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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 4086697, member: 6034"] Maybe not as simple, but: I don't think the academic requirements at Stanford have close to same impact on WBB (and probably women's sports generally) as they do on football and MBB. There are of course players that Tara would probably love to recruit but can't due to academics; on the other hand, there also seem to be more than enough truly elite players (including two recent #1's, according to Hoopgurlz, as well as players like Cameron Brink) who do make the cut, and for those players the school's academics and reputation are likely a major factor more often than not. (I can remember several posters commenting that the fact that M. Pivec commited to Oregon State over Stanford was something of an anomaly--not because of the quality of the programs or coaches, but because, given the opportunity to attend Stanford, almost everyone who qualified said "yes.") I think the academic requirements may pose a bigger hurdle in MBB (1 and done for those who are truly exceptional certainly doesn't help), while the numbers involved with football make the Stanford academic requirements, even if relaxed a bit, a formidable challenge in that sport. None of this would of course matter without Tara, but the pluses that Stanford itself brings to recruiting in WBB are imo considerable. [/QUOTE]