Going to the dance

Three Pac-10 teams are ready to start dancing this weekend

Arizona State

Gina Mizzell (Web Devil) reports that it's finally time to boogie. Jill Noe sees their opening game against Temple on Sunday night as, "... a chance for us to redeem ourselves and prove that we can beat top-ranked teams." Read more...

California

Andrew Kim (The Daily Californian) recalls that it's been 15 years since the Cal women won an NCAA game. Alexis Gray-Lawson says, "... we're gonna, you know, win. That's what we plan on doing." Read more...

The Bears have an excellent chance of doing just that in their opening game against San Diego tomorrow afternoon at Maples. Remember that they're our friends when they're not playing us -- Go Bears!!!

Stanford

The media has inevitably focused on That Game and the "Curse of Maples" in their stories about Stanford in the NCAA Tournament.

Michelle Smith (San Francisco Chronicle) goes on to report that there is no sense of dread as the Cardinal prepare for this weekend. Ros says, "I don't think our main mind-set is just 'getting out of Maples.' That would be short-sighted and we have bigger goals." Read more...

Ann Killion (Mercury News) reports what some of the participants in That Game think about it now, ten years later -- Allison Feaster, Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith, Tara VanDerveer, Vanessa Nygaard, Kristin Folkl, Milena Flores. Vanessa concludes (almost), "There's no curse. It has no relevance to this Stanford team." Read more...