[Papa John]

[quote author=burger link=topic=9454.msg82510#msg82510 date=1390571924]
[quote author=Papa John link=topic=9454.msg82507#msg82507 date=1390548671]I think it's safe to say that Johnny Dawkins has a Pauley Pavilion problem.

maybe Stanford just has a Pauley problem, period.
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Stanford has had a Pauley problem from the time that it opened.  Stanford lost every game in Pauley for 25 years (1965 to 1989) before finally winning there in 1990.  Stanford had an amazing 8 year winning streak from 1998 to 2005 but has lost every game at UCLA since.
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I started following Stanford sports in 1980, my freshman year. During my undergraduate years, the men's basketball team never had a winning conference record, but managed an overall winning record in 1984. That year, we actually beat UCLA at Maples, and I remember the student section chanting "NIT, NIT!" Not as a taunt of the Bruins, but because we desperately wanted a bid to the NIT (the NCAA had yet to fully expand and was way out of reach. And yes, I rushed the very springy court when the game was over.

That trip down memory lane aside, I propose that, for argument's sake, we consider 1986-87 as the beginning of the modern era of Stanford basketball. There's no point comparing Johnny Dawkins coaching to that of Dick Dibiaso or Tom Davis. And while I'm not a big defender of Trent Johnson, his Stanford team did beat UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in 2005, once in four tries. JD is 0-6.

[Papa John]

[quote author=burger link=topic=9454.msg82510#msg82510 date=1390571924]
[quote author=Papa John link=topic=9454.msg82507#msg82507 date=1390548671]I think it's safe to say that Johnny Dawkins has a Pauley Pavilion problem.

maybe Stanford just has a Pauley problem, period.
[/quote]

Stanford has had a Pauley problem from the time that it opened.  Stanford lost every game in Pauley for 25 years (1965 to 1989) before finally winning there in 1990.  Stanford had an amazing 8 year winning streak from 1998 to 2005 but has lost every game at UCLA since.
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I started following Stanford sports in 1980, my freshman year. During my undergraduate years, the men's basketball team never had a winning conference record, but managed an overall winning record in 1984. That year, we actually beat UCLA at Maples, and I remember the student section chanting "NIT, NIT!" Not as a taunt of the Bruins, but because we desperately wanted a bid to the NIT (the NCAA had yet to fully expand and was way out of reach. And yes, I rushed the very springy court when the game was over.

That trip down memory lane aside, I propose that, for argument's sake, we consider 1986-87 as the beginning of the modern era of Stanford basketball. There's no point comparing Johnny Dawkins coaching to that of Dick Dibiaso or Tom Davis. And while I'm not a big defender of Trent Johnson, his Stanford team did beat UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in 2005, once in four tries. JD is 0-6.