[KDIES]

I'm not sure if anyone will ever be able to supplant Lexie as my all-time favorite Stanford hoops player, men's or women's.  Every time there was a contested ball somewhere on the floor, I'd spit out -- as if giving a border collie permission to go herd sheep -- Lexie!  Her success rate was unbelievable.  Amazingly she rarely got tied up after getting the ball, but she started and maintained her dribble while rolling around, whipping around a quick outlet pass to get things moving quickly, etc.  I'll invariably remember her with a mouth guard and some tissue up one nostril.  I wonder how many teeth Lexie and Lacie lost before their parents made mouthpieces mandatory.

Sure, her shooting was streaky, but not her defense and hustle.  Some of the most speedy and ferocious double teams I've ever seen in the post.  An incredible number offensive rebounds that she had no business getting to.  Great reads, passes, cuts, movement without the ball, etc.

I was already lamenting the graduation of the Hulls (I'm glad Lacie got her due in her last year -- and her ascendancy at PG and as a 3-pt shooter was often overlooked) when they were just frosh.  They are truly irreplaceable -- and if I were an underclassman, their work ethic would be the best possible example to inspire me to improve my game.

Lexie is a a winner regardless of what happens to her in the WNBA.

The Hulls had something that you cannot teach. They were like pool players and new the angles and how a ball was coming off the rim. They would get to a ball before players standing right there could react. I remember one play when Lexie was out by the 3 point line at the top of the key. A ball was going out of bounds under the net. Lexie went after it and jumped out of bounds, caught the ball and threw it off the leg of a player on the other team for a Stanford ball. I don't know many  players who could have made that play. She and Laci will surely be missed for toughness and hustle, and smarts. I don't know how they survived 4 years with their lean bodies.

[KDIES]

I'm not sure if anyone will ever be able to supplant Lexie as my all-time favorite Stanford hoops player, men's or women's.  Every time there was a contested ball somewhere on the floor, I'd spit out -- as if giving a border collie permission to go herd sheep -- Lexie!  Her success rate was unbelievable.  Amazingly she rarely got tied up after getting the ball, but she started and maintained her dribble while rolling around, whipping around a quick outlet pass to get things moving quickly, etc.  I'll invariably remember her with a mouth guard and some tissue up one nostril.  I wonder how many teeth Lexie and Lacie lost before their parents made mouthpieces mandatory.

Sure, her shooting was streaky, but not her defense and hustle.  Some of the most speedy and ferocious double teams I've ever seen in the post.  An incredible number offensive rebounds that she had no business getting to.  Great reads, passes, cuts, movement without the ball, etc.

I was already lamenting the graduation of the Hulls (I'm glad Lacie got her due in her last year -- and her ascendancy at PG and as a 3-pt shooter was often overlooked) when they were just frosh.  They are truly irreplaceable -- and if I were an underclassman, their work ethic would be the best possible example to inspire me to improve my game.

Lexie is a a winner regardless of what happens to her in the WNBA.

The Hulls had something that you cannot teach. They were like pool players and new the angles and how a ball was coming off the rim. They would get to a ball before players standing right there could react. I remember one play when Lexie was out by the 3 point line at the top of the key. A ball was going out of bounds under the net. Lexie went after it and jumped out of bounds, caught the ball and threw it off the leg of a player on the other team for a Stanford ball. I don't know many  players who could have made that play. She and Laci will surely be missed for toughness and hustle, and smarts. I don't know how they survived 4 years with their lean bodies.