[2006alum]

I think the tails on our probable outcomes are wider than a lot of the top teams: we probably have less raw talent than most of the other probable 1 seeds, but because we have Tara's chess match wizardry, when we execute well can take down almost any team. When we execute poorly, a lot of teams can take us down (and a team like Oregon can shellack us by 40). And I feel like this year's team has had a bit of a tendency to play to the quality of the opponent. So we lose to some much worse teams and beat a few arguably better ones (first Oregon game excluded).

OTH, if I were a fan of any of the 1 seeds, Stanford would be the 2 seed I'd least want to have in my bracket, because we have "spoiler" written all over us.

[2006alum]

I think the tails on our probable outcomes are wider than a lot of the top teams: we probably have less raw talent than most of the other probable 1 seeds, but because we have Tara's chess match wizardry, when we execute well can take down almost any team. When we execute poorly, a lot of teams can take us down (and a team like Oregon can shellack us by 40). And I feel like this year's team has had a bit of a tendency to play to the quality of the opponent. So we lose to some much worse teams and beat a few arguably better ones (first Oregon game excluded).

OTH, if I were a fan of any of the 1 seeds, Stanford would be the 2 seed I'd least want to have in my bracket, because we have "spoiler" written all over us.