USF women's coach Travis Traphagen on the bumps, brusies, breakthroughs and big wins of his 18th season

Round 2 of of this season's Augustana vs USF hoops will be waged in Augie's Elmen Center on Saturday, and both the men's and women's games will have an impact on where things sit for all four teams heading into next week's Northern Sun conference tournament.    The Cougar men will be coming off one of the best individual performances in school history — true freshman Brogan Madson's 45-point barrage in a thrilling Thursday overtime home win over Wayne State to take the Coo step closer to hosting a first round game on Wednesday.    The USF women also beat the Wildcats to keep their hopes alive for a postseason game in the Stewart Center on Wednesday.    Everything has been hard-earned for Travis Traphagen's injury-riddled Cougars, who were picked to finish second in the NSIC but lost potential All-American center Kami Wadsworth — first team All-NSIC last year — to a torn knee ligament in their exhibition game at Utah in November.   At 12-15 (9-12 NSIC), it hasn't been the most dazzling of seasons, but there have been bright spots and a progression that makes Traphagen optimistic they could pop for a big late-season run. One freshman's recent surge wets the appetite for a monster season when she teams up with Wadsworth in the post next year.   Traphagen, now in his 18th year, describes the bumps, bruises, breakthroughs, and some big wins over some of his league's best teams that have come along the way.    "Trap" also regales of stories of Augie-USF past, when he went toe-to-toe with former Vikings coach Dave Krauth, who mentored Traghapen for five years before the latter took the head job three blocks up the street.