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Thanks to 81Alum for his excellent summary...here a couple of thoughts of my own.

I remember thinking late in the third quarter that this was one of the most boring games I'd seen this season. Stanford was winning handily and looked very good, the opponents looked terrible and couldn't do anything - and if there were a mercy rule, this was the time to invoke it.

I thought that Cal was just really bad and/or their players didn't match up well with Stanford. Afte thinking about it some more, I came to the conclusion that the first two reasons could well be true - but the main factor was that Stanford was just really good. The defense was excellent and the offense was operating smoothly. Krimili and Macintosh are their two main offensive players, but Bosgana/Ogden and Lepolo shut them down.

At this time of the year, I look at Stanford to see how the team has grown as they head towards the NCAA Tournament. Scott Rueck made this point in his press conference after the OSU/UCLA game - he said that his team is growing and adding new things every day. Here are a few things that I see Stanford adding in the last few games:

• Ogden is playing excellent defense and is a threat to drive to the basket (which we need). She looks fully integrated into the lineup.
  
• Bosgana had a fine defensive game against Cal and drove to the basket well - even with her right hand!
  
• Harriel is playing well as the second point guard and looks like she will sub in for Lepolo when Stanford wants to have all strong 3-point shooters on the court.
  
• Lepolo is playing excellent defense and took a couple of drives to the basket - I'd love to see more of that from her.
  
• Jump scored several times from drives to the basket, besides shooting well and playing excellent defense.
  
• Any and all drives to the basket by guards/wings will only help loosen up defenses at the end of the season.
  

[liveoak]

Thanks to 81Alum for his excellent summary...here a couple of thoughts of my own.

I remember thinking late in the third quarter that this was one of the most boring games I'd seen this season. Stanford was winning handily and looked very good, the opponents looked terrible and couldn't do anything - and if there were a mercy rule, this was the time to invoke it.

I thought that Cal was just really bad and/or their players didn't match up well with Stanford. Afte thinking about it some more, I came to the conclusion that the first two reasons could well be true - but the main factor was that Stanford was just really good. The defense was excellent and the offense was operating smoothly. Krimili and Macintosh are their two main offensive players, but Bosgana/Ogden and Lepolo shut them down.

At this time of the year, I look at Stanford to see how the team has grown as they head towards the NCAA Tournament. Scott Rueck made this point in his press conference after the OSU/UCLA game - he said that his team is growing and adding new things every day. Here are a few things that I see Stanford adding in the last few games:

• Ogden is playing excellent defense and is a threat to drive to the basket (which we need). She looks fully integrated into the lineup.
  
• Bosgana had a fine defensive game against Cal and drove to the basket well - even with her right hand!
  
• Harriel is playing well as the second point guard and looks like she will sub in for Lepolo when Stanford wants to have all strong 3-point shooters on the court.
  
• Lepolo is playing excellent defense and took a couple of drives to the basket - I'd love to see more of that from her.
  
• Jump scored several times from drives to the basket, besides shooting well and playing excellent defense.
  
• Any and all drives to the basket by guards/wings will only help loosen up defenses at the end of the season.