The past, the future, point guards and brainiacs

Here's one more story about yesterday's game by Ailene Voisin (Sacramento Bee), with a headline all Cardinal fans will enjoy: Stanford could be nation's best women's team

Here's a look ahead to tomorrow's game from the Associated Press when the Stanford seniors hope to complete their undefeated-at-home careers: St. John's faces big second-round task at Stanford

Jeré Longman New York Times writes about three freshman point guards and a senior in Receiving a Jolt From Fresh Faces at Point Guard, and reports that Tara prefers experience over youth. She's excited about the one Stanford has.

Tom Fitzgerald (San Francisco Chronicle) reports that Tara says that there's a sizable difference between academic intelligence and basketball intelligence: Basketball brainiacs? Not exactly, Vanderveer says