[Sam Leopold]

I noticed for the first time a far less enthusiastic and aggressive Maxime R, which showed in the performance. A bit concerning, but nice to see that others are capable of carrying the team went that happens, notably Sellers and Blakes. Agarwal can provide sparks too.

Let's take a look at what this game was.  Classic sandwich game, following a needle-moving win at Cal, something Haase and for that matter Dawkins couldn't do very often, and also a lay-off of a week and a half.  On the future side, top-10 Oregon in San Jose, followed by the rigors of our first-ever ACC conference schedule, road trip city, and everything else that will come with that.  All of which would make this a hard game to get up for and a lot was set up for Stanford to have one of their worst games of the year, and I feared that the whole team would suffer the letdown that was exhibited by M.R.  To be honest, the fact that it was just M.R. is encouraging if anything, and he still managed to heap up 16 points and 16 rebounds.  If I were an athlete who could have a game like that on a night when I was far less enthusiastic and aggressive and having my worst game of the pre-conference season, I wouldn't need to put on deodorant......

[Sam Leopold]

I noticed for the first time a far less enthusiastic and aggressive Maxime R, which showed in the performance. A bit concerning, but nice to see that others are capable of carrying the team went that happens, notably Sellers and Blakes. Agarwal can provide sparks too.

Let's take a look at what this game was.  Classic sandwich game, following a needle-moving win at Cal, something Haase and for that matter Dawkins couldn't do very often, and also a lay-off of a week and a half.  On the future side, top-10 Oregon in San Jose, followed by the rigors of our first-ever ACC conference schedule, road trip city, and everything else that will come with that.  All of which would make this a hard game to get up for and a lot was set up for Stanford to have one of their worst games of the year, and I feared that the whole team would suffer the letdown that was exhibited by M.R.  To be honest, the fact that it was just M.R. is encouraging if anything, and he still managed to heap up 16 points and 16 rebounds.  If I were an athlete who could have a game like that on a night when I was far less enthusiastic and aggressive and having my worst game of the pre-conference season, I wouldn't need to put on deodorant......