I was at the game, standing in the 6th Man section with a high-school friend who was a University of Illinois student and was visiting over winter break. It was his first-ever Stanford sporting event, and I assured him that they're not all so much fun.
The '96-'97 season was a great one that obviously set the stage for the Final Four appearance the following year. In the second round of the NCAA tourney, Stanford beat Wake Forest to end Tim Duncan's college career. The Sweet 16 game was in San Jose against a Utah team that featured Andre Miller and Keith Van Horn - a close loss that was Brevin's last game in a Cardinal uniform.
I'd argue that even if Brevin Knight was not the best men's basketball player in Stanford history - and he may have been - he had the biggest impact on the trajectory of the program. The team was 7-23 the year before he arrived on campus and made the Final Four the year after he left. Rich Jackson, a bench warmer for most of his time on the Farm, was the only other player in Brevin's recruiting class, if I recall correctly.
The '96-'97 season was a great one that obviously set the stage for the Final Four appearance the following year. In the second round of the NCAA tourney, Stanford beat Wake Forest to end Tim Duncan's college career. The Sweet 16 game was in San Jose against a Utah team that featured Andre Miller and Keith Van Horn - a close loss that was Brevin's last game in a Cardinal uniform.
I'd argue that even if Brevin Knight was not the best men's basketball player in Stanford history - and he may have been - he had the biggest impact on the trajectory of the program. The team was 7-23 the year before he arrived on campus and made the Final Four the year after he left. Rich Jackson, a bench warmer for most of his time on the Farm, was the only other player in Brevin's recruiting class, if I recall correctly.