UNIVERSITY PARK, TX – DECEMBER 19: Stanford Cardinal guard Dorian Pickens (11) protects the ball during the NCAA men’s basketball game between SMU and Stanford on December 19, 2016 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. (Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

The Stanford Cardinal come into Maples Pavilion 8-4 having just narrowly defeating the Idaho Vandals 86-80 and the Cardinal started off the season with four easy games. They beat Harvard, Cal State Northridge, Weber State, and they beat Colorado State. Then in the last eight games they went 4-4 and lost to the University of Miami, St Mary’s, and they lost to a powerhouse Kansas and they lost to Southern Methodist.

Remember last year SMU they were coached by Larry Brown they were at Stanford and they ran the Cardinal right out of the building and again this year they just trounced them again in Dallas. It’s unbelievable they held them to 39 points in that game. Then Cardinal went home and they faced Cal State East Bay and won and then they hosted Idaho and thought it was going to be an easy game but it wasn’t.

Jerry Feitelberg does the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com