[skip75]

Biggest spread of the young season - Stanford favored by 18.5, over/under is 145.5 - implied score is 82-63.5.  Stanford's early season ratings range from 61-91. Rice may end up being the lowest rated opponent of the season - currently in the range of 227-265. This will be another Quad 4 game.

Rice finished 11th (of 13) in the American Athletic Conference last season and were picked to finish 12th this season - way behind Wichita State & Memphis, ahead of only UT San Antonio. Their head coach is Rob Lanier - in his 3rd season at Rice, following stints at Siena, Georgia State, & SMU.

The Owls opened up the season with 2 home games - a 100-55 win over Dallas Christian, followed up by a 72-71 loss to East Texas A&M.  In the loss, they were outrebounded 54-41, giving up 25 offensive rebounds. This is something Stanford should be able to take advantage of tonight.

Starters for Rice in both games were:
#5 Jacob Dar (6'7/190 Gr G/F) a Seton Hall transfer, leads the team in scoring (16.5ppg) & rebounds (7.5rpg);
#2 Jaxson Thompson (6'2/185 Fr G) a McDonalds All-American nominee, scoring 12.5ppg;
#24 Jimmy Oladokun Jr. (6'9/230 Sr F) a Sierra Canyon HS grad, returning starter, 11.0ppg on .714 shooting, leads team with 5 blocks;
#14 Carmelo Adkins (6'4/200 Jr G) a USC Upstate transfer, 10.0ppg (6-12 on 3s);
#8 Eternity Eguagie (6'7/210 Jr F) 7.0rpg;

Dallas Hobbs (#0 6'0/170 Sr G) comes off the bench and leads the Owls with 13 assists & 5 steals.

Hopefully Donavin Young will be back in action - and hopefully Stanford will get control early enough in this game to give him along with Maurer, Batson, Stinson & others some significant playing time. They're going to need some depth beyond what has been, through 2 games, the core 6 of Price, Bliss, Olajuwon, Townsend, Cammann, & Rogers.

[skip75]

Biggest spread of the young season - Stanford favored by 18.5, over/under is 145.5 - implied score is 82-63.5.  Stanford's early season ratings range from 61-91. Rice may end up being the lowest rated opponent of the season - currently in the range of 227-265. This will be another Quad 4 game.

Rice finished 11th (of 13) in the American Athletic Conference last season and were picked to finish 12th this season - way behind Wichita State & Memphis, ahead of only UT San Antonio. Their head coach is Rob Lanier - in his 3rd season at Rice, following stints at Siena, Georgia State, & SMU.

The Owls opened up the season with 2 home games - a 100-55 win over Dallas Christian, followed up by a 72-71 loss to East Texas A&M.  In the loss, they were outrebounded 54-41, giving up 25 offensive rebounds. This is something Stanford should be able to take advantage of tonight.

Starters for Rice in both games were:
#5 Jacob Dar (6'7/190 Gr G/F) a Seton Hall transfer, leads the team in scoring (16.5ppg) & rebounds (7.5rpg);
#2 Jaxson Thompson (6'2/185 Fr G) a McDonalds All-American nominee, scoring 12.5ppg;
#24 Jimmy Oladokun Jr. (6'9/230 Sr F) a Sierra Canyon HS grad, returning starter, 11.0ppg on .714 shooting, leads team with 5 blocks;
#14 Carmelo Adkins (6'4/200 Jr G) a USC Upstate transfer, 10.0ppg (6-12 on 3s);
#8 Eternity Eguagie (6'7/210 Jr F) 7.0rpg;

Dallas Hobbs (#0 6'0/170 Sr G) comes off the bench and leads the Owls with 13 assists & 5 steals.

Hopefully Donavin Young will be back in action - and hopefully Stanford will get control early enough in this game to give him along with Maurer, Batson, Stinson & others some significant playing time. They're going to need some depth beyond what has been, through 2 games, the core 6 of Price, Bliss, Olajuwon, Townsend, Cammann, & Rogers.

[martyup]

Looking good against Rice.  We lead 45-29 at the half. Townsend has 19 points. Maurer is having a great game with 8 points and 6 rebounds.

[martyup]

Looking good against Rice.  We lead 45-29 at the half. Townsend has 19 points. Maurer is having a great game with 8 points and 6 rebounds.

[magnus]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

[magnus]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

[norcard10]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

Seems decent as he did well against the top tier ivy teams.  But ACC will be a beast of a measuring stick.

[norcard10]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

Seems decent as he did well against the top tier ivy teams.  But ACC will be a beast of a measuring stick.

[ADPinWDC]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

Seems decent as he did well against the top tier ivy teams.  But ACC will be a beast of a measuring stick.

He was Ivy Player of Year last year at Yale.
And Smith is coaching well. Good start.

[ADPinWDC]

Is Townsend really that good?  I've only caught glimpses so I could be suffering from small sample size,  but he doesn't look that big to be playing in the paint.  

Or is this a product of our competition to date?

(Definitely hope my concern/impression is completely wrong)

Seems decent as he did well against the top tier ivy teams.  But ACC will be a beast of a measuring stick.

He was Ivy Player of Year last year at Yale.
And Smith is coaching well. Good start.

[Hurlburt88]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

[Hurlburt88]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

[TriangleTree]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

He’s a force to be reckoned with, reminiscent of Charles Barkley’s game, who was only 6’ 5”

Maurer was impressive last night, let’s see if it translates to higher quality opponents, but that was IMO the most promising takeaway from last nght.

[TriangleTree]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

He’s a force to be reckoned with, reminiscent of Charles Barkley’s game, who was only 6’ 5”

Maurer was impressive last night, let’s see if it translates to higher quality opponents, but that was IMO the most promising takeaway from last nght.

[skip75]

It was nice to have a more comfortable victory and to be able to get more players involved.

Nick Townsend plays in the paint, but also out on the perimeter. He leads the team in: scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks, & steals! He'll face more of a challenge in the paint on Friday at UNLV and later on vs. ACC opponents. Townsend is a versatile player that contributes to wins in lots of different ways. But he will need lots of help in the paint as the schedule gets tougher. Austin Maurer looks better every game and pitched in with a double-double last night. He needs to be a consistent contributor (and I think he can be).  Toure & Skrinda have not gotten into a game yet. Coach Smith talked about them in the post-game press conference. Sounds like they might have a role against teams with more bigs. I'm skeptical about how much they'll contribute - hope I'm wrong.  

Donavin Young was inactive again. I hope he gets healthy soon - he can really make a difference on the defensive end.

Evan Stinson really provided a jolt of energy - highlight of the game last night might have been him diving for a loose ball on the defensive end and jubilantly pounding the floor in celebration.

Elias Obenyah and Drew Anderson made their debuts and both looked comfortable and did some good things right away. Anderson is not quite as big as Toure or Skrinda, but maybe he can become part of the front-court rotation??

Stanford took care of business in the first three home games. Now we'll see if they can keep it going on the road and with a definite step up in the level of competition at UNLV on Friday.

[skip75]

It was nice to have a more comfortable victory and to be able to get more players involved.

Nick Townsend plays in the paint, but also out on the perimeter. He leads the team in: scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks, & steals! He'll face more of a challenge in the paint on Friday at UNLV and later on vs. ACC opponents. Townsend is a versatile player that contributes to wins in lots of different ways. But he will need lots of help in the paint as the schedule gets tougher. Austin Maurer looks better every game and pitched in with a double-double last night. He needs to be a consistent contributor (and I think he can be).  Toure & Skrinda have not gotten into a game yet. Coach Smith talked about them in the post-game press conference. Sounds like they might have a role against teams with more bigs. I'm skeptical about how much they'll contribute - hope I'm wrong.  

Donavin Young was inactive again. I hope he gets healthy soon - he can really make a difference on the defensive end.

Evan Stinson really provided a jolt of energy - highlight of the game last night might have been him diving for a loose ball on the defensive end and jubilantly pounding the floor in celebration.

Elias Obenyah and Drew Anderson made their debuts and both looked comfortable and did some good things right away. Anderson is not quite as big as Toure or Skrinda, but maybe he can become part of the front-court rotation??

Stanford took care of business in the first three home games. Now we'll see if they can keep it going on the road and with a definite step up in the level of competition at UNLV on Friday.

[needle]

I was really impressed with Obenyah. I'd like to see him get minutes every game.

[needle]

I was really impressed with Obenyah. I'd like to see him get minutes every game.

[76lsjumb]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

Two words: Andrew Vlahov

[76lsjumb]

Townsend seems undersized for the 4 @ 6'7", but it strong @ 240 pounds, smart, and reasonably quick.  I think good ACC 4's will match up better against him than this early season quad 4 competition;  I fear the 6'10' offensively skilled player posting Townsend.

Two words: Andrew Vlahov