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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3325473, member: 6927"] I think Tara will overtake Pat in the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. Stanford is scheduled to play 30 regular-season games, which means she theoretically *could* tie Pat in the first game of the Pac-12 tournament. But of course, it's very hard to imagine *any* team going undefeated through the Pac-12. Most likely scenario, IMO, is Stanford takes 2 or 3 losses in the regular season and then possibly one more in the Pac-12 tournament before reaching the NCAA tournament. Stanford could certainly go — and probably should go — undefeated in its OOC; toughest opponent will likely be Mississippi State on a neutral court, assuming they both reach the Victoria Invitational final. Other "name" OOC opponents are mostly at home (Gonzaga, Buffalo, Ohio State, Tennessee), with the only mentionable non-home games are the game at Texas (should be an easy win, to be honest) and a potential semifinal game vs. Syracuse at Victoria. In Pac-12 play, Stanford has to play the Oregon schools twice each in the regular season, and it'd be truly remarkable if they didn't lose at least one, or more likely two, of those four games. Otherwise, Stanford got a slight break in only having to play UCLA and the Arizona schools once each. [/QUOTE]