[Farm93]

Stanford had the better more talented team
Cal had the better Coach
We get the L
Kinda frustrating keep repeating that dynamic

I thought about noting that, but it was depressing to note that last night was not unique to Madsen.

The Stanford team has more talent than most in the Pac-12, and plays that way for the first 8 minutes of most games.
Then as the other team makes adjustments that team begins to dominate.

And, sadly, this is JANUARY.   Historically under Haase December and January are much, much better than February and March.

Making this change this season feels like yet another good opportunity since any Stanford basketball coach will have a whole new set of opponents and travel logistics to address next season.

I am curious about one aspect of the Haase regime.   In almost every game over the last few seasons the TV commentators in games held prior to the end of January talk about how they were so impressed in their meeting with Haase and believe Stanford is poised to make the NCAA tournament this season.

How does Haase pull that off?

[Farm93]

Stanford had the better more talented team
Cal had the better Coach
We get the L
Kinda frustrating keep repeating that dynamic

I thought about noting that, but it was depressing to note that last night was not unique to Madsen.

The Stanford team has more talent than most in the Pac-12, and plays that way for the first 8 minutes of most games.
Then as the other team makes adjustments that team begins to dominate.

And, sadly, this is JANUARY.   Historically under Haase December and January are much, much better than February and March.

Making this change this season feels like yet another good opportunity since any Stanford basketball coach will have a whole new set of opponents and travel logistics to address next season.

I am curious about one aspect of the Haase regime.   In almost every game over the last few seasons the TV commentators in games held prior to the end of January talk about how they were so impressed in their meeting with Haase and believe Stanford is poised to make the NCAA tournament this season.

How does Haase pull that off?