[towen883]

The way I remember hearing it is that Duke and Stanford were both recruiting CJ and Mike Dunleavy Jr, the top 2 West Coast prospects at the SG/SF positions, heavily.  Dunleavy committed to Duke first, filling that need, and CJ committed to Stanford shortly thereafter.

Sadly, Stanford's storied 2000-01 season ended with a 87-73 loss to Maryland in the Western Regional finals. The Terps were led by Juan Dixon and sophomore PF Lonny Baxter, who was named the Regional's MOP.  This was made more painful by the fact that Mike Montgomery had highly coveted Baxter, a MD native, as a recruiting target out of high school.

BTW - I was at that Newell Classic game too - good times!!!

I was at both games too.  I still can't get over how Maryland had guys who shot 27% for the season hitting 3 point after 3 point.  Horrible taste in my mouth to this day.

[towen883]

The way I remember hearing it is that Duke and Stanford were both recruiting CJ and Mike Dunleavy Jr, the top 2 West Coast prospects at the SG/SF positions, heavily.  Dunleavy committed to Duke first, filling that need, and CJ committed to Stanford shortly thereafter.

Sadly, Stanford's storied 2000-01 season ended with a 87-73 loss to Maryland in the Western Regional finals. The Terps were led by Juan Dixon and sophomore PF Lonny Baxter, who was named the Regional's MOP.  This was made more painful by the fact that Mike Montgomery had highly coveted Baxter, a MD native, as a recruiting target out of high school.

BTW - I was at that Newell Classic game too - good times!!!

I was at both games too.  I still can't get over how Maryland had guys who shot 27% for the season hitting 3 point after 3 point.  Horrible taste in my mouth to this day.