approved by the NCAA.
Williams played in seven games for USC last year, starting six, before breaking the scaphoid in his right (shooting) wrist on Dec. 4. He did not appear in a game the rest of the season. The 6-foot-7 forward was averaging 10.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game and shooting a career-best 51 percent from the field.
The Trojans went 17-18 last season under first-year head coach Eric Musselman, finishing 7-13 in the Big Ten. They’ll visit Ann Arbor next season at a to-be-announced date.
Williams was allowed to play last season because his freshman campaign in 2020-21 did not count against his eligibility due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver. Williams played in 21 games off the bench that year as Michigan won the Big Ten and reached the Elite Eight. His minutes doubled as a sophomore and he moved into the starting lineup for his final two seasons at Michigan, all under then-head coach Juwan Howard.
Williams graduated from Michigan and considered staying to play for new coach Dusty May. He ultimately chose to leave, but stay in the Big Ten, transferring to USC. In an interview with MLive before Michigan played at USC in January, Williams said he’d made a great decision to go to Los Angeles.
“I’ve run into many Michigan alumni and have great conversations with them,” Williams said. “They know I’ve got that Michigan degree, I’m a Michigan man.”
He was pondering a sixth season at the time, mentioning the money available to him through an NIL deal. Now that’s official.
Williams is already looking forward to the game against his former school. “Returning to Crisler definitely will be exciting,” he told MLive on Thursday, “because that’s where home was for me.”
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