Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Brooke Demetre runs through a drill Thursday as Stanford practices in advance of their NCAA Tournament opener against Norfolk State.STANFORD — It would be wrong to assume Stanford has been obsessed with erasing the negative feelings that came with their home court exit from last season’s NCAA Women’s Tournament.
The Cardinal blew out Sacred Heart 92-49 in their opener as the No. 1 seed and hadn’t ended their season on their home floor in 15 seasons since a 68-61 loss to Florida State in the second round in 2007. Should Stanford beat Norfolk State, a Sunday matchup against either No 7 Iowa State and No. 10 Maryland awaits for the right to advance to Portland. The Cyclones and Terrapins play at 4:30 p.m.
“I think it was just really re-establishing what is Stanford basketball,’ VanDerveer said. “We’re in a different time, whether it’s with the portal and different things that are going on, and maybe navigate that more successfully this year . . . the connectivity, the stability, and the reinvestment with our staff to really understand what Stanford has been and how we want to play.”
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