[Spiny_Norman]

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Stanford sports equinox?

BC

What's equal about it?    How about zenith?

By the way, Stanford WWP was soundly (IMO) beaten by U$C at Avery.  We're tied for 3rd in MPSF with UCLA, behind U$C & ןɐɔ.  The team looked sluggish to me, and committed more errors than I expected (sadly, the bad passes reminded me of WBB).  My hopes of Stanford winning the NC in WWP this year have dropped considerably.  (I haven't watched the broadcast.  Maybe it contains some clue as to any reasons contributing to the loss.)  Remember, only 3 go to the NCAA tourney.  If we aren't in the top 3 at MPSF, we get no Director's Cup points.
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It was a desultory effort. The team played in the same lackluster manner in the 2nd and 3rd periods vs. UCLA the week prior and gave up a 5-1 lead before turning it on in the 4th quarter to win 8-5. So the capability is there if they sustain it over 4 quarters. However U.SC has shown improvement as the season has progressed. Stanford has not. They seemed to play their best when they stuffed U.SC and UCLA at the UC Irvine tournament back in February.

Here are the records of the top MPSF teams vs each other:
Stanford - 1-1 vs. C.al, 1-1 vs. U.SC, 2-0 vs. UCLA - 4-2 overall
U.SC - 1-1 vs. Stanford, 2-0 vs. C.al, 1-0 vs. UCLA - 4-1 overall
UCLA - 0-2 vs. Stanford, 0-1 vs. U.SC, 1-1 vs. C.al - 1-4 overall
C.al - 1-1 vs. Stanford, 1-1 vs. UCLA, 0-2 vs. U.SC - 2-4 overall

Stanford looks to be in a good position to advance to the NCAAs out of the MPSF, but they need a good effort in the conference tournament for momentum and confidence.

Interestingly Stanford has only won the MPSF tournament once in a season in which they went on to win a NC - 2014. For the other 5 NC seasons, they did not win the MPSF.

[Spiny_Norman]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=19017.msg228074#msg228074 date=1523917399]
Stanford sports equinox?

BC

What's equal about it?    How about zenith?

By the way, Stanford WWP was soundly (IMO) beaten by U$C at Avery.  We're tied for 3rd in MPSF with UCLA, behind U$C & ןɐɔ.  The team looked sluggish to me, and committed more errors than I expected (sadly, the bad passes reminded me of WBB).  My hopes of Stanford winning the NC in WWP this year have dropped considerably.  (I haven't watched the broadcast.  Maybe it contains some clue as to any reasons contributing to the loss.)  Remember, only 3 go to the NCAA tourney.  If we aren't in the top 3 at MPSF, we get no Director's Cup points.
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It was a desultory effort. The team played in the same lackluster manner in the 2nd and 3rd periods vs. UCLA the week prior and gave up a 5-1 lead before turning it on in the 4th quarter to win 8-5. So the capability is there if they sustain it over 4 quarters. However U.SC has shown improvement as the season has progressed. Stanford has not. They seemed to play their best when they stuffed U.SC and UCLA at the UC Irvine tournament back in February.

Here are the records of the top MPSF teams vs each other:
Stanford - 1-1 vs. C.al, 1-1 vs. U.SC, 2-0 vs. UCLA - 4-2 overall
U.SC - 1-1 vs. Stanford, 2-0 vs. C.al, 1-0 vs. UCLA - 4-1 overall
UCLA - 0-2 vs. Stanford, 0-1 vs. U.SC, 1-1 vs. C.al - 1-4 overall
C.al - 1-1 vs. Stanford, 1-1 vs. UCLA, 0-2 vs. U.SC - 2-4 overall

Stanford looks to be in a good position to advance to the NCAAs out of the MPSF, but they need a good effort in the conference tournament for momentum and confidence.

Interestingly Stanford has only won the MPSF tournament once in a season in which they went on to win a NC - 2014. For the other 5 NC seasons, they did not win the MPSF.