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One other observation - this is a young team (though not inexperienced).  Among the players listed as starters for week 1, only 4 are in their final year of eligibility (Bright, Marx, Cotton, Kalambayi).

That really is remarkable, especially when combined with only losing three starters from last year to graduation (Lloyd, Caspers, Rector).
[There were two other guys who were starters at least part time - Owusu and Hoffpaiur.]

This is the reason that some of the more detailed analysts out there have been suggesting 2018 might be Stanford's year (e.g. Bill Connelly). 

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One other observation - this is a young team (though not inexperienced).  Among the players listed as starters for week 1, only 4 are in their final year of eligibility (Bright, Marx, Cotton, Kalambayi).

That really is remarkable, especially when combined with only losing three starters from last year to graduation (Lloyd, Caspers, Rector).
[There were two other guys who were starters at least part time - Owusu and Hoffpaiur.]

This is the reason that some of the more detailed analysts out there have been suggesting 2018 might be Stanford's year (e.g. Bill Connelly).