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The other way to look at it is that ND is probably the second best team in the country (and was the top team for much of the year).  I like it much better when we talk about Stanford's relative weaknesses against top-10 teams than, for example, the football team, which struggled  against one of the worst teams in the country.  Even the volleyball team will probably be an underdog against #3 Pitt on Friday.

Winning a national title will be hard, and I think it is more likely than not that Stanford will fall short at some point along the way.  But I think we are still the favorites.  Not a bad spot to be in going into the tournament, warts and all.

BC

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The other way to look at it is that ND is probably the second best team in the country (and was the top team for much of the year).  I like it much better when we talk about Stanford's relative weaknesses against top-10 teams than, for example, the football team, which struggled  against one of the worst teams in the country.  Even the volleyball team will probably be an underdog against #3 Pitt on Friday.

Winning a national title will be hard, and I think it is more likely than not that Stanford will fall short at some point along the way.  But I think we are still the favorites.  Not a bad spot to be in going into the tournament, warts and all.

BC