by Daniel Dullum

photo credit: isiphotos.com Stanford’s Rosco Allen takes aim against Utah in last Sunday night’s win

For visiting teams Maples Pavilion at Stanford University is a really tough place to come in and try and win. The home floor can never be underestimated for a lot of reasons. The Stanford Cardinal know the practice floor, the rims, the crowd, and with the floor if you know where the dead spots are that’s advantageous for the Cardinal.

You know how to read the scoreboard, everything is just more comfortable and the home court can be real comfortable in that direction. Stanford played well against the Utah Utes and did what they had to do. The problem for Utah as they came into the game Friday night down the stretch they had seven shots from the charity stripe both in regulation and overtime.

That’s something that the Utes have to address and it was an fortunate situation for Stanford as the game could have went the other way. The Cardinal held on and got the job done with a 70-68 overtime win with Buffalo.

Daniel Dullum did the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast and was filling in for Matt Harrington at http://www.sportsradioservice.com