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Shades
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singinerd54
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CompSci87
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| I'm sure she wanted to, but it takes two to tango.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/16/22 2:26 pm ::: |
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| I'm sure she wanted to, but it takes two to tango. |
yep, Tara seems willing to take on all comers willing to do a home and home, but there aren't a lot of good teams willing to do that.
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singinerd54
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| Posted: 11/16/22 7:15 pm ::: |
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| CompSci87 wrote: |
| I'm sure she wanted to, but it takes two to tango. |
yep, Tara seems willing to take on all comers willing to do a home and home, but there aren't a lot of good teams willing to do that. |
Do either of you have inside knowledge about that? What makes you say/think that other teams don't want to play Stanford?
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/16/22 7:28 pm ::: |
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| CompSci87 wrote: |
| I'm sure she wanted to, but it takes two to tango. |
yep, Tara seems willing to take on all comers willing to do a home and home, but there aren't a lot of good teams willing to do that. |
Do either of you have inside knowledge about that? What makes you say/think that other teams don't want to play Stanford? |
I've had several convo's with coach and assistants over the years. Part of it is just the cross country trek which is not appealing to most East Coast/MidWest teams unless they're trying to get a 'close to home' game for a senior. Part of it is simply not wanting to go that far when they think there's a good chance for an early loss. So yes, I've heard pretty much from the horse's mouth so to speak, that we are open to play just about anybody but that the anybodys willing to come out West are pretty limited.
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insidewinder
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| Posted: 11/16/22 7:51 pm ::: |
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| It's not just Stanford. Barnes of UA recently said something similar. It is expensive to fly out west, plus some teams don't want to take a possible loss. Years ago I talked to Eileen Roche, who was Director of Basketball Ops at that point (I think that was her title). She did a lot of the scheduling work and told me how hard it was. Things are harder now. Tara has recently said the same thing. They did not finish the schedule until pretty late this season. They added a game at the very last minute (CSUN, played the first week of the season).
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GEF34
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| Posted: 11/16/22 8:54 pm ::: |
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| singinerd54 wrote: |
| myrtle wrote: |
| CompSci87 wrote: |
| I'm sure she wanted to, but it takes two to tango. |
yep, Tara seems willing to take on all comers willing to do a home and home, but there aren't a lot of good teams willing to do that. |
Do either of you have inside knowledge about that? What makes you say/think that other teams don't want to play Stanford? |
Why do you think so many teams would be lining up to play at Stanford or host Stanford? Just having Stanford on your schedule is not a prestigious thing that anyone would be honored to just play them, teams (especially ones that would be "preparation" for South Carolina) are going to want to schedules opponents they can win. And many west coast team don't have the money of other teams in other areas to offer for guarantee games.
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ArtBest23
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| Posted: 11/16/22 9:36 pm ::: |
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| Why do you think so many teams would be lining up to play at Stanford or host Stanford? Just having Stanford on your schedule is not a prestigious thing that anyone would be honored to just play them |
I don't understand this comment. A legendary coach, third most national championships, perennial PAC12 champion. How many more prestigious opponents are there? Not many I can think of. They have to at least be in the top ten I would think.
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GEF34
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| Posted: 11/16/22 9:48 pm ::: |
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| GEF34 wrote: |
| Why do you think so many teams would be lining up to play at Stanford or host Stanford? Just having Stanford on your schedule is not a prestigious thing that anyone would be honored to just play them |
I don't understand this comment. A legendary coach, third most national championships, perennial PAC12 champion. How many more prestigious opponents are there? Not many I can think of. They have to at least be in the top ten I would think. |
I mean in the sense that if say Kansas or a team of similar level is looking to schedule a game they are going to look for an opponent they have a better shot of winning then having Stanford on their schedule just to say they played Stanford.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/16/22 10:35 pm ::: |
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| The good news for this game is that since Mary Murphy is doing the Utah-Ok game, she won't be doing this one!
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/16/22 11:46 pm ::: |
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| Tara at the half. 42-17... Unhappy with the offense.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/17/22 12:22 am ::: |
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| so Jump is currently 8-15 from three and most of them wide open. Wouldn't you think the opponent would stick a defender on her like glue?
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myrtle
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| Posted: 11/17/22 1:16 am ::: |
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| Tara solved the problem for Poly - by benching Jump for the 4th quarter.
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