If we at JakesTakeOnSports had any influence over Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer – and it may come as a surprise that we don’t – we would use our best debating skills to try to persuade her not to play Jayne Appel in the Pac-10 tournament.
The crux of the debate, of course, is Appel’s ankle, which ...
The No. 2-ranked Stanford women will play Cal again on Saturday in Berkeley, but it is not the same squad the Cardinal crushed 79-58 on Jan. 2.
“Obviously, they’re a different team,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “They’re not freshmen anymore.”
Well, technically, the Bears are still composed largely of freshmen, but they have matured significantly in ...
Items for the day after Thursday’s college basketball action:
– St. Mary’s junior Louella Tomlinson holds the Division I record for blocked shots as of Friday and will no doubt hold it when she finishes her career, but she may not have that record at the end of this season. Stranger still is that one of ...
Because St. Mary’s junior Louella Tomlinson will probably break both the NCAA Division I single-season and career records for blocked shots in Thursday’s critical home game against No. 22 Gonzaga, you simply assume she knows what he’s talking about when she says the key to blocking shots is not jumping.
If anyone else had said it, ...
Cal and UCLA are going barefoot in Saturday’s women’s basketball game at Haas Pavilion.
Well, no, the players are not going sneakerless. There will still be the customary squeaking as the Bears try to move into a tie for second place (with the help of Stanford on Sunday).
No, it is the two coaching staffs that will ...
The injury problems that have plagued Stanford’s backcourt have now invaded the Cardinal’s frontcourt.
While guards JJ Hones, Melanie Murphy and Jeanette Pohlen have had limited practice time this week because of ongoing health issues, preseason All-American center Jayne Appel has not practiced at all this week because of mysterious infection in her foot.
Coach Tara VanDerveer said Wednesday she is ...
Two things to note before we get started:
1. Stanford sophomore Nneka Ogwumike was NOT one of the top 21 candidates for the Wooden national player of the year award announced 10 days ago, which makes that panel look a little silly at the moment.
2. Ogumike probably would have been considered the Cardinal’s fifth-best player when ...
Arizona women’s coach Niya Butts provided the most telling quote of the season after her team’s 119-112 victory over Oregon on Saturday when she said, “Defensively, we did a really good job.”
We are searching the archives at this very moment trying to find another example of coach who credited her team’s defense after yielding 112 ...
There had been a suspicion that the Los Angeles schools might pose the biggest threat to Stanford’s march to another Pac-10 title, and USC and UCLA gave that suspicion some support by winning their first two conference games.
It wasn’t so much that USC and UCLA both beat then-No. 19 Arizona State, which was picked to ...
Cal guard Layshia Clarendon called it “the young thing,” as in “We can’t use the young thing as an excuse.”
Regardless of whether it’s a legitimate excuse, “the young thing” made it impossible for Cal to compete with Stanford in the Pac-10 opener for both teams at Stanford on Saturday.
Even though the No. 2-ranked Cardinal missed countless ...
