[Robbie]

I didn't buy tickets yet - but they are cheap.

Anyone in Seattle want to join me to see the MBB team play tonight (three hours from now)?

Yes, I should have done this before now. But I can't change the past.

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And if you are already going (because you are a better planner than I am) drop me a message anyway. Leaning toward going even by myself - but I'd be happy to say hi.

[Robbie]

I didn't buy tickets yet - but they are cheap.

Anyone in Seattle want to join me to see the MBB team play tonight (three hours from now)?

Yes, I should have done this before now. But I can't change the past.

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And if you are already going (because you are a better planner than I am) drop me a message anyway. Leaning toward going even by myself - but I'd be happy to say hi.

[BostonCard]

Is anyone watching the game?

Been a close one in the first half (tied at 27 with about 5 minutes left) as I write.

BC

[BostonCard]

Is anyone watching the game?

Been a close one in the first half (tied at 27 with about 5 minutes left) as I write.

BC

[needle]

Is anyone watching the game?

Been a close one in the first half (tied at 27 with about 5 minutes left) as I write.

BC

Seems like Washington is at the sure-why-not stage of their season, giving big minutes to some guys who I don't think have normally been logging much playing time. I am confident Stanford will get the victory.

[needle]

Is anyone watching the game?

Been a close one in the first half (tied at 27 with about 5 minutes left) as I write.

BC

Seems like Washington is at the sure-why-not stage of their season, giving big minutes to some guys who I don't think have normally been logging much playing time. I am confident Stanford will get the victory.

[BobK]

Very close now at the half.
I’m not confident at all but hopeful

[BobK]

Very close now at the half.
I’m not confident at all but hopeful

[Madera86]

Eight point lead with 10 seconds to play. Nice win on the road. Go Card!

[Madera86]

Eight point lead with 10 seconds to play. Nice win on the road. Go Card!

[76lsjumb]

I'm not a big fan of Don MacLean, but he is absolutely right about one thing:  Why in the world are we fouling shooters -- particularly 3-point shooters -- at the end of this game ?????????

I'm pretty sure the neighbors have called the police to check out all the shouting next door about: TERRY, WHY ARE YOU FOULING THREE POINT SHOOTERS, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN?  YOU, TOO, JONES?????  REALLY????

Is there any player in the country who commits inopportune fouls on three-point shooters more than Terry?  Come on.  You're a Stanford student!!!

Whew, okay, I'm good now...

[76lsjumb]

I'm not a big fan of Don MacLean, but he is absolutely right about one thing:  Why in the world are we fouling shooters -- particularly 3-point shooters -- at the end of this game ?????????

I'm pretty sure the neighbors have called the police to check out all the shouting next door about: TERRY, WHY ARE YOU FOULING THREE POINT SHOOTERS, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN?  YOU, TOO, JONES?????  REALLY????

Is there any player in the country who commits inopportune fouls on three-point shooters more than Terry?  Come on.  You're a Stanford student!!!

Whew, okay, I'm good now...

[needle]

Stanford wins, 72-64!

The next game in Pullman is almost certainly a must win to keep NCAA tourney hopes alive.

[needle]

Stanford wins, 72-64!

The next game in Pullman is almost certainly a must win to keep NCAA tourney hopes alive.

[BobK]

Very good win. Yes now beat Washington State.
But please coach a little teaching on not fouling threes especially late with a nice lead

[BobK]

Very good win. Yes now beat Washington State.
But please coach a little teaching on not fouling threes especially late with a nice lead

[cardfan77]

... and kill some clock rather taking a quick 3 and missing it

[cardfan77]

... and kill some clock rather taking a quick 3 and missing it

[SamuelMcF]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

[SamuelMcF]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

[76lsjumb]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

[76lsjumb]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

[SamuelMcF]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

In high school, they were tall and quick enough to block those 3's every time. It's muscle memory. Great example of "needing to adjust to the college game."

[SamuelMcF]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

In high school, they were tall and quick enough to block those 3's every time. It's muscle memory. Great example of "needing to adjust to the college game."

[Robbie]

As (presumably) the lone representative of The Cardboard in the building, I should add a few observations.

I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.

I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.

And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.

(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)

The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.

Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.

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The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small.

Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?

(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)

[Robbie]

As (presumably) the lone representative of The Cardboard in the building, I should add a few observations.

I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.

I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.

And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.

(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)

The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.

Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.

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The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small.

Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?

(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)

[76lsjumb]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

In high school, they were tall and quick enough to block those 3's every time. It's muscle memory. Great example of "needing to adjust to the college game."

Well, okay, but, if we're going with cliches, my response would be: 26 games into the season, they're not freshmen any more.

Your move...  :-)

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As (presumably) the lone representative of The Cardboard in the building, I should add a few observations.

I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.

I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.

And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.

(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)

The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.

Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.

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The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small.

Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?

(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)

My wife, daughter, son-in-law, and two grandkids were there.  I know they were rooting for Stanford, at least...

[76lsjumb]

Freshmen being freshmen. You could see Haase yelling at Jones on both ends in the final seconds.

UW was favored by 2.5 and we won by 8 :) Sorely, sorely needed win on the road. A road sweep would be monumental.

Sorry, freshmen being freshmen doesn’t cut it. Last time I checked it was just as bad to foul 3-point shooters in high school, too...

It already caused (or at least contributed to) one loss this season. Thankfully, not tonight as well...

In high school, they were tall and quick enough to block those 3's every time. It's muscle memory. Great example of "needing to adjust to the college game."

Well, okay, but, if we're going with cliches, my response would be: 26 games into the season, they're not freshmen any more.

Your move...  :-)

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As (presumably) the lone representative of The Cardboard in the building, I should add a few observations.

I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.

I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.

And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.

(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)

The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.

Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.

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The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small.

Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?

(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)

My wife, daughter, son-in-law, and two grandkids were there.  I know they were rooting for Stanford, at least...

[CompSci87]

Davis "decommitted from Washington on two separate occasions" (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...t-stanford) before choosing Stanford. So no wonder some Washington fans resent him.

[CompSci87]

Davis "decommitted from Washington on two separate occasions" (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...t-stanford) before choosing Stanford. So no wonder some Washington fans resent him.

[Crafter Artisan]

I was also at the game, and if you heard a solitary voice yowling from the dark, remote recesses of the upper rind of section 14, or saw a figure in red there, that was Crafter Artisan acting like a maniac.

UW's arena showed flashes of the atmosphere it could hold, but the game mostly had a half-sour dill pickle ambience to it.  (That's the Jew in me speaking......) There was more than one time when it seemed like I had the loudest voice on the whole side where the big purple W looks upside down, which had me thinking, "Okay fine, if it comes to that I'll win this game for Stanford all by myself."

We were horn-locked with the Dawgs for all of the first half and a lot of the second, when neither team could go up by more than 4 points, and I could see Hopkins austerely coaching his huddle at one point near the end of the first half.  When the Cardinal ran back onto the floor at the end of halftime I was surprised to not hear a single boo, especially in light of the way we came back on them and started their downward slide earlier in the season.  I know it's hard to stay enthusiastic when you've lost eight straight games, but dang.

We rolled with some hard punches, including several nasty dunks and a four-point play, before our winning run.  Daejon Davis's one-handed throwdown dunk that made it 57-51 was the decider that got it going.

Next up the Cougs.  They've been tough at home, last night notwithstanding, so can't take them lightly.

[Crafter Artisan]

I was also at the game, and if you heard a solitary voice yowling from the dark, remote recesses of the upper rind of section 14, or saw a figure in red there, that was Crafter Artisan acting like a maniac.

UW's arena showed flashes of the atmosphere it could hold, but the game mostly had a half-sour dill pickle ambience to it.  (That's the Jew in me speaking......) There was more than one time when it seemed like I had the loudest voice on the whole side where the big purple W looks upside down, which had me thinking, "Okay fine, if it comes to that I'll win this game for Stanford all by myself."

We were horn-locked with the Dawgs for all of the first half and a lot of the second, when neither team could go up by more than 4 points, and I could see Hopkins austerely coaching his huddle at one point near the end of the first half.  When the Cardinal ran back onto the floor at the end of halftime I was surprised to not hear a single boo, especially in light of the way we came back on them and started their downward slide earlier in the season.  I know it's hard to stay enthusiastic when you've lost eight straight games, but dang.

We rolled with some hard punches, including several nasty dunks and a four-point play, before our winning run.  Daejon Davis's one-handed throwdown dunk that made it 57-51 was the decider that got it going.

Next up the Cougs.  They've been tough at home, last night notwithstanding, so can't take them lightly.

[OutsiderFan]

Doesn’t UW have projected lottery and first round picks? Didn’t they give #1 Baylor it’s only loss of the season? WTF happened to them this year?

Seattle is always producing great hoops talent so not like they lack for it. I mean sure they wanted Davis, but hard to make an argument they have missed him much. Same goes for Connor Wedington in football.

[OutsiderFan]

Doesn’t UW have projected lottery and first round picks? Didn’t they give #1 Baylor it’s only loss of the season? WTF happened to them this year?

Seattle is always producing great hoops talent so not like they lack for it. I mean sure they wanted Davis, but hard to make an argument they have missed him much. Same goes for Connor Wedington in football.

[PVTree]

Doesn’t UW have projected lottery and first round picks? Didn’t they give #1 Baylor it’s only loss of the season? WTF happened to them this year?

They lost their starting point guard to academic suspension I believe. Their first game without him was at Maples. It's been downhill since then for them.

[PVTree]

Doesn’t UW have projected lottery and first round picks? Didn’t they give #1 Baylor it’s only loss of the season? WTF happened to them this year?

They lost their starting point guard to academic suspension I believe. Their first game without him was at Maples. It's been downhill since then for them.