[BillBradley]

I hope my gut is wrong, but my gut is telling me Somfai is out the door. I just can't see a universe where if we made the tournament she'd still miss it even for a family emergency. But maybe after all the times we've been burned by the portal lately, I'm once (six times) bitten, twice shy. So I could be wrong...

If I'm not, I guess the good news is anyone worrying about Alex being discontented about minutes won't need to worry any longer, as she'll be starting next year and for the foreseeable future our only reliable big once Nunu graduates. (if she stays.)

BYU won and will host Thursday. To be honest, I'll be very surprised if we pull that off. Road game at altitude with little time to scout and a short week turnaround.

My gut says the same. It doesn't bode well that she just up and left the team. If it was something like a death in the family, most players miss a few days or maybe a week and they are back with the team. I'd feel differently if she was back for the BYU game, but it doesn't seem like she is returning.

RE: your point about Alex...agree that she is in a great position to start next year and play a lot of minutes. However, that is the case with many players around the country yet they still transfer. Some are being opportunistic (maybe Olivia Miles), some are simply dissatisfied and want to go elsewhere (maybe Nivar) and others are both (maybe Betts). With the current Stanford team, we don't know if any of our players are dissatisfied. I hope they all love KP, the program, and Stanford as a whole, and they simply aren't up for chasing opportunities.The scary thing to me is that the team has underperformed and the players don't look like they are "playing with joy". They look pretty frustrated (just my opinion). Sprinkle on this development with Lara leaving the team and it doesn't feel very rosy. Fingers crossed...

[BillBradley]

I hope my gut is wrong, but my gut is telling me Somfai is out the door. I just can't see a universe where if we made the tournament she'd still miss it even for a family emergency. But maybe after all the times we've been burned by the portal lately, I'm once (six times) bitten, twice shy. So I could be wrong...

If I'm not, I guess the good news is anyone worrying about Alex being discontented about minutes won't need to worry any longer, as she'll be starting next year and for the foreseeable future our only reliable big once Nunu graduates. (if she stays.)

BYU won and will host Thursday. To be honest, I'll be very surprised if we pull that off. Road game at altitude with little time to scout and a short week turnaround.

My gut says the same. It doesn't bode well that she just up and left the team. If it was something like a death in the family, most players miss a few days or maybe a week and they are back with the team. I'd feel differently if she was back for the BYU game, but it doesn't seem like she is returning.

RE: your point about Alex...agree that she is in a great position to start next year and play a lot of minutes. However, that is the case with many players around the country yet they still transfer. Some are being opportunistic (maybe Olivia Miles), some are simply dissatisfied and want to go elsewhere (maybe Nivar) and others are both (maybe Betts). With the current Stanford team, we don't know if any of our players are dissatisfied. I hope they all love KP, the program, and Stanford as a whole, and they simply aren't up for chasing opportunities.The scary thing to me is that the team has underperformed and the players don't look like they are "playing with joy". They look pretty frustrated (just my opinion). Sprinkle on this development with Lara leaving the team and it doesn't feel very rosy. Fingers crossed...