It really cannot be understated how much traffic and distance matters w/r/t Stanford. As hard as DC has it, in DC a lot of folks live a 20-30 minute commute from the Verizon Center, and it's easy to catch a weekday evening game from work if you live downtown. Most Stanford alums migrate up to SF or the East Bay, and that's a round-trip drive that's often longer than the game itself. And many Stanford games are often at weird times like 6 p.m. on a Friday, which is a recipe for absolutely bonkers traffic...