Stories on the eve of season-opener

The Cardinal is getting lots of attention from the media as the season is about to open:

• Ogwumike sisters power Stanford women by Tom FitzGerald (San Francisco Chronicle)


• Nneka Ogwumike sets her sights on that elusive title, by Rick Eymers (Palo Alto Online)


• Stanford has a new look with running, athletic players who plan to push tempo when possible from the Associated Press

  (Don't know what a jab step is? Michael Jordan explains.)



• Stanford Women's Basketball Roundtable, video of the Cardinal Channel's women's basketball analysts Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, Kevin Danna and Tim Swartz discussing the 2011-12 campaign

Yesterday, an ESPN panel (Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Charlie Creme and Melanie Jackson) picked the Top five at each position.

They picked Nneka as the top power forward. Graham Hays picked Chiney as one of the top five centers, saying that she, "is less a true center than true force of nature."

If you've lost track of all the changes in the Pac-12 this season, this article by Meri-Jo Borzilleri (ESPNw) will bring you up to date: There's still Stanford, but much else is new