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Message: [QUOTE="drweo, post: 2112536, member: 6778"] Yes, Stanford is an elite institution, but I dont know what you mean about "what the Post is selling." I read this story as a nice look at things that are usually behind the scenes in events like the tournament and how the Stanford team and staff coped nicely with a couple of bumps in the road. As for elitism, doesnt the UConn team travel by charter plane? And doesnt the team have academic advisors etc? Uconn and other major programs have many, if not most, of the opportunities and support that Stanford and Duke players have. Yes, those two have their established academic reputations, but as Coach Auriemma has quipped, they have as many grads as does UConn waiting on tables, but "in better restaurants." :rolleyes: For myself, I would love to see even more reporting about the "student" aspect of "student athletes," whether elite or not. I would guess that there's a lot of interesting (and likely even inspirational) stuff for sports and other journalists to work on. BTW, I'm usually with you on rooting for non-elites, but I make exceptions for what I perceive to be programs in which there is excellent teaching, player development, and recognition of importance of academics and associated values. On [U]those[/U] standards, UConn and Stanford are among the elite (and there are others), though I root for UConn first and foremost. [/QUOTE]