[GK3]

A LOT to like about this team and the mental toughness of the players.  Delaire is growing up before our eyes -- He was a rock star tonight.  Kasunas looks like a different player from just a month ago.  He even looks bigger and more athletic than earlier in the season.  O'Connell reminds me of Chris Hernandez -- smart, steady, never misses a free throw.  Or commits a turnover.  Missing three starters, and we win in Tucson for the first time in how many years?  Amazing!

Seems to me that if all the players suited up from both teams showed up one afternoon at the YMCA to play shirts and skins, most of the top 10 chosen would be Arizona players. But in a setting in which defense -- individual and team -- carries the day, you'd pick mostly the Stanford guys.

If you are picking based on how the guys were ranked coming out of high school maybe so, but if you are choosing based on Coach's tough and invested standards, you might choose our guys.

[GK3]

A LOT to like about this team and the mental toughness of the players.  Delaire is growing up before our eyes -- He was a rock star tonight.  Kasunas looks like a different player from just a month ago.  He even looks bigger and more athletic than earlier in the season.  O'Connell reminds me of Chris Hernandez -- smart, steady, never misses a free throw.  Or commits a turnover.  Missing three starters, and we win in Tucson for the first time in how many years?  Amazing!

Seems to me that if all the players suited up from both teams showed up one afternoon at the YMCA to play shirts and skins, most of the top 10 chosen would be Arizona players. But in a setting in which defense -- individual and team -- carries the day, you'd pick mostly the Stanford guys.

If you are picking based on how the guys were ranked coming out of high school maybe so, but if you are choosing based on Coach's tough and invested standards, you might choose our guys.