Oregon St (7) @ Stanford (11) - 2/08/19

[Plebe]

Jennifer Azzi on the pregame show, reminiscing about her Stanford days. She was one of my favorites. What a great player.

 

[Shades]

Love this defensive battle.

 

[UCBaller2012]

Oregon State hasn’t scored in like six mins

 

[Plebe]

Oregon State and Stanford have played some ugly and low-scoring affairs in recent years. Both are great defensive teams and both coaches are great game planners.

 

[Shades]

12-8 STAN end of first

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oregon State and Stanford have played some ugly and low-scoring affairs in recent years. Both are great defensive teams and both coaches are great game planners.

There was the fairly low scoring 2 OT thriller 2 years ago, OSU's only win ever at Maples.

 

[DefenseBB]

"gruñen" is a Spanish word that means "[they] growl/grumble"

WEll, we are talking about them PAC 12 network

 

[HuskyFan1125]

I had a feeling Stanford's size would be a problem. How many blocks do they have??? Add to that they are hitting 3's!!!!!

 

[Shades]

36-20 STAN at the half

Strangely enough, Stanford seem to get better when Smith got benched with the two fouls in the first half.

 

[DefenseBB]

Plus after the '94-95 season Tara was the Olympic coach and argued with the selection committee to keep Lobo off the team. They basically made her take Rebecca, who was NCAA POY and the poster child for WBB and the new WNBA, and Tara proceeded to mistreat her and badmouth her.

So I dislike Tara, although I do think she's a great coach, and all those other nice things about her are true.

Time heals all wounds or so the saying goes. I respect what @TheFarmFan said and found this article that worth a read for many of the older BYers who also hold this grudge.
GOOD TIMING BY TARA

Just like those Tenn fans who despise Geno, despite Geno and Pat making amends during her last years of coaching and him donating to her foundation. If he can forgive so can we. Just my humble opinion.

 

[Plebe]

Beavers 0-7 from 3 in first half. They live and die from distance.

 

[Plebe]

Time heals all wounds or so the saying goes. I respect what @TheFarmFan said and found this article that worth a read for many of the older BYers who also hold this grudge.
GOOD TIMING BY TARA

Just like those Tenn fans who despise Geno, despite Geno and Pat making amends during her last years of coaching and him donating to her foundation. If he can forgive so can we. Just my humble opinion.

Thanks for sharing this article. Really a great read.

 

[nwhoopfan]

In a weird SNAFU I'm not getting Pac 12 Network currently so can't watch the game.

Stanford has lost twice recently to Utah and Cal. It kinda seems like some people wrote them off because of that. I've seen a few comments about the top 7 clearly separating themselves from everybody else, and Stanford isn't in that top 7. Well....they are still a team to be reckoned with. They are still the only team to hang a loss on Baylor. When Oregon visits on Sunday will be VERY interesting.

 

[Shades]

Yikes, OSU pretty bad tonight. STAN up by 22 mid third.

 

[Plebe]

In a weird SNAFU I'm not getting Pac 12 Network currently so can't watch the game.

Stanford has lost twice recently to Utah and Cal. It kinda seems like some people wrote them off because of that. I've seen a few comments about the top 7 clearly separating themselves from everybody else, and Stanford isn't in that top 7. Well....they are still a team to be reckoned with. They are still the only team to hang a loss on Baylor. When Oregon visits on Sunday will be VERY interesting.

Huh? What happened to your P12 network?

Stanford is unbeaten at home, including the big win over Baylor. On the road they've lost to Gonzaga, Utah and Cal. A lot of teams this year have been home court heroes, Stanford no exception.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Huh? What happened to your P12 network?

Some idiot turned about half of our channels off, including everything sports related. And somehow turning them back on takes a week? I can't even fathom that, should be an instantaneous fix. I don't get it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford is unbeaten at home, including the big win over Baylor. On the road they've lost to Gonzaga, Utah and Cal. A lot of teams this year have been home court heroes, Stanford no exception.

Well they do have road wins over Buffalo and Arizona St. (and Tennessee but that doesn't really count anymore I guess).

 

[biobioprof]

50-29 after 3 quarters. wow.

 

[Shades]

Stanford has lost twice recently to Utah and Cal. It kinda seems like some people wrote them off because of that. I've seen a few comments about the top 7 clearly separating themselves from everybody else, and Stanford isn't in that top 7. Well....they are still a team to be reckoned with.

Stanford was picked to win this game by 75% of the respondents, including me. I just thought OSU would make more of a game of it. OSU doesn’t even look like a Top 25 team tonight.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford was picked to win this game by 75% of the respondents, including me. I just thought OSU would make more of a game of it. OSU doesn’t even look like a Top 25 team tonight.

They've been winning games but I said it before, they have a fairly thin margin for error. No depth at all now, and if the 3's aren't falling they can have trouble manufacturing points. I think they are still missing Tudor badly.

 

[Plebe]

Well they do have road wins over Buffalo and Arizona St. (and Tennessee but that doesn't really count anymore I guess).

Okay, golf clap for beating ASU and Buffalo, but a team that's good enough to vie for a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament really shouldn't be losing those games.

If they had lost on the road to Tennessee, I would be talking so much trash about them...

 

[Plebe]

Stanford is making this game look like a warmup for the Oregon showdown. Not surprised they're winning, but certainly surprised by the margin.

 

[CompSci87]

Is OSU always all about Slocum? She looked good just now hitting a couple of 3s, but she's been ball hogging all game.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Okay, golf clap for beating ASU

Are you forgetting how much trouble ASU gave Baylor and Louisville? Deserves more than a golf clap I'd say.

 

[Plebe]

Is OSU always all about Slocum? She looked good just now hitting a couple of 3s, but she's been ball hogging all game.

No, but when your fellow starters are 4 of 29 ...

 

[Plebe]

Are you forgetting how much trouble ASU gave Baylor and Louisville? Deserves more than a golf clap I'd say.

Okay, maybe a tennis clap for ASU

 

[nwhoopfan]

Is OSU always all about Slocum? She looked good just now hitting a couple of 3s, but she's been ball hogging all game.

It's been a work in progress all year for her getting others involved vs. taking over herself. Goodman is usually a deadly shooter and Pivec scores in a variety of ways.

 

[DefenseBB]

Okay, maybe a tennis clap for ASU

That was funny...Although I agree heartedly with NW, ASU is still underated and I like CTT

 

[Boreifs]

I think this board will be a lot more interested when Oregon is involved. Stanford & Oregon State are outside of the interchangeable top 7. There seems to be a wide gap after 7 so forgive our lack of enthusiasm. Good to see PAC-12 being more competitive, though.

You do remember that Stanford beat Baylor?!

 

[triaddukefan]

You might be the first person I've ever heard say they dislike Tara. Like, actually, literally, ever. She coaches hard, develops her players well, almost never complains about the officials, always gives the other team credit, does everything she can to promote the game, and never speaks out of turn (something even Geno occasionally slips up and does). Heck, when recruited players get rejected from Stanford admissions office, she finds them a home across the bay at arch-rival Cal. I'd love to know your reasons!

I wrote in a thread back in 2017

Have rooted against TN and Stanford WCBB since the early 90s.... Thats over 25 years of dislike/disgust harboring within me

Well in my younger years, I was a UVA WCBB fan.. 1990... Stanford beat them in the semi-finals..... 1991.... TN beat them in the Finals... and 1992. Stanford eliminated them in the semis.. in Dawn Staley's final game.

Plus she said some crap about Chelsea Gray a few years ago... in a rant talking about the lack of respect for the Pac-12 and what was so great about the ACC. Didnt sit well with me.