01-28-2021, 11:44 AM
(01-27-2021, 08:02 PM)needle Wrote:(01-27-2021, 05:47 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote:(01-27-2021, 05:10 PM)donkey687 Wrote:(01-27-2021, 03:14 PM)burger Wrote: The good news: The USC games have been rescheduled for Feb. 2nd (Maples) and Feb. 22nd (LA). That's two chances for quality wins.Ouch, that hurts. We proved we could win without those 3 against UCLA but it sure makes life harder. We were lucky that no one got into foul trouble. Has there been any indication of William's issue? COVID quarantine perhaps?
The bad news: We have 4 games in 8 days coming up: 1/28 @ Ariz, 1/30 @ ASU, 2/2 USC, 2/4 Cal
The worse news: Wills, Davis, and Williams are not traveling to Arizona and won't be available for either of those games. No word beyond that.
I think Stanford was helped significantly vs. UCLA by not having to play USC 2 days earlier. The team was rested and looked energized. Don't know how they can sustain that same level over a 4 game-in-8-day stretch without Davis, Wills and Williams. Hope that some will be back for USC and Cal.
If the goal is NCAA or bust, for sure need to win two of the next three, imo.
If the goal is NCAA or bust, missing 3 starters who combine to average 32ppg seems like a very significant obstacle in achieving said goal.
That said, the same team did beat UCLA sooo.....