[teejers1]

The last time we played Maryland in Spokane…

https://youtu.be/BQ34XW45unI

BC

Thanks so much for posting. I have such great memories of this game, starting with the fact that we (at least the fans) went into it with a bit of chip on our shoulders, thinking we should have been the #1 seed, not Maryland. At the time, we were higher ranked in the polls. And then at the team send-off at the Davenport Annex, the #2 seed team hotel, Jayne was dancing and looked so full of energy and excitement, I turned to my husband and said, "that's it, Stanford is going to win." The game was fantastic, and yes, the duel between Wiggins and Tolliver, amazing. At the end, in the postgame interview on the floor, Candice breaking down in tears and saying, I just love my team, I just love my coach. Going onward, to the final four in Tampa, first final four since 1997, an 11-year gap -- and there beating UConn in the Semis after having lost to them in the Bahamas in November. So much, so very much, tied to that game against Maryland in Spokane in 2008.  For me, it was a rebirth of greatness of Stanford WBB.

At that post-game interview moment, I distinctly recall thinking:  "Wiggins may be my favorite Stanford basketball player ever!"  Her uncontained and unadulterated joy was a thing to behold.  [And was it Wiggins or Powell who, when learning of her Stanford offer via a jersey being put on her bed at the hotel room, slept in the jersey that night?].

P.S.  Just because she shouldn't be forgotten: J.J. Hones!

[teejers1]

The last time we played Maryland in Spokane…

https://youtu.be/BQ34XW45unI

BC

Thanks so much for posting. I have such great memories of this game, starting with the fact that we (at least the fans) went into it with a bit of chip on our shoulders, thinking we should have been the #1 seed, not Maryland. At the time, we were higher ranked in the polls. And then at the team send-off at the Davenport Annex, the #2 seed team hotel, Jayne was dancing and looked so full of energy and excitement, I turned to my husband and said, "that's it, Stanford is going to win." The game was fantastic, and yes, the duel between Wiggins and Tolliver, amazing. At the end, in the postgame interview on the floor, Candice breaking down in tears and saying, I just love my team, I just love my coach. Going onward, to the final four in Tampa, first final four since 1997, an 11-year gap -- and there beating UConn in the Semis after having lost to them in the Bahamas in November. So much, so very much, tied to that game against Maryland in Spokane in 2008.  For me, it was a rebirth of greatness of Stanford WBB.

At that post-game interview moment, I distinctly recall thinking:  "Wiggins may be my favorite Stanford basketball player ever!"  Her uncontained and unadulterated joy was a thing to behold.  [And was it Wiggins or Powell who, when learning of her Stanford offer via a jersey being put on her bed at the hotel room, slept in the jersey that night?].

P.S.  Just because she shouldn't be forgotten: J.J. Hones!