[ColoradoTree]

TBH, I hope that this is embarrassing enough for the AD to work hard at reviving the bball program. Right now, the only reason players would come to Stanford is for the degree or geography; it's not to join a competitive program. So, now that Reid Travis has the degree, it is quite understandable he'd go somewhere to compete for an NC. I'm hoping to return to a time when players would want to stay at Stanford to compete for an NC.

-m.

Exactly. I'd like to be mad at Travis for leaving, because this stings.  But if he wins (or gets close to winning) a national title next year, he will have (1) gotten a Stanford degree, (2) competed for a national title, and (3) improved his NBA draft stock.  He has made an extremely rational decision and has not sacrificed education (at least his undergraduate education) to do it.  Best of luck to him.  He didn't let us down; our program let him down by not being sufficiently competitive.  And that's why it stings.

[ColoradoTree]

TBH, I hope that this is embarrassing enough for the AD to work hard at reviving the bball program. Right now, the only reason players would come to Stanford is for the degree or geography; it's not to join a competitive program. So, now that Reid Travis has the degree, it is quite understandable he'd go somewhere to compete for an NC. I'm hoping to return to a time when players would want to stay at Stanford to compete for an NC.

-m.

Exactly. I'd like to be mad at Travis for leaving, because this stings.  But if he wins (or gets close to winning) a national title next year, he will have (1) gotten a Stanford degree, (2) competed for a national title, and (3) improved his NBA draft stock.  He has made an extremely rational decision and has not sacrificed education (at least his undergraduate education) to do it.  Best of luck to him.  He didn't let us down; our program let him down by not being sufficiently competitive.  And that's why it stings.