[skip75]

Stanford goes to San Jose for their first true road game of the season (the two Acrisure games were neutral court games).  Stanford is favored by 8.5, with an over/under of 147.5 - implied score is 78-69.5.  The Spartans are 5-5, with all of their results lining up with expectations - no particularly good wins nor unexpected losses..  In the Mountain West pre-season poll, they were picked to finish 10th of 12.  This is a game where Stanford needs to shake off any finals week rust quickly and get a solid bounce-back win after the disappointing UNLV loss.

Expected starters for San Jose are:
#0 Colby Garland (6'0/190 Jr G)  Leads the Spartans with 18.8 ppg and 4.1 apg (and also with 2.6 turnovers/game);
#32 Yaphet Moundi (6'8/237 Sr F)  From France, leads with 8.5 rpg and chips in 12.3 ppg;
#13 Jermaine Washington (6'1/180 So G) 12.2 ppg, including a team-leading 2.4 3s/game, shooting 41% on 3s;
#99 Sadraque Nganga (6'8/260 RJr F) From Angola;
#4 Melvin Bell Jr. (6'4/ 195 Fr G)  

Injuries to some key players, including Ja Vaughn Hannah, Marcus Overstreet, Christian Wise, and Ben Roseborough have left the Spartans with a short bench in the last couple games.

Hopefully Stanford can take advantage of better depth & size (& athleticism??) to make this a routine win.  And I'm going to continue to channel my inner Christopher Walken with the demand: "I gotta have more Giltay!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

[skip75]

Stanford goes to San Jose for their first true road game of the season (the two Acrisure games were neutral court games).  Stanford is favored by 8.5, with an over/under of 147.5 - implied score is 78-69.5.  The Spartans are 5-5, with all of their results lining up with expectations - no particularly good wins nor unexpected losses..  In the Mountain West pre-season poll, they were picked to finish 10th of 12.  This is a game where Stanford needs to shake off any finals week rust quickly and get a solid bounce-back win after the disappointing UNLV loss.

Expected starters for San Jose are:
#0 Colby Garland (6'0/190 Jr G)  Leads the Spartans with 18.8 ppg and 4.1 apg (and also with 2.6 turnovers/game);
#32 Yaphet Moundi (6'8/237 Sr F)  From France, leads with 8.5 rpg and chips in 12.3 ppg;
#13 Jermaine Washington (6'1/180 So G) 12.2 ppg, including a team-leading 2.4 3s/game, shooting 41% on 3s;
#99 Sadraque Nganga (6'8/260 RJr F) From Angola;
#4 Melvin Bell Jr. (6'4/ 195 Fr G)  

Injuries to some key players, including Ja Vaughn Hannah, Marcus Overstreet, Christian Wise, and Ben Roseborough have left the Spartans with a short bench in the last couple games.

Hopefully Stanford can take advantage of better depth & size (& athleticism??) to make this a routine win.  And I'm going to continue to channel my inner Christopher Walken with the demand: "I gotta have more Giltay!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

[old spanish trail]

Stanford goes to San Jose for their first true road game of the season (the two Acrisure games were neutral court games).  Stanford is favored by 8.5, with an over/under of 147.5 - implied score is 78-69.5.  The Spartans are 5-5, with all of their results lining up with expectations - no particularly good wins nor unexpected losses..  In the Mountain West pre-season poll, they were picked to finish 10th of 12.  This is a game where Stanford needs to shake off any finals week rust quickly and get a solid bounce-back win after the disappointing UNLV loss.

Expected starters for San Jose are:
#0 Colby Garland (6'0/190 Jr G)  Leads the Spartans with 18.8 ppg and 4.1 apg (and also with 2.6 turnovers/game);
#32 Yaphet Moundi (6'8/237 Sr F)  From France, leads with 8.5 rpg and chips in 12.3 ppg;
#13 Jermaine Washington (6'1/180 So G) 12.2 ppg, including a team-leading 2.4 3s/game, shooting 41% on 3s;
#99 Sadraque Nganga (6'8/260 RJr F) From Angola;
#4 Melvin Bell Jr. (6'4/ 195 Fr G)  

Injuries to some key players, including Ja Vaughn Hannah, Marcus Overstreet, Christian Wise, and Ben Roseborough have left the Spartans with a short bench in the last couple games.

Hopefully Stanford can take advantage of better depth & size (& athleticism??) to make this a routine win.  And I'm going to continue to channel my inner Christopher Walken with the demand: "I gotta have more Giltay!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

Thanks, Skip, with you on Giltay, and does anyone know when Donovan Young will return?

[old spanish trail]

Stanford goes to San Jose for their first true road game of the season (the two Acrisure games were neutral court games).  Stanford is favored by 8.5, with an over/under of 147.5 - implied score is 78-69.5.  The Spartans are 5-5, with all of their results lining up with expectations - no particularly good wins nor unexpected losses..  In the Mountain West pre-season poll, they were picked to finish 10th of 12.  This is a game where Stanford needs to shake off any finals week rust quickly and get a solid bounce-back win after the disappointing UNLV loss.

Expected starters for San Jose are:
#0 Colby Garland (6'0/190 Jr G)  Leads the Spartans with 18.8 ppg and 4.1 apg (and also with 2.6 turnovers/game);
#32 Yaphet Moundi (6'8/237 Sr F)  From France, leads with 8.5 rpg and chips in 12.3 ppg;
#13 Jermaine Washington (6'1/180 So G) 12.2 ppg, including a team-leading 2.4 3s/game, shooting 41% on 3s;
#99 Sadraque Nganga (6'8/260 RJr F) From Angola;
#4 Melvin Bell Jr. (6'4/ 195 Fr G)  

Injuries to some key players, including Ja Vaughn Hannah, Marcus Overstreet, Christian Wise, and Ben Roseborough have left the Spartans with a short bench in the last couple games.

Hopefully Stanford can take advantage of better depth & size (& athleticism??) to make this a routine win.  And I'm going to continue to channel my inner Christopher Walken with the demand: "I gotta have more Giltay!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

Thanks, Skip, with you on Giltay, and does anyone know when Donovan Young will return?

[JJJ]

Ebuka Okorie is out today! :(

[JJJ]

Ebuka Okorie is out today! :(

[76lsjumb]

At game. Okorie not dressed.

[76lsjumb]

At game. Okorie not dressed.

[JJJ]

At game. Okorie not dressed.

TV showed “lower body” as the issue

[JJJ]

At game. Okorie not dressed.

TV showed “lower body” as the issue

[skip75]

Okorie out today - I guess his first finals week was a bit rough??  Benny, Jeremy, Ryan, & ??? will have to step up.

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Stanford up 22-12 eight minutes in.  Jeremy is 3-4 from 3 and Benny & Ryan are each 1-1.  Giltay seeing early action.

[skip75]

Okorie out today - I guess his first finals week was a bit rough??  Benny, Jeremy, Ryan, & ??? will have to step up.

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Stanford up 22-12 eight minutes in.  Jeremy is 3-4 from 3 and Benny & Ryan are each 1-1.  Giltay seeing early action.

[76lsjumb]

Another game that may end up being decided by the refs. Extremely physical and the calls are totally random…

[76lsjumb]

Another game that may end up being decided by the refs. Extremely physical and the calls are totally random…

[BostonCard]

44-36 going into the second half.  Stanford started strong, but SJS cut it to single digits.

BC

[BostonCard]

44-36 going into the second half.  Stanford started strong, but SJS cut it to single digits.

BC

[JJJ]

4pt lead quickly grows to 11pts. Keep getting stops, guys!

[JJJ]

4pt lead quickly grows to 11pts. Keep getting stops, guys!

[76lsjumb]

The last two offensive possessions were works of art!  This Kyle Smith guy can coach!

[76lsjumb]

The last two offensive possessions were works of art!  This Kyle Smith guy can coach!

[needle]

Stanford up by only two with 28.4 seconds left. Pretty bad choke job, to be honest: so many turnovers.

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One more turnover by Stanford gives SJS the ball down only two, but Camman slaps the ball out of a Spartan post player, Gealer gets his hands on it and then knocks down two from the charity stripe to seal the win.

Whew!

[needle]

Stanford up by only two with 28.4 seconds left. Pretty bad choke job, to be honest: so many turnovers.

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One more turnover by Stanford gives SJS the ball down only two, but Camman slaps the ball out of a Spartan post player, Gealer gets his hands on it and then knocks down two from the charity stripe to seal the win.

Whew!

[PalmTree]

Well - that wasn't very fun - 20 TOs, with ~ 4 in the last 3-4 minutes or so.  OK, at least we won + overall our shooting wasn't bad and I was surprised at our rebounding advantage.  Did not expect that Rohosy and Okpara would be our leading scorers.

[PalmTree]

Well - that wasn't very fun - 20 TOs, with ~ 4 in the last 3-4 minutes or so.  OK, at least we won + overall our shooting wasn't bad and I was surprised at our rebounding advantage.  Did not expect that Rohosy and Okpara would be our leading scorers.

[JJJ]

I hate to say this but Rohosy’s FTs are worse than Shaq’s. I hope Rev can do something about it.

[JJJ]

I hate to say this but Rohosy’s FTs are worse than Shaq’s. I hope Rev can do something about it.

[needle]

Rohosy says "now that he's out..." when asked what the team need to do to improve given a missing Okorie -- not what I wanted to hear as a fan.

[needle]

Rohosy says "now that he's out..." when asked what the team need to do to improve given a missing Okorie -- not what I wanted to hear as a fan.

[JJJ]

Rohosy says "now that he's out..." when asked what the team need to do to improve given a missing Okorie -- not what I wanted to hear as a fan.

I caught that too. But the announcers also said he was rebounding for his teammates at shootaround. I’m hoping it’s not that bad.

[JJJ]

Rohosy says "now that he's out..." when asked what the team need to do to improve given a missing Okorie -- not what I wanted to hear as a fan.

I caught that too. But the announcers also said he was rebounding for his teammates at shootaround. I’m hoping it’s not that bad.

[SkiBum80]

Missed the game due to an event I needed attend
Catching up now w highlights and more
I gotta believe Coach Smith happy w the win 
However I’m guessing not happy w the game not particularly being his hallmark emphasis on ball control & tight defense
I’m sure missing Okorie hurt but it can’t be a one man offense or we will struggle to duplicate last years moderate succes

[SkiBum80]

Missed the game due to an event I needed attend
Catching up now w highlights and more
I gotta believe Coach Smith happy w the win 
However I’m guessing not happy w the game not particularly being his hallmark emphasis on ball control & tight defense
I’m sure missing Okorie hurt but it can’t be a one man offense or we will struggle to duplicate last years moderate succes

[burger]

I missed this game, too.  But looking at the advanced stats, the absence of Okorie was clearly felt: we had our highest offensive turnover rate of the season and our lowest rate of turnovers forced on defense. 

Fingers crossed for a quick recovery before the conference games start.

[burger]

I missed this game, too.  But looking at the advanced stats, the absence of Okorie was clearly felt: we had our highest offensive turnover rate of the season and our lowest rate of turnovers forced on defense. 

Fingers crossed for a quick recovery before the conference games start.