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No. 1: Stanford (18-1, 9-0) Even if Stanford had fallen in last weekend’s overtime thriller against Cal, the Cardinal would still top the Pac-12. The team is just too good. Led by the powerful and unpronounceable Ogwumike sisters, Stanford continues to sail right past inferior Pac-12 competition. The entire conference
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How good is Arizona State? Just three weeks ago, Arizona State was on a three-game losing streak to open the Pac-12 season with a 1-3 record. Now, the Sun Devils are the hottest team in the conference not named Stanford or Cal. Arizona State won five straight games, leapfrogging over
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STANFORD, Calif. – The Battle of the Bay is back on. The rivalry has been Stanford’s to lose ever since Tara VanDerveer came to Palo Alto in the mid-1980s to transform the program into a perennial title contender. Even when former coach Joanne Boyle revived the Cal program and led
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STANFORD, Calif. — In those final minutes, the home crowd in Maples Pavilion was deafening. The cacophony reflected a confidence palpable in both the cheers that exploded every time Stanford (18-1, 9-0 in the Pac-12) sank a shot and the slightly bored silence that descended upon the court whenever Cal
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After trailing the entire game, the Cal women’s basketball team tied the the game with Stanford on Saturday. Two free throws from junior guard Layshia Clarendon with 27 seconds left on the clock put the score at 69-all and sent the game into overtime. Alas, the Bears fell short in
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Let’s rewind back to Jan. 14, 2006. The Cal women’s basketball team was preparing for its big Bay Area showdown with then- No. 14 Stanford when former Cal head coach Joanne Boyle had to rush back home to North Carolina to tend to her ill father. With the Bears’ biggest
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A winning streak stands out because it defies common logic. It draws attention because it’s so unnatural — we take something that we’ve deemed impossible and watch it come to fruition before our eyes. The numbers are there, in black and white, but with no explanation to back them up,
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No. 1: Stanford (17-1, 8-0) Perhaps there is a crack in Stanford’s near-invincible armor. In their last game against Washington, the Cardinal played miserably in the first half, shooting a fraction above 30 percent. Although Stanford turned it around in the second half to blow out the Huskies, 65-47, the
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What does the USC-Oregon State game mean for the rest of the conference? The Trojans have the third-toughest schedule in the nation this year. Despite falling to most of its superior competitors earlier in the season, programs such as No. 5 Notre Dame or No. 7 Texas A&M presented undoubtedly gave
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What a difference three weeks can make. Three weeks ago, the Cal women’s basketball team lost to UCLA, 60-55, in a frantic-paced game that came down to the last minute. On Sunday against Washington State, in a tilt that played eerily similar to the aforementioned contest, the Bears this time
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