March 30, 2006

Stanford Looks For Even Bigger Things Next Year

Michelle Smith, SF Chronicle
March 29, 2006

Stanford's "in-between team" is in the books. What's left for the Cardinal women's basketball program is considering what's next. And what's next could be pretty special.
The Cardinal ended their season Monday night in the Elite Eight, the disappointment of a 62-59 loss to LSU in San Antonio temporarily obscuring the fact that this team exceeded the expectations of nearly everyone, including its coach.
"If somebody had said at the beginning of the year, or in December or January or February, that this team would go to the Elite Eight, I would have jumped for joy," said coach Tara VanDerveer, whose teams have lost three straight regional finals. "But right at this second, I can't tell you that I'm jumping for joy." (More .... )

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