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But some of us remember when the PAC-10 was a crap conference other than Stanford, except for brief periods of competency and tournament appearances by USC/UCLA/Washington. It’s not like Coach Tara doesn’t remember, or Kate Paye for that matter. We can go back to scheduling a tough preseason and then enduring the “why should Stanford get a high seed because the conference sucks” discussions. I’m not particularly worried about WBB. Some of the other non revenue sports I do worry about. As in: which sports are going to be dropped.

Good points and I hope you are right.  women’s  bb is my number one sport of interest at Stanford. In the “old days” there were not that many strong WBB schools i the US and there were not big NIL opportunities. It if I had to bet, I’d bet on much tougher recruiting and roster attrition via the portal . I just don’t think we can be a UCONN ..

Totally agree.  The environment isn't the same as in the 90's or 2000's.  I think if we don't end up in a power 5 conference that it is going to hit the roster hard for all sports and future recruiting even harder.  Playing against the best regularly became a draw for players coming to the PAC.

[spike5882]

But some of us remember when the PAC-10 was a crap conference other than Stanford, except for brief periods of competency and tournament appearances by USC/UCLA/Washington. It’s not like Coach Tara doesn’t remember, or Kate Paye for that matter. We can go back to scheduling a tough preseason and then enduring the “why should Stanford get a high seed because the conference sucks” discussions. I’m not particularly worried about WBB. Some of the other non revenue sports I do worry about. As in: which sports are going to be dropped.

Good points and I hope you are right.  women’s  bb is my number one sport of interest at Stanford. In the “old days” there were not that many strong WBB schools i the US and there were not big NIL opportunities. It if I had to bet, I’d bet on much tougher recruiting and roster attrition via the portal . I just don’t think we can be a UCONN ..

Totally agree.  The environment isn't the same as in the 90's or 2000's.  I think if we don't end up in a power 5 conference that it is going to hit the roster hard for all sports and future recruiting even harder.  Playing against the best regularly became a draw for players coming to the PAC.