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That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Local Bay Area Radio icons make it to Hall of Fame

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO–On Saturday Bay Area radio personalities were introduced at the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame by former great DJ formerly with KSAN and KSFO Terry McGovern the former morning personality and voice actor. McGovern served as this year’s master of ceremonies and introductions at the BARHOF. McGovern a well known film actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, voice over specialist, and acting instructor.

The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, the California Historical Society and Broadcast Legends inducted nine of their own to the Hall of Fame. In the Sports Category former Raiders head coach, television analyst, and KCBS Sports personality John Madden started his introduction on former morning personality from the former flagship station of the A’s and Giants KSFO 560 Gene Nelson (BARHOF 2006).

Then Madden switched his attention and introduced former morning personality from KNBR Frank Dill (BARHOF 2006) who called it a day in 1988, coach Madden also worked with former news anchor at KCBS Al Hart (BARHOF 2006) and current KCBS morning anchor Stan Bunger (BARHOF 2010). Madden who was not there to present but he sent his most heartfelt thanks via video to introduce the personalities.

News Categories: Former KFRC and KCBS newsman from the South Bay Bureau Mike Colgan was introduced by former KGO ABC 7 reporter from the South Bay Bureau Rigo Chacon who is now retired. Colgan has been on the Bay Area radio news scene now for over 40 years. Colgan was part of that legendary 610 KFRC, the Big 610, 20/20 news team, and part of those Billboard Station Of The Year Award years when KFRC won consecutive Billboard awards in the 70s.

Colgan also worked at KPEN Los Altos before working at KCBS in 1988. Colgan’s current assignment is with the KCBS South Bay Bureau. I have personally known Rigo for along time, he does a lot of stuff for the community and told me his dad used to love to listen to me when I first started doing the A’s on the radio in the mid 70s.

Former KYUU great Gil Haar was brought in from Denver to work at KOBY as a DJ in 1958, then Haar worked at KYA and KEWB then moved to KMJ Fresno for five years, and came back to the Bay Area in 1966. He spent the next ten years as news director at KNEW. For those of you who knew him from his work in the 80s he worked with Don Bleu morning disc jockey, Vicky Jenkins news anchor, Whitey Gleason Sports Director at the formerly NBC owned 99.7 KYUU. Haar was famous for ending his news casts by saying “so now you know” he was also there to accept his Hall of Fame induction.

Pioneer: Elma Greer from KSFO radio which was called for many years “the world’s greatest radio station” where Greer was music director who started her 28 year tenure in 1961. Greer won numerous awards during her career as music director. Kathy Antsey Elma’s daughter accepted on behalf of Elma.

Engineering and Education: Ken Nielson a true radio and TV pioneer. He came to the Bay Area from Denver in 1941 and convinced the San Francisco United School District to apply for an FM license and purchase an RCA demonstration FM transmitter used in the 1939 Treasure Island Expo. The end result was that of KALW radio which became the first FM station on the West Coast. Later Ken convinced the school district to purchase TV cameras and related equipment for classes. The equipment was used after school hours to help start KQED TV. Yes, same KQED 9 as we well know it today.

Specialty: Peter Scott came to KSFO after several years at KSJO in San Jose. Peter worked his way up from production coordinator to assistant program director and then onto program director in the mid 70s. After his KSFO days he owned his own recording studio in San Francisco and did voice overs until his passing in 2008. McGovern inducted Scott with the Hall of Fame award.

Personality: Dusty Street got her start in Bay Area radio as one of the fabled “chick engineers” at KMPX in 1967. Street later became a DJ when she moved over to KSAN after the KMPX strike. Street later moved to the LA market from 1979-1995. She spent the last ten years at Sirius XM radio as radio host of classic vinyl.

Program host: Lisa Kreisler started his career at KLOK in the news department after graduation from San Jose State. When her station switched formats she jumped over to KBAY doing news before becoming co host of the morning show with fellow BARHOF 2015 and former K101 disc jockey Sam Van Zandt. The Lissa-Sam show put KBAY on top of the San Jose ratings. Van Zandt presented Lissa with the plaque.

Executive Harvey Stone originally from Cleveland served 33 years as General Manager/President of KBLX “The Quiet Storm”. He guided “The Quiet Storm” against the giant corporate stations to be rated in the top three on a consistent basis through the 1990s. Harvey is also the CHRS godfather. In 2003 he invited and allowed CHRS to use the historic KRE building in Berkeley as the first home of the CHRS Radio Museum.

Priceless stories about radio, when radio was really radio, when station had news, sports and weather staffs along with their music and program directors. I’m proud to be a part of the BARHOF (2010) preserving history of radio in the Bay Area, mixing with some of these people I have know for years and some that I used to listen to when I first arrived from New York City to San Francisco in 1969 it is always a thrill and a privilege.

A great afternoon was had by all and lunch at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco with an attendance of 140 people on Saturday. For more information please visit http://www.broadcastlegends.com.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the A’s, the Spanish TV voice for the Angels, and does News and Commentary each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford vs University of Southern California Preview

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by Jerry Feitelberg

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The Stanford Cardinal will be in Los Angeles Saturday to face the Trojans of the University of Southern California. It will be the first game of Pac-12 Conference play for the teams. The Trojans have won both their games so far this season. They beat Arkansas State and Idaho scoring 114 points while allowing just 15. Stanford, on the other hand, lost the opener to Northwestern but rebounded to beat the University of Central Florida 31-7 behind a stifling defense and a great performance bu quarterback Kevin Hogan. Hogan had a career-best 341 yards passing against UCF.

The Cardinal needs to improve their red-zone offense if they are to beat the Trojans. Stanford’s inefficiency in the red-zone was a problem and so far this season, the Cardinal has scored just two touchdowns and two field goals in seven trips inside the 20-yard line. Last year against USC, Stanford had one touchdown and one field goal in five trips. The Cardinal defense will have to work hard to stop the Trojans’ quarterback Cody Kessler. The Cardinal will need to hard SC hard from the opening drive and swarm to the football as a unit if they are to beat them. Stanford’s punt coverage is excellent, but USC has Adoree Jackson can create big plays handling both kickoff and punt returns.
USC has been able to run the football well as they have a deep corps of running back. Four Trojan backs have scored in the first two games.

Kevin Hogan will handle the quarterbacking duties for Stanford. Hogan had a career game against UCF but did not do well against Northwester. The Cardinal will need him at the top of his game. The Cardinal running game needs to improve as they average just 3.16 yard per carry. Running backs Christian McCaffrey, Daniel Marx, Barry Sanders, and freshman Bryce Love will be challenged by the tough USC defense.

Usc quarterback Cody Kessler has completed 78.9 percent of his passes with seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. Kessler is in sync with his receivers and has a deep group of runnings backs. The Stanford defense will be Challenged. Blake Martinez, Ronnie Harris are leaders on defense for Stanford.

Stanford-USC games are always intense. Stanford will be in a hostile environment, but coach Shaw will have them prepared. Should be a fierce battle. Look for a close game between the two schools.

NCAA Podcast with Michelle Richardson: Michigan St edges #7 Oregon; BYU in 7 point thriller over Boise; Irish just gets past Virgina

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by Michelle Richardson

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Michigan State (2-0) 31 Oregon (0-2) 28: This was a very good win for Michigan State and it was a strong one for Michigan State who is number five and Oregon is number seven. This was a close game by two evenly matched teams. Oregon had the confidence but Michigan St never gave up both schools never gave up in this one and proved to be confident.

On first downs Oregon had 26 first downs and Michigan State had 21. The Spartans were trying to use the clock to their advantage. At least they had 33 minutes and 26 minutes. Oregon had 432 total yards to Michigan State’s 389 total yards that was pretty comparable. What was there in this game turnovers, turnovers, Michigan State had one turnover and Oregon had two.

This was one of my favorite games to watch as these two teams were evenly match as this game was a Michigan State and they played that well and that said a lot about Oregon and what is going to happen in the Pac 12 this year. Oregon Ducks quarterback Vernon Adams Jr threw for 22 completions, 309 yards, one interception and two touchdowns. Adams does not see the field as well as former Duck quarterback Marcus Mariota did last year. This is a system at Oregon that Adams can grow into.

BYU 25 Boise State (1-1) 24: BYU (2-0) quarterback Tanner Mangum threw for a 35 yard touchdown with just 45 seconds left in the game against Boise State. Ironically Mangum just came back from Chile after three months of LDS missionary work for the Mormon Church and had a banner game for the Cougars.

One of the things that BYU always had in their favor is they have much younger players, one of the things about BYU for having younger players they never get caught up in the moment they come out of these missions and their a little older and a little more mature. Boise State is coming out of the Mountain West where BYU was before and now is an Independent. Boise State were going to see what their made of now they have a new coach Bryan Harsin. Former Boise head coach Chris Peterson is the one who built up this team and is now over at Washington.

Notre Dame (2-0) 34 Virginia (0-2) 27: Both schools played a very tight and exciting game and the Irish who were led by quarterback Deshone Kizer who came in for the injured starter Malik Zaire who rolled his ankle. It was Kizer who threw for a game winning touchdown pass 39 yards for the game winner with 12 second left to win it for the Irish on Saturday.

Despite all the cheering for Notre Dame they lost their starting quarterback Zaire, they chose this young man to start over Everett Golson whose led the Seminoles to two straight victories and is most importantly healthy. Now with Zaire out they have their back up quarterback Kizer filling in but this was a large hit for Notre Dame.

Notre Dame was expected to be moving forward and their other injuries as well but when you lose your team general, your quarterback that’s a tough way to go. It was a great game and the Cavaliers by no means are no slouch and look for them in the ACC and they still have time to definitely still make things happen but they’ve got to get on the good foot themselves.

Michelle Richardson does the NCAA podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to the podcast below

Stanford Overcomes Sluggish Start to Beat UCF

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By: Ben Leonard

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It wasn’t pretty in the early going, but ultimately the Stanford Cardinal found a way to win, riding a lockdown defensive performance and career days for Kevin Hogan and Bryce Love to a 31-7 win over the UCF Knights.

After nearly six whole quarters of play this season, Stanford had scored just six points — and no touchdowns. The offensive woes from last week’s 16-6 loss to Northwestern carried over in the first half, even though Stanford gained 201 yards in the period. Penalties, dropped passes, and poor execution plagued the Cardinal for the first 25 minutes, stalling many a promising drive. Big holes were open for Christian McCaffrey, but six penalties for 66 yards in the first quarter kept a bagel on the scoreboard for Stanford.

The most frustrating thing for the Cardinal was that they were getting a standout performance from their defense, albeit with UCF’s third-string quarterback Bo Schneider at the helm. Starting quarterback Justin Holman had to leave the game after just one series with a broken finger.

The Cardinal nearly forced three straight three-and-outs to start the game, and would have had three, had Aziz Shittu had not been flagged for a targeting call on third and seven. As a result, Shittu was ejected from the game, but won’t be suspended for next weekend’s marquee matchup against USC because the penalty occurred in the first half. Shittu’s injury left a major void on the defensive line, leaving just one reserve defensive lineman with real game experience.

But in the end, the void didn’t really matter all that much, as the defense shutout the Knights until the very end, holding them to just a measly 30 yards rushing on 29 carries. The momentum shifted late in the second with the score still knotted at zero, when Dallas Lloyd forced a fumble that Brennan Scarlett recovered. Stanford recovered and immediately scored on a 53-yard flea-flicker, with Hogan connecting with receiver Michael Rector for the score.  The cornerbacks were up playing aggressively, something that Shaw noted and exploited. After that, the game never felt in jeopardy.

For as dominant the defense was against UCF’s run game, they weren’t any worse against the pass, holding the third-stringer Schneider, who played the overwhelming majority of the snaps, to just 46 yards passing, allowing him to complete just seven of his nineteen passes. The listed backup Tyler Harris finally picked it up for UCF, throwing for 105 yards, albeit when the Cardinal had a plethora of backups in when game was well out of hand.

As head coach David Shaw put it, the defense “played well throughout the entire game…Our guys played really hard…What I loved about them was that even though the offense sputtered early on, there was no division on our sidelines…100% support of the offensive guys by the defense…Once we got in a rhythm, it was fun to watch.”

But it took awhile to bust out of that slump, scaring many Stanford fans. Trigger-happy officials may have been partially to blame, as although Shaw didn’t take questions about the officiating, he acknowledged that he was ‘frustrated’ by some calls, which lead the meager crowd at Stanford Stadium to shower the Pac-12 refs with boos.

Another subject Shaw didn’t want the media to ask him about: his conservative punting philosophy. With the score tied in the first, he elected to punt from the 33-yard line. Last week, he decided to punt from the 37. He gave the media a glimpse into his thinking:

“When the score is tied, and you’re looking at a 51-yard field goal, you punt it. When you’re up, you take a shot. I wanted eveyone to know that there’s thinking behind this… it’s smart football. This is a field position game, and this will not change.”

But all in all, Shaw thought it was a “great bounceback win” for the team. Hogan keyed the W, throwing for a career-high 341 yards and three touchdowns. Love, the true freshman running back, made Hogan’s job a lot easier, showing off his shifty running on two big plays, one for 42 yards and one a 93-yard touchdown pass on a screen play, taking it to the house untouched. Love was quick to credit his teammates for the play, citing the “really good blocking, play design, and [throw].” The freshman was obviously just being modest — his blazing speed keyed the play, too.

Shaw spoke on Love’s role going forward:

“You know how we do things around here. We brought Kevin [Hogan] along slowly and spoon fed him — we did the same thing with Ty Montgomery and Andrus Peat as a true freshman. That’s how we feel about Bryce: Even though he’s not ready for the entire gameplan, we’re going to pick spots for him, both as a decoy and a primary guy to get the ball.”

Looking ahead at the elephant in the room, Stanford will travel to Los Angeles on Saturday to play USC at the L.A. Coliseum. Shaw was excited that he’ll “have Aziz [Shittu] back, and have a better rotation to keep guys fresh.” Shaw’s Cardinal will need to do a lot of things better against the eighth-ranked Trojans — they can’t afford another sluggish start.

 

 

 

 

 

Stanford vs. UCF: Pregame Notes and Stats to Know

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By: Ben Leonard

After a disappointing opening loss to Northwestern, the Stanford Cardinal (0-1) look to rebound against the UCF Knights (0-1) to open their home slate.

Stanford’s offense was held in check last week against Northwestern, struggling especially with running the ball (85 yards, 3.1 YPC), a hallmark of their brand of football. However, they shouldn’t have trouble running the ball, on paper at least: UCF’s defense struggled to stop the run in their season opener against lowly FIU, yielding 132 yards (4.2 YPC).

The Cardinal will need fifth-year senior quarterback Kevin Hogan to step up in his first home game of the season if they want to get back on track.Hogan ranks in the top 10 among active NCAA quarterbacks in efficiency, touchdowns, and yards. Historically, he’s been a much better signal-caller at the friendly confines of Stanford Stadium, posting a 163.97 quarterback rating at home as compared to 130.13 on the road.

Unlike Hogan, UCF quarterback Justin Holman didn’t struggle last week, throwing for 249 yards on 23 of 34 passing, with a depleted receiving corps that didn’t do him any favors. Before Saturday, no one on the roster had caught a touchdown pass. Look for Holman to throw to 6’3″, 237-pound wideout Tre’Quan Smith, who hauled in nine catches for 104 yards and a touchdown in UCF’s opener.

Both squads are unranked — an unfamiliar position for the Cardinal, who dropped out of the Top 25 after last week’s lost. Under current head coach David Shaw, the Cardinal are 27-4 against unranked teams, and 10-1 following a loss.

Saturday marks the Knights’ first game at Stanford — and in California — in program history. It’s only the Knights’ second contest against a Pac-12 team — their first was all the way back in 2002 against Arizona State.. The Cardinal are scheduled to return to play UCF just over four years from now, on September 14th, 2019.

Preview of the first game ever between the Stanford Cardinal and the Central Florida Knights

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by Jerry Feitelberg

The Stanford Cardinal opens its home season against the University of Central Florida Knights Saturday evening at Stanford Stadium. Game time will be a 7:30 pm and the game will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

The Cardinal will be looking to rebound from a huge loss at Northwestern last week. The Cardinal offense struggled and could manage just six points. The Cardinal produced just 240 yards of offense and just 85 yards rushing. Veteran quarterback Kevin Hogan needs to do a better job of getting the ball downfield to his receivers, Michael Rector, and Rollins Stallworth. Running back Christian McCaffrey and fullback Daniel Marx need to be more productive. Veteran receiver Devon Cajuste should be ready for Saturday’s contest. The Cardinal defense will be missing starting tackle Harrison Phillips. Phillips tore his ACL and will miss the rest of the season. The Cardinal linebackers Blake Martinez and Peter Kalambayi played well last week, and the defensive line consisting of Brennan Scarlett, Aziz Shittu, and Thomas Solomon is strong and, hopefully, the will fill the void left by the loss of Harrison. The cornerbacks are Alijah Holder and veteran Ronnie Harris. Kodi Whitfield is at free safety, and Dallas Lloyd holds the string safety position.

The University of Central Florida Knights was upset by Florida International University last week in their opener. The Knights are coached by George O’Leary. O’Leary coached Georgia Tech from 1994 to 2001. He also was an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings, Syracuse University, and the San Diego Chargers. O’Leary was the head coach at Notre Dame briefly in 2001. O’Leary utilizes a pro style offense and a basic 4-3 defense.

The Knights feel that their pass protection is adequate, but they need to improve the running game if they are to defeat the Cardinal. Running backs, Dontravious Wilson and Will Stanback combined for just 45 yards rushing on 30 attempts in the loss to FIU. Justin Holman is the quarterback, and the wide receivers are Jordan Akins and Tre’Quan Smith.

Saturday’s game will be the first meeting ever between the two teams. Stanford will be looking to get its offense going The Cardinal still has a strong defense. Cardinal coach David Shaw does not want to start the season 0-2. UCF wants to show that they can compete with the big boys and are primed for an upset. Their offensive line is young and inexperienced and may have trouble with the Cardinal defense. Should be an interesting game.

Stanford kicks off the 2015 season against Northwestern

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by Jerry Feitelberg

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The Stanford Cardinal will open the 2015 football season against the Northwestern University Wildcats. The two teams will meet for the first time since 1994. Stanford is rated 21st in the nation by the AP poll and by USA today. Northwestern is not ranked. Kickoff will occur Saturday September 5th at 9am PT. Stanford leads the all-time series 3-1-2.

The Cardinal finished the 2014 record of 8-5 but won its last three games of the season including a 42-21 rout of Maryland in the Foster Farms Bowl. Stanford starts the season with the goal of winning the Pac-12 championship and returning to the Rose Bowl again. David Shaw  is in his fifth season as head coach and the entire full-time coaching staff has returned for the 2015 season.

Quarterback Kevin Hogan returns for his fourth season as leader of the Cardinal offense. Hogan needs just 45 yards to pass Andrew Luck as number one career rushing QB. Hogan  has completed 65 % of his passes and his pass efficiency rating is 148.3 He has churned out 7,431 yards of offense, which is an average of 200.8 yards per game. He has thrown for 6518 yards and 48 touchdowns. Hogan has a record of 24-8 as a starter. Stanford also has four proven tight ends in Austin Hooper, Eric Cotton,Dalton Schultz and Greg Taboada. Sophomore Christian McCaffrey, son of former Stanford wideout, Ed McCaffrey, will be the number one running back. Barry Sanders will also get a chance to show what he can do running the ball. Wide receivers Devon Cajuste, Rollins Stallworth and Michael Rector are ready to show what they can do to help bring the offense back to its former level of dominance. The offensive line has two new starters. Johnny Caspers will be the starter at right guard and Casey Tucker will be at right tackle. Kyle Murphy, Returning starters on the O-line include Kyle Murphy, Joshua Garnett and Graham Shuler.

One of the big question marks for the season will be the defense. Ronnie Harris is the most experienced player in the secondary and he started just three games last year. Alijah Holder and Alameen Murphy are battling it out for the other cornerback slot. It remains to be seen if the defensive backs will be as good as last year. Blake Martinez is returning to the inside linebacker position and other linebackers include Kelvin Palma Jordan Perez and Peter Kalambayi. Defensive lineman include Aziz Shittu, Harrison Phillips and Solomon Thomas.

College football is so hard to predict. Players are lost to graduation and no one knows how the new players are going to do. Stanford has a pretty solid nucleus of returning starters. Hopefully, the new guys will step up. Should be an interesting season.

Final Four podcast with Morris Phillips: Harrison slips a slur while mic is hot and Wisconsin could very well win this one

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by Morris Phillips

On Saturday after the loss to Wisconsin 71-64 Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison said a racial slur in an open mic during the post game press conference when a question was asked about Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky. Harrison later called Kaminsky and apologized for the slur and said he apologized “for my poor choice words used in jest towards a player I respect and know, when I realized how this could be perceived I immediately called Frank to apologize to let him know I didn’t mean any disrespect.” Harrison also wished Kaminsky good luck in the championship versus Duke on Monday night.

Harrison’s hope is that everybody can move on, it’s interesting how he was the go to guy throughout the season that the university would send out to talk to the media and sure enough that’s why he’s there or else Kentucky would ask somebody else to get up and talk after a loss like that. Those stand up players are hard to find so hopefully he’ll learn from this and we all can move on.

Monday Night NCAA Championship: The game coming up between Wisconsin and Duke is expected to be very physical in the paint and this year in college basketball the large and big player has been the force and that hasn’t always been the case. Three of the four semi finalists have had seven footers as their centers.

Monday night senior Kaminsky will match up at seven foot with Duke’s seven foot center Marshall Plumlee, they probably won’t be guarding each other that would lead for them to get into foul trouble but the match up is tantalizing for all the fans out there that want to see the game. What is going to come down to with the guards from Wisconsin and Duke withstanding the challenge and which ones will cause some problems.

Wisconsin as a team is so good defensively with defensive rebounds and not putting themselves in a bad situation in games and the question is can they do it one more time? For Duke that will be the question, can they keep the guards in front of them? Can Duke facilitate in terms of what they’ve been doing all season? These questions and more will be answered in the Final Four Championship Monday night.

Morris Phillips has covered NCAA College basketball all season for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below

NCAA NIT Semi-Finals Stanford-Old Dominion podcast with Matt Harrington: Cardinal needing one more to get into NIT Finals

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by Matt Harrington

PALO ALTO–For any team to wrap up their season participating in the NIT semi finals is a great start and on Tuesday that’s what the Old Dominion Monarchs (27-7) will face the Stanford Cardinal (22-13). This is an exciting opportunity for both of these teams to continue on with their basketball playing and doing it in a historic venue and get a trip to New York and play at Madison Square Garden instead of staying on campus it’s a great advantage for both of these schools.

The Cardinal put together a late little run after receiving unfortunate news that they will not be going to the NCAA Tournament and you look at the games that they recently played. The game against Vanderbilt last Tuesday where they won it by just three 78-75. The game against Rhode Island with a 74-65 victory where the Cardinal just ran away with it.

The Cardinal played with some dominance in these post season games, the same can’t be said for Old Dominion who in their last game took a buzzer beating three to beat Murray State 72-69. So it’s a tale of two contrasting schools that enter into this match up for Tuesday night. The Cardinal face a team the Monarchs who have really been dominate their coming off a three game win streak.

There’s no taking anything away from Old Dominion because they beat Murray State everyone in their mother was saying along with the folks in the NCAA Tournament that that game was going down to the wire. This was one team that many thought was snubbed in the big tournament and the faithful at Old Dominion. It’s going to be a very good tournament with two very good teams going into this game.

The Cardinal have the edge and maybe confidence in knowing they owned a couple of teams, the Monarchs have this old swagger to them you get when they get further. They have that confidence of those USA mid major teams thinking they have a chance to knock off one of the big boys one of those Pac 12 teams. Stanford has a big tournament getting right back into this game this is going to be a big chance for Old Dominion to come out swinging.

This is where Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins looks forward to another October or maybe not that long and it should be mid season where the players are playing up to their capability. Just looking at the score from last game the Cardinal’s Marcus Allen almost scored ten points. Earlier in the season he wasn’t even a factor necessarily, Reid Travis is getting into rhythm with six points off the bench. So there are a number of surprises that the Cardinal have and they should be out there in force on Tuesday night against Old Dominion for this semi final.

Matt Harrington is covering Stanford basketball for the NIT Semi Finals with Daniel Dullum on game night coverage for http://www.sportsradioservice.com catch the Stanford podcast below

Cardinal’s Season Ends At Hands Of Irish

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By: Joe Lami

Stanford’s season came to an end on Friday night, when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Cardinal 81-60 in the third round of the NCAA tournament.  The Cardinal were riding a five-game winning streak, but the second ranked Irish used amazing guard play to power past the Cardinal.

Notre Dame was led by their two guards, each took turns in dominating a half.

Sophomore, Lili Allen, played the game of her life, as she notched a new career high, 28 points, 24 of which was in the first half. Allen was averaging ten per game entering Friday, but was one of the difference maker in ending Stanford’s season. 

National player of the year candidate, Jewell Loyd, took over in the second half, scoring 17 of her 24 points. “She did a really good job in the second half, but she is going to draw the most attention, which why you see her making so many shots,” added Notre Dame hall of fame coach, Muffet McGraw.

The Cardinal were trying to keep it close early in the second half, as they trailed by just four, but that’s when Loyd took over, helping Notre Dame extend their lead to 59-47 in just a matter of minutes. “Loyd is probably the National player of the year,” added Stanford coach, Tara VanDerveer.

It was the end of the line for Stanford seniors Amber Orrange, Bonnie Samuelson, and Taylor Greenfield.  Samuelson led the way for the Cardinal with 17 points, 15 of which came from beyond the three-point arc.  Orrange finishes her career being one of Stanford’s best guards of all-time finishing with 12 points.  She ends her career high on the Cardinal’s all-time scoring list with 1,426 points.

Greenfield continued her strong play of late, coming off the bench to score eight.

The Cardinal were heavy underdogs against the one-seeded Irish in the Oklahoma City region, and unfortunately will not be able to continue their season.  The Irish will take on the Baylor Bears on Sunday for a chance at the Final Four.