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This is scary.  Maybe they should just send Oregon to the Olympics.  The only silver lining from Stanford's viewpoint is that this might cause Oregon to be overconfident.

Indeed.  Tara might yet work her magic against Oregon once in the 2-3 times we are expected to meet them this year.  But it also may be a good year to develop our young talent and get ready for a Pac12 and National Championship run next year, after the graduation of Ionescu, Hebard, and Minyon Moore. 

We did, however, beat Oregon last year.  And we should be better equipped this year than last, if our frosh class develops well by springtime.  Anna Wilson held Ionescu down to 10/26 while Carrington and Smith went off offensively.  The key will be finding someone to defend Hebard.  It was Dodson last year, who did quite well at it.  We shall see how Prechtel or Belibi develop defensively--but surly shutting down Hebard has to be their goal.

I don't follow women's professional basketball much at all so I pose this as a question rather than an assertion:  is this national team not as good as it should be?  Are some of them getting kinda long in the tooth?  Nneka is clearly good, but what about.....

[81alum]

This is scary.  Maybe they should just send Oregon to the Olympics.  The only silver lining from Stanford's viewpoint is that this might cause Oregon to be overconfident.

Indeed.  Tara might yet work her magic against Oregon once in the 2-3 times we are expected to meet them this year.  But it also may be a good year to develop our young talent and get ready for a Pac12 and National Championship run next year, after the graduation of Ionescu, Hebard, and Minyon Moore. 

We did, however, beat Oregon last year.  And we should be better equipped this year than last, if our frosh class develops well by springtime.  Anna Wilson held Ionescu down to 10/26 while Carrington and Smith went off offensively.  The key will be finding someone to defend Hebard.  It was Dodson last year, who did quite well at it.  We shall see how Prechtel or Belibi develop defensively--but surly shutting down Hebard has to be their goal.

I don't follow women's professional basketball much at all so I pose this as a question rather than an assertion:  is this national team not as good as it should be?  Are some of them getting kinda long in the tooth?  Nneka is clearly good, but what about.....