[joemontes]

Survive and advance. Oregon State is not a great team. We had 5+ minute stretches in BOTH the 2nd and 4th quarters with no field goals. While I want us to roll through this tourney, I worry that we are not playing our best basketball right now. Would a loss help us reset and refocus? We've been very mediocre now vs Oregon, Washington State, Washington, and today. 4 games in a row and we haven't scored 70 points in any of them. Our current level of play will not get us to a final 4.

Haley Jones was spectacular in the 2nd half. Anna Wilson played tremendous on both ends. Most everyone else, mehhh.

I, too, am worried as to how Stanford has suddenly been struggling lately, especially against the likes of WSU, Washington and Oregon State (without Taylor JONES).  It seems like they have suddenly played to the level of their opponents, and not have the killer instinct to dominate that they should have by now.  And the substitution patterns suddenly underutilize the likes of BELIBI and IRIAFEN who are their most efficient scorers, as well as their most dependable 3-point shooter Hannah JUMP who used to average 25+ minutes/game.  I hope they up their ante vs. Colorado tomorrow.

[joemontes]

Survive and advance. Oregon State is not a great team. We had 5+ minute stretches in BOTH the 2nd and 4th quarters with no field goals. While I want us to roll through this tourney, I worry that we are not playing our best basketball right now. Would a loss help us reset and refocus? We've been very mediocre now vs Oregon, Washington State, Washington, and today. 4 games in a row and we haven't scored 70 points in any of them. Our current level of play will not get us to a final 4.

Haley Jones was spectacular in the 2nd half. Anna Wilson played tremendous on both ends. Most everyone else, mehhh.

I, too, am worried as to how Stanford has suddenly been struggling lately, especially against the likes of WSU, Washington and Oregon State (without Taylor JONES).  It seems like they have suddenly played to the level of their opponents, and not have the killer instinct to dominate that they should have by now.  And the substitution patterns suddenly underutilize the likes of BELIBI and IRIAFEN who are their most efficient scorers, as well as their most dependable 3-point shooter Hannah JUMP who used to average 25+ minutes/game.  I hope they up their ante vs. Colorado tomorrow.