They were a big surprise in '19-'20, but then took a step backward the following year. Where will they go from here? Fowler from Australia is a nice player.
Really? I find that really surprising and very disappointing.
It's the Bay Area. Way more to do here than attend Stanford sporting events. If I didn't live so close (walking distance!) I probably wouldn't either.
Some of those seniors could come back technically but I doubt N. Smith will. They will have to hit the portal hard next offseason. As we have seen in recent years and especially with coaching changes, kids will sometimes bolt as after year 1 with a new coach if it isn't what they expected or wanted.
Didn’t realize how small their team was going to be this upcoming season only 4 people at 6ft with the tallest being 6-3 wow
Very true, however I thought (assumed) there was a larger fan base that would attend.
The Bay area has 4 professional teams plus lots of things to do if you do not go to a sporting event. The DC area (DMV) has the same issue with 6 professional teams. The men basketball team do pretty well. The women team not so much. The big South Carolina game in 2019 which I believe was on a Sunday only had about 10,000 in attendance.
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...
I assume that BART doesn't service the Stanford campus. METRO and MARC do service College Park but after you get off the train, you have to catch the shuttle to Maryland Field (football) and Xfinity (Basketball, volleyball, etc.)
When BART was started, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties declined to participate. Caltrain does have stops near campus. There's a very close stop that's active only for football games. The downtown Palo Alto station that's active every day is 1.6 miles from Maples.
The Big 10 will catch up a little this season. They have at least 4 top 12 teams. Maryland, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. Ohio State and Michigan State are top 25 teams as well.
I agree that the Big 10 has some work to do. Especially Maryland who has a legit top 5 team. They just have to learn to put it all together in the tournament. The complaint with Maryland was they never scheduled tough OOC opponents. There is no excuse this season as the OOC schedule is loaded this season.
That's pretty funny. I'm curious to see how the 2 Washington transfers will fare at CU. I've never really been a fan of Sherrod, I wonder if Sadler will take some of her minutes at PG. Coach Payne hasn't shown any inclination toward a 2 PG lineup as far as I'm aware. Miller can certainly help in the post rotation.
