[joemontes]

Oregon State's loss to USC pretty much sealed the deal for Stanford 
as long as the Cardinal takes care of business vs Arizona, ASU and 
Oregon, which they should, capable of blowout wins vs all three.

But for me, having had the luxury of the easiest PAC 12 schedule
among the PAC12 upper echelon teams, I want to see Stanford:

(1) compete at their very best at Oregon State (with BEERS playing) 
in two weeks.

(2) then, I want them to be battle tested during the PAC12 tourney,
in preparation for the NCAA tournament, by hopefully facing 
two from the group of Colorado, UCLA (with BETTS) and USC,
but preferably UCLA (with BETTS) and USC.

[joemontes]

Oregon State's loss to USC pretty much sealed the deal for Stanford 
as long as the Cardinal takes care of business vs Arizona, ASU and 
Oregon, which they should, capable of blowout wins vs all three.

But for me, having had the luxury of the easiest PAC 12 schedule
among the PAC12 upper echelon teams, I want to see Stanford:

(1) compete at their very best at Oregon State (with BEERS playing) 
in two weeks.

(2) then, I want them to be battle tested during the PAC12 tourney,
in preparation for the NCAA tournament, by hopefully facing 
two from the group of Colorado, UCLA (with BETTS) and USC,
but preferably UCLA (with BETTS) and USC.