[Mick]

It looks like Stanford hasn't played Santa Clara since 2015 if I'm reading gostanford.com history correctly.

We don't talk about that game.

An infamous game, and if you need to know more, remember that JR Payne who coached Santa Clara that year brought her brutalist philosophy to Colorado, so it is a recurring bad dream.  Win or lose, I always feel fortunate to come out of a Payne game with no injuries.

Santa Clara today, however, is coached by Bill Carr, a former USF basketball player.  He has coached Santa Clara for 7 years since Payne left--but I know nothing about his basketball philosophy.  Let's hope it is a good clean war of movement and not a Payne-inspired quicksand pit.

That 2015 SCU team went 23-9 and lost in the first round of the WNIT to Fresno State. They averaged 21 fouls per game, this year's version averages 14 fouls per game. I don't think it will be a slugfest, and I think SCU will lose by about 25.

[Mick]

It looks like Stanford hasn't played Santa Clara since 2015 if I'm reading gostanford.com history correctly.

We don't talk about that game.

An infamous game, and if you need to know more, remember that JR Payne who coached Santa Clara that year brought her brutalist philosophy to Colorado, so it is a recurring bad dream.  Win or lose, I always feel fortunate to come out of a Payne game with no injuries.

Santa Clara today, however, is coached by Bill Carr, a former USF basketball player.  He has coached Santa Clara for 7 years since Payne left--but I know nothing about his basketball philosophy.  Let's hope it is a good clean war of movement and not a Payne-inspired quicksand pit.

That 2015 SCU team went 23-9 and lost in the first round of the WNIT to Fresno State. They averaged 21 fouls per game, this year's version averages 14 fouls per game. I don't think it will be a slugfest, and I think SCU will lose by about 25.