[joemontes]

I saw Pitt play earlier in the Season and thought they looked crazy good.  I was surprised they dropped a match to SMU.

As a crazy good team they likely overlooked SMU.   It happens.

No way they would do anything like that against Stanford.
Pitt was going to be ready for Stanford.

It unfolded pretty much as one might have expected.   There is a big, big gap between Pitt and the others.   Lots can happen between now and late December, but a healthy, confident and focused Pitt squad will be very tough for others to beat.

So Stanford got masterfully THUMPED by 3 of the most likely NCAA regional 1-seeds.

At this point, I think that they will be an NCAA regional 2-seed  unless they run the table 
of their remaining ACC schedule (including a must-win over Louisville) and
Louisville loses both of their matches vs Pitt.

To begin with, I didn't think that Stanford would be a Final 4 team this season anyway,
so I'm not really disappointed with what they've done so far.

[joemontes]

I saw Pitt play earlier in the Season and thought they looked crazy good.  I was surprised they dropped a match to SMU.

As a crazy good team they likely overlooked SMU.   It happens.

No way they would do anything like that against Stanford.
Pitt was going to be ready for Stanford.

It unfolded pretty much as one might have expected.   There is a big, big gap between Pitt and the others.   Lots can happen between now and late December, but a healthy, confident and focused Pitt squad will be very tough for others to beat.

So Stanford got masterfully THUMPED by 3 of the most likely NCAA regional 1-seeds.

At this point, I think that they will be an NCAA regional 2-seed  unless they run the table 
of their remaining ACC schedule (including a must-win over Louisville) and
Louisville loses both of their matches vs Pitt.

To begin with, I didn't think that Stanford would be a Final 4 team this season anyway,
so I'm not really disappointed with what they've done so far.