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				<title><![CDATA[Green leads Stanford to 99-69 win over Florida A&M]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Jeremy Green scored 21 points, Landry
Fields had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Stanford beat Florida
A&M 99-69 on Saturday as part of the Cancun Challenge.

Drew Shiller added 15 points for the Cardinal (2-2), who
rebounded from a buzzer-beating home loss to Oral Roberts on
Wednesday. Jarrett Mann had 11 points, Emmanuel Igbinosa and
Jack Trotter each had 10.

Yannick Crowder scored 14 points to lead the Rattlers (0-4), who
have yet to play at home.

Dale Hughes hit a 3-pointer to give the Rattlers a four-point
edge midway through the first half.

Shiller sparked a 16-0 run with a steal and layup and ensuing
3-pointer that put Stanford up for good.

The Cardinal led at halftime, 47-31.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Morrison leads Oral Roberts past Stanford 83-81]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Roderick Pearson hit a running jumper as
time expired to give Oral Roberts an 83-81 victory over Stanford
in the first round of the Cancun Classic on Wednesday night.

Dominique Morrison scored seven of his career-high 31 points in
the final 1:30 for the Golden Eagles (2-1), who won their second
straight. Michael Craion added 13 points, including two key free
throws in the final minute. Damen Bell-Holter added 12 points.

Landry Fields scored a career-high 28 points to lead Stanford
(1-2). Jeremy Green added 20 points and Jarrett Mann had 11.

Craion hit a jumper with just under 13 minutes remaining to give
the Golden Eagles a 57-49 advantage.

The game was tied at halftime, 35-35.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Fields leads Stanford to 70-53 win over Cal Poly]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Landry Fields scored 22 points to help
Stanford win its home opener 70-53 over Cal Poly Sunday night.

Jack Trotter scored a career-high 10 points for the Cardinal,
who won their fourth straight home opener. Drew Shiller added 11
points.

Lorenzo Keeler scored 15 points to lead the Mustangs, who lost
their fifth straight dating to last season. Will Donahue
recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Justin
Brown scored 11.

The Mustangs were unable to match Stanford's athleticism and
were never really competitive after the first few minutes of the
second half.

Cal Poly missed seven of its first nine shots while Stanford
shot 50 percent from the field to open a 13-point lead in the
game's first 10 minutes.

Stanford led at halftime, 32-23.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/134388-Fields-leads-Stanford-to-70-53-win-over-Cal-Poly</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[2 score 18 as San Diego beats Stanford 77-64]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO(AP) -- De'Jon Jackson and Brandon Johnson scored 18
points apiece to lead San Diego to a 77-64 win over Stanford in
the season opener for both teams Friday night.

San Diego held the Cardinal to just two field goals in the final
seven minutes, winning its season opener for just the second
time in seven seasons.

Jackson helped seal the win with two straight baskets to give
the Toreros a 69-58 lead with 2:18 remaining. Johnson scored 14
of his points in the second half when San Diego shot 60 percent
from the field.

Landry Fields scored a career-high 25 points for Stanford, which
shot only 37.5 percent from the floor. Jeremy Green added 13
points.

San Diego won despite the Cardinal's big advantage at the free
throw line. Stanford had 24 attempts to 12 for the Toreros
heading into the final two minutes. Stanford finished just 17 of
26 while San Diego was 14 for 20.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/133744-2-score-18-as-San-Diego-beats-Stanford-77-64</link>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stanford suspends Green]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Stanford guard Jeremy Green has been
suspended indefinitely by coach Johnny Dawkins for a violation
of team rules.

The school made the announcement late Wednesday, saying the
suspension would begin immediately. This is another big blow for
the rebuilding Cardinal, who lost top recruit Andy Brown to a
season-ending knee injury on the second day of practice.

A Pac-10 all-freshman team selection last season, Green was a
promising underclassman. He appeared in all 34 games last
season, averaging 6.4 points and 2.1 rebounds. He shot 45.6
percent from 3-point range. Over the team's final 10 games,
Green scored 7.4 points per game and shot 52.1 percent overall
and 50 percent from long range.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/129702-Stanford-suspends-Green</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stanford rebuilds with young roster]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer

STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Johnny Dawkins has little time to ponder
the great challenge he faces in rebuilding Stanford's proud
basketball program.

Dawkins is too busy teaching and doing all he can to make sure
his young roster figures out his system in time for the first
game. He realizes that will be a work in progress all year.

And he knew what he signed on for when Cardinal athletic
director Bob Bowlsby lured the former top assistant at Duke to
the West Coast to lead another school with a storied sports
history.

"I count on those kids who are returning to become better
players," Dawkins said. "We don't want to just have a team, we
want to have a program. In doing that you have to instill some
certain kind of core values with your group that we can roll
with. That's what we're trying to implement now."

Landry Fields is the lone proven veteran for the Cardinal's
second-year coach, who has all of eight scholarship players
heading into the season - and that includes two former walk-ons
who earned scholarships this year. Stanford announced late
Wednesday that sophomore guard Jeremy Green has been suspended
indefinitely for a violation of team rules. Green was a
promising underclassman who appeared in all 34 games last season
as a freshman, averaging 6.4 points and 2.1 rebounds. He shot
45.6 percent from 3-point range.

"I'm confident in the kids we have. I think they have a lot of
potential," Dawkins said.

Yet Dawkins doesn't pretend to hide the fact Stanford will face
its share of bumps along the way. The Cardinal will need to
catch some breaks to compete with the top-tier teams in the
Pac-10 and they are expected to finish at or near the bottom of
the conference. This team already took a big blow when it lost
top recruit Andy Brown to a season-ending knee injury on the
second day of practice.

Gone are three starters and a key reserve from last season, when
Stanford went 20-14 and reached the semifinals of the College
Basketball Invitational.

"We lose a lot of experience. We're still trying to put in our
system from the standpoint that it takes time to instill what
we're trying to do with our kids," Dawkins said. "They have to
pick you somewhere. For us, we realize, we're not picked very
high. That doesn't mean we can't have a terrific season. I
wouldn't let anything someone says determine my fate. We have to
go out there and determine our own fate."

With this team largely being at an even level and inexperienced,
Dawkins expects competition for playing time to be stiff.

He will look to Fields to set the example, in practice and in
games. The captain is coming off a breakout junior season in
which he was the Cardinal's third-leading scorer at 12.6 points
per game and also averaged 6.6 rebounds and made 42 steals. He
was a standout in a San Francisco summer league.

"Last year I was able to hide a little bit with three senior
starters and leading scorers," Fields said. "This year I'm
taking over that role. ... We were here all summer together and
even last spring, so I'm really proud of the (young guys) for
that. They understand what it was like last year and that a lot
more is expected of them."

Bowlsby brought Dawkins to the West Coast last year to replace
Trent Johnson, who left for Louisiana State.

Dawkins was a longtime Duke assistant under Mike Krzyzewski and
a former All-American at the school, where he had been on the
coaching staff since the 1997-98 season. He's played for a
national championship and won it all as a coach.

He knows it will take a while to build something at Stanford
that's anything close to what the Blue Devils have - but he's in
this for the long haul. Coach K groomed him for this, and many
considered - and still do - Dawkins the Duke coach in-waiting.

Now, Dawkins is more comfortable in that first seat on the
bench. He got a full season of recruiting in, too, saying, "it's
good to be able to start the race with everyone else." He
believes tweaking things will happen over time, as he gains more
time on the recruiting trail and can bring in even better
players and add depth. And as his players become more
experienced.

These days, assistant coaches scurry in and out of Dawkins'
office to talk. Dawkins pops out to make copies or visit with a
player who stops by.

"It was a whirlwind last year for me, because so many things
were new," Dawkins said. "This year there are some things that
now I'm adjusted to and familiar with, which helps you. You have
to continue to get better at what you do. Part of that is having
the stability that your surroundings are now familiar and you're
comfortable in them, and you can grow and do the things you want
to get accomplished."

Fields, for one, can sense everything running more smoothly in
Dawkins' second year in charge.

And wherever Stanford ends up, Dawkins is most concerned with
the way his team plays each time out.

"I think if you have any kind of pride in what you do, I think
our kids say, 'Look, I think we can be better than people expect
us to be,"' he said. "It's one thing to think that. It's another
thing to go out there and accomplish it."]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/129701-Stanford-rebuilds-with-young-roster</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:20:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stanford rebuilds with young roster]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer

STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Johnny Dawkins has little time to ponder
the great challenge he faces in rebuilding Stanford's proud
basketball program.

Dawkins is too busy teaching and doing all he can to make sure
his young roster figures out his system in time for the first
game. He realizes that will be a work in progress all year.

And he knew what he signed on for when Cardinal athletic
director Bob Bowlsby lured the former top assistant at Duke to
the West Coast to lead another school with a storied sports
history.

"I count on those kids who are returning to become better
players," Dawkins said. "We don't want to just have a team, we
want to have a program. In doing that you have to instill some
certain kind of core values with your group that we can roll
with. That's what we're trying to implement now."

Landry Fields is the lone proven veteran for the Cardinal's
second-year coach, who has all of nine scholarship players
heading into the season - and that includes two former walk-ons
who earned scholarships this year.

"I'm confident in the kids we have. I think they have a lot of
potential," Dawkins said.

Yet Dawkins doesn't pretend to hide the fact Stanford will face
its share of bumps along the way. The Cardinal will need to
catch some breaks to compete with the top-tier teams in the
Pac-10 and they are expected to finish at or near the bottom of
the conference. This team already took a big blow when it lost
top recruit Andy Brown to a season-ending knee injury on the
second day of practice.

Gone are three starters and a key reserve from last season, when
Stanford went 20-14 and reached the semifinals of the College
Basketball Invitational.

"We lose a lot of experience. We're still trying to put in our
system from the standpoint that it takes time to instill what
we're trying to do with our kids," Dawkins said. "They have to
pick you somewhere. For us, we realize, we're not picked very
high. That doesn't mean we can't have a terrific season. I
wouldn't let anything someone says determine my fate. We have to
go out there and determine our own fate."

With this team largely being at an even level and inexperienced,
Dawkins expects competition for playing time to be stiff.

He will look to Fields to set the example, in practice and in
games. The captain is coming off a breakout junior season in
which he was the Cardinal's third-leading scorer at 12.6 points
per game and also averaged 6.6 rebounds and made 42 steals. He
was a standout in a San Francisco summer league.

"Last year I was able to hide a little bit with three senior
starters and leading scorers," Fields said. "This year I'm
taking over that role. ... We were here all summer together and
even last spring, so I'm really proud of the (young guys) for
that. They understand what it was like last year and that a lot
more is expected of them."

Bowlsby brought Dawkins to the West Coast last year to replace
Trent Johnson, who left for Louisiana State.

Dawkins was a longtime Duke assistant under Mike Krzyzewski and
a former All-American at the school, where he had been on the
coaching staff since the 1997-98 season. He's played for a
national championship and won it all as a coach.

He knows it will take a while to build something at Stanford
that's anything close to what the Blue Devils have - but he's in
this for the long haul. Coach K groomed him for this, and many
considered - and still do - Dawkins the Duke coach in-waiting.

Now, Dawkins is more comfortable in that first seat on the
bench. He got a full season of recruiting in, too, saying, "it's
good to be able to start the race with everyone else." He
believes tweaking things will happen over time, as he gains more
time on the recruiting trail and can bring in even better
players and add depth. And as his players become more
experienced.

These days, assistant coaches scurry in and out of Dawkins'
office to talk. Dawkins pops out to make copies or visit with a
player who stops by.

"It was a whirlwind last year for me, because so many things
were new," Dawkins said. "This year there are some things that
now I'm adjusted to and familiar with, which helps you. You have
to continue to get better at what you do. Part of that is having
the stability that your surroundings are now familiar and you're
comfortable in them, and you can grow and do the things you want
to get accomplished."

Fields, for one, can sense everything running more smoothly in
Dawkins' second year in charge.

And wherever Stanford ends up, Dawkins is most concerned with
the way his team plays each time out.

"I think if you have any kind of pride in what you do, I think
our kids say, 'Look, I think we can be better than people expect
us to be,"' he said. "It's one thing to think that. It's another
thing to go out there and accomplish it."]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/129609-Stanford-rebuilds-with-young-roster</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stanford loses freshman Brown]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[STANFORD, Calif.(AP) -- Stanford freshman Andy Brown will miss the
season with a left knee injury.

Brown, a 6-foot-8 forward, tore the anterior cruciate ligament
in his left knee during the Cardinal's practice Saturday, the
school said Monday.

This is the second time in 10 months Brown has torn the ACL in
his left knee. He tore it in January, cutting short his senior
season at Mater Dei High School.

Brown led Mater Dei to state titles as a sophomore and junior.

Stanford opens the season Nov. 13 at San Diego.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/127562-Stanford-loses-freshman-Brown</link>
				<guid>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/127562-Stanford-loses-freshman-Brown</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thomas' clutch shooting lifts Washington into Pac-10 semis]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Washington picked a great time to 
continue its second-longest winning streak of the season.

Jon Brockman scored 20 points, Isaiah Thomas sparked a decisive 
second-half spurt with nine points and the 10th-ranked Huskies 
defeated Stanford, 85-73, in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals
Thursday.

Washington (25-7), winners of six in a row, will play 
23rd-ranked Arizona State (23-8) in Friday's semifinals at 
Staples Center. The Huskies swept the regular-season series, 
winning the second game by three points in overtime.

"Another tough opponent," Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar said. 
"Arizona State just plays us to the wire. We're going to have to
do a great job of turning the page. This group has been 
fantastic in keeping the focus."

Washington's focus is on earning a high seed in the NCAA 
Tournament, where it hasn't played since 2006 when its streak of
three consecutive appearances ended.

The Huskies won the Pac-10 regular-season title outright for the
first time since 1953, and are going for their first league 
tournament championship since 2005.

Anthony Goods scored 26 points after getting 23 in a win against
Oregon State on Wednesday night for the Cardinal, who were sent 
packing a year after losing to UCLA in the title game.

"It's just frustrating to fall short," he said.

Washington, the tournament's top seed for the first time, has 
won nine of its last 10. The Huskies completed a three-game 
sweep of the Cardinal (18-13) by winning the teams' first 
meeting in the tournament since 2005.

Landry Fields had 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and 
freshman Jeremy Green added 13 points for Stanford, which fell 
to 11-11 all-time in the tournament. Those two, along with 
Goods, combined for 55 of Stanford's points, while starter 
Lawrence Hill finished with four points on 2-of-14 shooting.

"We had some great looks that didn't go down. Some of our better
shooters couldn't find it," said first-year Stanford coach 
Johnny Dawkins, who'll wait to see if his team will play on in 
the NIT.

The Cardinal kept it close throughout the first half, when the 
game was tied eight times.

Tied at 27-27, the Huskies outscored the Cardinal 11-8 to end 
the half ahead 38-35. Elston Turner hit three consecutive 
3-pointers and Justin Holiday dunked in the spurt. The Cardinal 
got two 3-pointers, including a buzzer-beater by Kenny Brown, 
who finished with 11 points.

"Those were huge," Romar said about Turner's 3-pointers. "He 
gave us a little breathing room."

Thomas, who missed all six of his shots in the first half, 
suddenly found his shooting touch.

The freshman ran off seven points in a row and hit another 
basket, and Brockman added five points, during Washington's 
16-11 run that opened the second half and put the Huskies ahead 
for good, 54-46.

"We came out in the second half and did a better job," Thomas 
said.

Thomas finished with 14 points and a career-high nine rebounds. 
The 5-foot-8 guard scooped up Stanford's long rebounds.

"They popped out to me," he said. "It's not like I was Jon."

The Cardinal cut their deficit to five points four times down 
the stretch, twice on baskets by Goods and twice by Green. But 
Washington always answered, and scored 12 in a row to pull away.

Stanford was just 8-of-28 from long range.

"It just came down to shot selection," Goods said. "We resorted 
to the three a little too early and it took its toll on us."]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/91541-Thomas-clutch-shooting-lifts-Washington-into-Pac-10-semis</link>
				<guid>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/91541-Thomas-clutch-shooting-lifts-Washington-into-Pac-10-semis</guid>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Top-seeded Washington kicks off Pac-10 tourney]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Stanford (17-12) vs. No. 10 Washington (24-7) 5:30 p.m. EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- After claiming its first outright 
regular-season conference championship in 56 years, 10th-ranked 
Washington gets started on securing another milestone - an 
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Huskies open up their Pac-10 tournament slate as the top 
seed on Thursday as they take on Stanford in search of their 
sixth consecutive win.

The Cardinal, the league's No. 9 seed, earned their way into the
quarterfinal meeting by defeating eighth-seeded Oregon State 
thanks to a strong second half on Wednesday.  Stanford fell 
behind by seven at the break, but surged afterward.  Just 10 
seconds into the second half, Anthony Goods buried a 3-pointer 
to spark a 14-2 run that put the Cardinal in the driver's seat.

The Beavers pulled back ahead with a 7-0 spurt of their own, but
Stanford answered right back and held on for a 62-54 triumph.  
Goods led the way with 25 points.

Stanford may have its hands full against the conference 
powerhouse, but it played Washington tight in both earlier 
meetings this season.  Jon Brockman knocked in the game-winning,
tip-in on January 8 to lift the Huskies to an 84-83 victory.  
Three weeks later, Washington snapped a 15-game skid at Stanford
with a 75-68 triumph.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/91507-Top-seeded-Washington-kicks-off-Pac-10-tourney</link>
				<guid>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/91507-Top-seeded-Washington-kicks-off-Pac-10-tourney</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stanford continues Arizona State's late-season swoon]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Landry Fields scored 19 points and 
Anthony Good had 15 as Stanford posted its first Pac-10 
Conference road win of the season with a 74-64 victory over 
Arizona State on Thursday.

Lawrence Hill added 13 points, Kenny Brown chipped in 12 for the
Cardinal (16-12, 6-11 Pac-10), who have won two straight since a
four-game losing streak.  Stanford is 1-7 away from home in 
conference play.

It was the season-high, third straight loss for the Sun Devils 
(21-8, 10-7), who got off to a horrible start and only led when 
they opened the scoring with a free throw.

"I don't think we played well in any category," Arizona State 
coach Herb Sendek told the Arizona Republic.

"We struggled to score.  We struggled to make shots.  Even the 
most open shots of the night seemingly hit the rim and clanged 
out.  To a degree, we allowed that to spill over onto the 
defensive end."

Arizona State missed its first six shots and committed five 
turnovers before finally connecting from the field on a James 
Harden layup with 11:55 to play in the first half.

The Cardinal led by as much as 25-13 before settling for a 32-26
advantage at the break.

However, that would be as close as Arizona State could get as 
Stanford scored the first eight points of the second half and 
maintained an advantage of at least seven the rest of the way.

Kenny Brown's 3-pointer from the right corner gave the Cardinal 
a 61-47 bulge with 3:55 to play and Stanford went 9-of-10 from 
the foul line in the final two minutes to seal the victory.

Stanford had lost the first meeting, 90-60, on January 2.

Harden scored 22 points and Jeff Pendergraph had 15 and 11 
rebounds to pace the Sun Devils, who made 8-of-29 from the arc.

"We're kind of at the bottom right now," Pendergraph told the 
newspaper.  "Losing is not good.  I haven't lost this many in a 
row in a while.  As a team we're disappointed in how we're 
playing right now, because this isn't us.  Three in a row?  It 
doesn't make any sense."]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/91068-Stanford-continues-Arizona-States-late-season-swoon</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Arizona State looks to avoid third straight loss]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Stanford (16-11) at No. 21 Arizona State (21-7), 8:30 p.m. EST

TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- After a pair of narrow setbacks, No. 
21 Arizona State hopes to return to the win column when it hosts
Stanford on Thursday.

The Sun Devils (21-7, 10-6 Pac-10) are coming off consecutive 
overtime defeats at Washington and Washington State, 
respectively, eliminating any chance of winning their first 
Pac-10 Conference title.

Taylor Rochestie made the game-winning 3-pointer from well 
beyond the arc with two seconds left in Washington State's 51-49
victory on Saturday.

James Harden scored 13 points, but shot 2-of-11 from the floor 
to lead Arizona State in the loss.  The conference's leading 
scorer, Harden is averaging 20.8 per contest.

Stanford (16-11, 5-11) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 
75-63 triumph over Southern California on Saturday.

Anthony Goods scored 20 points to lead the Cardinal, who are 0-7
on the road in Pac-10 play.

Arizona State won the first meeting, 90-60, on January 2.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/90981-Arizona-State-looks-to-avoid-third-straight-loss</link>
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				<title><![CDATA[UCLA outlasts Stanford]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- Forty minutes proved a 
microcosm of UCLA's season on Thursday.

Alfred Aboya hit four huge free throws in the final 15 seconds 
as the 19th-ranked Bruins took turns being awful, excellent, 
mediocre and finally clutch in a 76-71 victory over Stanford in 
a Pac-10 clash.

UCLA (21-7, 10-5 Pac-10) trailed by 14 points in the first half,
rallied to lead at the break and hung tough in a tight game 
before creating some space with a 6-0 run that created a 69-61 
lead on a basket by  Josh Shipp, who had 24 points, with 4 1/2 
minutes left.

The Cardinal refused to go away, closing within 72-69 with a 
minute left on a dunk by Josh Owens and a pair for free throws 
by Landry Fields.

Aboya was then fouled and missed the front end of a 1-and-1.  
Stanford came down and Nikola Dragovic fouled Anthony Goods, an 
80-percent free-throw shooter.  Goods, who led Stanford with 18 
points, was short on the first and crisp with the second to make
it 72-70.

Aboya was wide-open underneath the basket after taking a feed 
from Darren Collison.  He went up strong for the jam and hit the
back of the rim.  Fortunately for the Bruins, Aboya was fouled 
by Lawrence Hill on the play.

The native of Cameroon hit both free throws with 14 seconds left
to make it 74-70.  UCLA played tough defense on Stanford (15-11,
4-11) and Goods was bad from long range with time running out.  
Fields was fouled on the scramble for the rebound with 2.6 
seconds left.  He missed the first attempt from the stripe and 
coach Johnny Dawkins called a timeout.

Hill hit the second and Stanford fouled Aboya, who hit both foul
shots to close out the Cardinal.

"Once we were able to get some easy baskets we picked up the 
intensity and made it hard for them to score," said Aboya, who 
scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half.

Shipp came up big in a game the Bruins needed to stay in the 
thick of the Pac-10 race.

"We knew coming in how important it was," said Shipp, who was 
9-of-12 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range.  
"Fortunately for me, I got hot early and was able to knock down 
some shots."

The Bruins next face California.  UCLA, Cal and Arizona State 
are all tied for second place in the Pac-10, 1 1/2 games behind 
Washington.

"We have to win all our games," Collison said.  "We want to go 
out the right way.  We want to win our last four games."

It didn't look as if the Bruins were going to win this one as 
the Cardinal surged early and often.

Stanford sizzled at the start of the game, hitting its first 
seven shots and 10-of-11 en route to a 26-12 advantage.

Just when it seemed UCLA was going to be blown out of Maples 
Pavilion, the Bruins started to roll.  A 9-0 run close the gap 
to 26-21.

"We felt like we were playing good 'D,'" Shipp said.  "They just
knocked down some tough shots."

The Bruins kept nibbling away at the Cardinal's advantage and 
eventually went into the break with a 37-35 advantage when 
freshman Drew Gordon hit a layup in the final minute.

"We tried to figure them out and control tempo as much as 
possible," Collison said.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/90190-UCLA-outlasts-Stanford</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[UCLA hoping to duplicate Stanford victory]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[No. 19 UCLA (20-7) at Stanford (15-10) 10:30 p.m. EST

PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- In the midst of its worst 
stretch of the season, 19th-ranked UCLA hopes a meeting with 
lowly Stanford on Thursday can help it get back on track.

The Bruins (20-7, 9-5 Pac-10) have fallen from first place in 
the Pac-10 and out of the top 10 in the national rankings after 
enduring three losses in their last four games.

Following back-to-back road losses to then-No. 18 Arizona State 
and Arizona, UCLA momentarily stopped its slide with an 
impressive 85-76 victory over then-No. 19 Washington last 
Thursday.

The Bruins' woes returned on Saturday as they endured an 82-81 
setback to the Washington State, allowing Taylor Rochestie to 
score 14 points in the final three minutes en route to the loss.

UCLA had no trouble in the last meeting with the Cardinal, 
cruising to a 97-63 rout on January 31.

Things haven't gotten better recently for Stanford (15-10, 
4-10), which enters the contest on a three-game losing streak 
after dropping a 68-60 decision against Oregon on Saturday.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/90078-UCLA-hoping-to-duplicate-Stanford-victory</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:24:59 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pondexter, Washington snap skid at Stanford]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- Quincy Pondexter was just 4 
years old the last time Washington emerged victorious at Maples 
Pavilion.  One of the junior's best games of the season helped 
snap that streak Sunday.

Pondexter collected 20 points and six rebounds as 25th-ranked 
Washington won at Maples for the first time in more than 16 
years with a 75-68 triumph over Stanford.

Isaiah Thomas had 17 points, Jon Brockman recorded a 
double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds and Venoy Overton 
added 11 off the bench for the Huskies, who last won at Stanford
on January 30, 1993.

"Man, it's good to just kind of get that out of the way," 
Brockman told the Seattle Times after the senior tasted victory 
at Maples following losses in his first three tries.

Washington (17-6, 8-3 Pac-10) came out of the locker room after 
halftime and went on a 15-4 run over the first 7:34 minutes of 
the second half to take a lead it would not relinquish.  The 
Huskies were up, 35-34, at the break behind a 16-4 spurt late in
the opening 20 minutes.

But the Cardinal did not go quietly, rallying to within three 
when a jumper by Landry Fields made the score 66-63 with 2:21 
remaining.  Thomas responded with a nifty lefthanded layup and 
Stanford missed its next five field-goal attempts to drop its 
record at home to 10-3 on the season.

"He (Thomas) just kind of floated in the air and waited for 
everyone else to land," Brockman told the Times.  "He's a tough 
little guy and he likes taking shots like that when the pressure
is on.  I feel comfortable when the ball is in his hands."

Pondexter, who entered the contest averaging 10.3 point per 
game, fell one point shy of his season high thanks to shooting 
5-of-11 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.  
The junior scored 21 points twice this season, most recently in 
an 86-71 loss at California on Thursday.

Fields scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to
lead Stanford (4-7, 17-4), which has lost four of five overall.

"It was interesting," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar told the 
newspaper of Stanford's attempted comeback.  "I would have to 
admit it did look like some other games we've had here down the 
stretch."

"I got scared for my life," Pondexter said.  "I was like 'not 
again.'"

Anthony Goods leads the Cardinal with 16.8 points per game, but 
was limited to 12 points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field.

Stanford shot just 9-of-17 as a team from the charity stripe 
while Washington converted 21-of-28 chances.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/88275-Pondexter-Washington-snap-skid-at-Stanford</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:34:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Washington goes for sweep of Stanford]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[No. 25 Washington (16-6) at Stanford (14-6) 5:30 p.m. EST

PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- Washington's current four-game
road trip has not gone as planned.

The 25th-ranked Huskies look to close the journey out with a win
and a season sweep over Pac-10 rival Stanford on Sunday.

Following a victory over then-No. 11 UCLA on January 24, 
Washington (16-6, 7-3 Pac-10) found itself on top of the league 
standings.  But after splitting its weekend series in Arizona --
losing to the Wildcats before upsetting the then-No 14 Sun 
Devils -- the Huskies dropped an 84-71 contest at California on 
Thursday.

Quincy Pondexter had 21 points and eight rebounds but Washington
shot just 36 percent (22-of-61) from the field in the loss.

Stanford (14-6, 4-6), which has won 15 in a row at home against 
Washington, halted a three-game losing streak with a 65-54 win 
over Washington State on Thursday.

In the previous meeting between the teams on January 8, Jon 
Brockman had 19 points and 18 rebounds and Matthew Bryan-Amaning
scored 17 off the bench to push Washington to an 84-83 win.  
Anthony Goods led the Cardinal with 19 points.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/88206-Washington-goes-for-sweep-of-Stanford</link>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Collison, UCLA crush Stanford]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Darren Collison and UCLA continued to 
kick around Stanford.

Collison was one of three players with 15 points as No. 16 UCLA 
routed Stanford, 97-63, on Saturday to beat the Cardinal for the
fifth straight time.

Alfred Aboya and freshman Jrue Holiday also scored 15 for the 
Bruins (17-4, 7-2 Pac-10), who remained tied with Washington 
(16-5, 7-2) atop the Pac-10 standings.

The Huskies, who won on the road at No. 14 Arizona State on 
Saturday, do hold the tie-breaker due to last Saturday's 86-75 
win over the Bruins.

That was one of two uncharacteristic losses in league play for 
UCLA, which has won the Pac-10 regular-season championship in 
each of the past three years.  In the loss at Washington, the 
Bruins went more than nine minutes without a point after 
halftime.  On January 17, UCLA coughed up a double-digit lead in
the second half against Arizona State before falling in 
overtime.

The Bruins came out firing in this one, missing only one of 
eight 3-point attempts in the first half en route to a 41-30 
lead.

Nikola Dragovic provided the big spark, scoring all nine of his 
points as he connected on all three of his 3-point attempts.

Stanford (13-6, 3-6) cut the deficit to nine points in the 
opening moments of the second half, but UCLA fired back with a 
26-4 run to open a 69-38 cushion with 12:25 left.  Aboya had 
seven points and Holiday had six during the game-ending burst.

Holiday finished with 10 points in the second half as the Bruins
shot 74 percent (23-of-31) after the break, including 4-of-7 on 
3-pointers.

"We may be reverting back to past years where we're a very good 
second half team," UCLA coach Ben Howland told The Los Angeles 
Times. "Obviously that's when you want to be really good, if you
had to choose between one and the other.  But we want to be good
for 40 minutes."

Overall, UCLA went 63 percent (38-of-60) and 11-of-15 from the 
arc in the contest as it scored over 85 points for the first 
time in 10 games.

Meanwhile, Stanford shot 39 percent (20-of-52) and committed 19 
turnovers.

"Darren was terrific at both ends," Howland said.  "Everything 
starts with Darren Collison, in terms of our defensive 
intensity.  When he is into the ball, as he's been these last 
two games, we are a much better defensive team."

Anthony Goods scored 15 points for the Cardinal, who lost for 
the third consecutive time.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/87426-Collison-UCLA-crush-Stanford</link>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[UCLA aiming for sole possession of top spot in Pac-10]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Stanford (13-5) at No. 16 UCLA (16-4) 3:30 p.m. EST

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Despite an inconsistent start to Pac-10 
play, UCLA still owns a share of first place in the conference. 
Knocking the Bruins from their perch will be tough, especially 
for struggling Stanford.

Sixteenth-ranked UCLA goes for its second straight win on 
Saturday when it hosts the Cardinal.

After opening conference play with four straight wins, the first
three coming on the road, the Bruins (16-4, 6-2 Pac-10) dropped 
two of their next three contests.

In fact, UCLA came awfully close to losing all three games over 
that span.  Following a three-point overtime loss to then-No. 15
Arizona State on January 17, the Bruins nearly blew a 15-point 
lead to Washington State before Darren Collison scored six of 
his eight points in the final five minutes to preserve a 61-59 
victory on January 22.

The momentum didn't last as UCLA suffered a surprising 86-75 
loss to Washington last Saturday as the Huskies made 36-of-43 
free throws in the physical matchup.

The Bruins put that loss behind them on Thursday, throttling 
California, 81-66, to move to the top of the Pac-10 standings 
alongside Washington (15-5, 6-2), which endured a nine-point 
loss to Arizona.

UCLA should continue its resurgence against Stanford (13-5, 
3-5), which has lost two straight  and four of six, including a 
70-69 setback against Southern California on Thursday.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/87361-UCLA-aiming-for-sole-possession-of-top-spot-in-Pac-10</link>
				<guid>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/87361-UCLA-aiming-for-sole-possession-of-top-spot-in-Pac-10</guid>
				<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hill helps Stanford cool off California]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- Lawrence Hill and Stanford 
spoiled Mike Montgomery's return to Maples Pavilion.

Hill scored 25 points and Anthony Goods added 19 as Stanford 
used a late surge to snap 23rd-ranked California's nine-game 
winning streak with a 75-69 victory on Saturday.

Landry Fields chipped in 15 points for the Cardinal (12-3, 2-3 
Pac-10), who spoiled the Bears' first game as a ranked team 
since the 2002-03 season.

The contest also marked the return of Montgomery, the current 
California coach, who guided Stanford to a 393-167 record over 
18 years - which includes a Final Four appearance in 1998.

"Everybody was very gracious," Montgomery said.  "They booed 
accordingly, like they should've, when we were introduced and 
all that kind of stuff.  But relative to me, they were very 
gracious, as I should've expected."

The Cardinal took control of an extremely tight game with an 
11-1 run to take a 65-56 advantage with 3:54 to play.  Mitch 
Johnson scored six points during the spurt.

Stanford pushed the lead up to 10 before Theo Robertson helped 
California come within 71-67 on consecutive 3-pointers, but that
would be as close as the Bears would get.

Jamal Boykin scored 22 points and Robertson added 17 for 
California (15-3, 4-1), which was off to its best start since 
the 1959-60 season when it finished 28-2 and was the national 
runner-up.

"These are great kids and we're trying to do the best that we 
can," Montgomery said.  "We've got two road breakthroughs (at 
Washington State and at Washington last week), here was a chance
to get a third.  They're hard to get."

Both teams shot above 50 percent in the first half and neither 
side led by more than three points in the opening 20 minutes.

Stanford trailed by one point with less than one minute to play 
in the half before Fields and Kenny Brown each scored before the
break to give the Cardinal a 35-32 lead.

The contest stayed close throughout the second half but, after 
Patrick Christopher put the Bears in front, 54-53, Johnson hit a
pair of jumpers and Hill scored on a layup to give the Cardinal 
the largest lead of the game at 60-55 with 5:34 remaining.

Stanford, which snapped a two-game losing streak, shot 56 
percent (30-of-54) from the floor, including 6-of-12 from the 
arc.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/86002-Hill-helps-Stanford-cool-off-California</link>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Montgomery visits old team as California aims to keep rolling]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[No. 23 California (15-2) at Stanford (11-3), 8:00 p.m. EST

PALO ALTO, California (Ticker) -- The fans at Stanford will see 
a familiar face on the California sidelines.  His impact is also
something the school has seen before.

California coach Mike Montgomery will try and guide the 
23rd-ranked Golden Bears to their 10th straight win when they 
visit the Cardinal in a Pac-10 Conference matchup on Saturday.

Montgomery roamed the Stanford sidelines for 18 seasons before 
taking the head coaching job with the Golden State Warriors in 
2004, compiling a 393-167 record and a Final Four appearance in 
1998.

After two seasons with the Warriors, Montgomery assisted 
Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby before taking the 
California job in April.  Montgomery's appearance has coincided 
with a sudden turnaround by the program.

Despite losing the conference's leading scorer in Ryan Anderson 
to the New Jersey Nets, the Bears (15-2, 4-0 Pac-10) are off to 
their best start since the 1959-60 season when they finished 
28-2 and were the national runner-up.

Jerome Randle is scoring 19.1 points per game and Patrick 
Christopher is averaging 16.1 for California, which is coming 
off a triple-overtime 88-85 triumph at Washington on January 10.

Under first-year coach Johnny Dawkins, Stanford (11-3, 1-3) won 
its first 10 games but has struggled in Pac-10 play.  The team 
lost at Washington and Washington State by one point in each 
game last week.

Anthony Goods is averaging 17.1 points per game to lead the 
Cardinal, who won both meetings with the Bears last season.

It is the first time California has been ranked since the 
2002-03 season.]]></description>
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				<link>http://areyouwatchingthis.com/ncaab/news/85895-Montgomery-visits-old-team-as-California-aims-to-keep-rolling</link>
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