Filed under: California, Stanford, Pac-10
PALO ALTO, Cal. -- It's been kind of a busy week around the Stanford campus, not exactly a typical holiday break.A filled-to-the-brim charter plane left the day after Christmas to take the football team to the Orange Bowl where the fourth-ranked Cardinal will play Virginia Tech Monday night.
Those around the athletic department that didn't go to Miami stuck around to see the No. 9-ranked women's basketball team end Connecticut's 90-game record win streak on Thursday.
The men's basketball team has been an afterthought, really, the holiday equivalent of the last few cookies left on the plate after New Year's.
The young Cardinal have been toiling in relative anonymity for a couple of months now while the hubbub has been directed elsewhere, and even Sunday night's Pac-10 opener against rival Cal at home lacked full-throated support. Open seats and relative, but not rabid enthusiasm greeted Stanford.
But the Cardinal managed to send the folks who did show up home happy with a 82-68 win over the Bears.
These are two of the most youthful teams in the Pac-10, if not the country. Between them, 12 freshmen on scholarship.
Stanford is one of three teams in the Pac-10 with no seniors. And neither team is expected to be knocking off the big boys in the conference this season.
But when the Pac-10 is as mediocre as it is, maybe there's room for something or someone unexpected. A team that might be considered an afterthought, perhaps...
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Source: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/02/stanford-wins-battle-of-youth-against-cal/
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