[FarmDad.01]

On the defensive end - our strategy of sagging off players that don't shoot well from outside to clog the middle to deny the pass and double on their BEST player makes a lot of sense. Some times those opposing players get hot and start making 3 point shots (which they did making 4  for 4) and we were far below our average. If you just take those stats it accounts for most of the difference in the beginning of the game.

Agreed. How many 2013-2014 games have the Cardinal blown open by nailing a plethora of 3's? The team lost to UDub, and was jeopardized last night, by opposing shooters that nailed 3's. But USC went ice-cold from behind/beyond the arc the final 25 minutes; Stanford came back from 19 back to eke out a win.

If this was an almost-Scouting-Report-loss, don't fire the scout -- but please, not more adrenaline rushes.

[FarmDad.01]

On the defensive end - our strategy of sagging off players that don't shoot well from outside to clog the middle to deny the pass and double on their BEST player makes a lot of sense. Some times those opposing players get hot and start making 3 point shots (which they did making 4  for 4) and we were far below our average. If you just take those stats it accounts for most of the difference in the beginning of the game.

Agreed. How many 2013-2014 games have the Cardinal blown open by nailing a plethora of 3's? The team lost to UDub, and was jeopardized last night, by opposing shooters that nailed 3's. But USC went ice-cold from behind/beyond the arc the final 25 minutes; Stanford came back from 19 back to eke out a win.

If this was an almost-Scouting-Report-loss, don't fire the scout -- but please, not more adrenaline rushes.