I just got off the phone with former USC guard Angelo Johnson and he confirmed that he is transferring to Southern Mississippi.

He also told me that USC coach Tim Floyd’s statements about Johnson leaving because he wasn’t assured the starting point guard job are accurate.

``That’s all true what Coach Floyd said,” Johnson said. “I thought that being a freshman and playing behind the number three overall pick, I should have the spot handed to me. I felt like I earned it already.”

Johnson said he likes the situation at Southern Miss with coach Larry Eustachy – and most of all, the fact that he needs a point guard.

I also asked Johnson about the incident last year involving O.J. Mayo and Daniel Hackett in which Mayo inadvertently broke Hackett’s jaw.

``It was completely by accident,” Johnson said.