Old friends get together

Longtime Cardinal fans may be reminded of the good old days — Tara Vanderveer, Jennifer Azzi and Katy Steding together again — but on the sidelines, not on the court, as Stanford and USF play on Wednesday night.

Although this season's two teams are mismatched, I'm sure both will play their best, as expected by their coaches.

But Stanford is likely to win, and Tara to chalk up her 800th career victory against two women who came to Stanford in 1986 and helped her win 101 of those games, a national championship and an Olympic gold medal.

Read more in these articles:

• Azzi's Dons still finding the way in her 1st year from the Associated Press
• VanDerveer's 800th win likely to come at Jennifer Azzi's expense on Wednesday by Jake Curtis
• Former Cardinal star Azzi's USF team stands between VanDerveer and milestone by Elliott Almond (Mercury News)