For the first time, since 1992, Tara VanDerveer and the Stanford Women's Basketball won the National Championship!
You can almost call it the COVID bowl, as Stanford wasn't necessarily the best time, but they were the most resilient, and had a deeper bench then familiar foe and fellow Pac-12 school, Arizona in the finals. Much was made about their "nomad" season as they couldn't practice or play in Santa Clara County due to the restrictions and had to become road warriors living out of suitcases. So much so, that the Stanford faithful loving joked they should take a drink every time the networks mentioned they plight. And really, they almost gave the semi final game away to South Carolina, up by one, yet coughing up the ball in the final seconds and letting SC get not one, but two shots at the basket. Both missed and the Cardinal moved on the final.
See the SC highlights here:
Apparently, you can see the whole South Carolina- Stanford game here:
The finals were against Arizona, a team they had beaten twice previously this year, and if there is any team you don't want to play, it is a team you have already beaten twice previously. Odds are just not in your favor to beat them three times in one season. And Arizona also had one final shot, trailing by one, and although THREE Stanford defends went after Ari MacDonald of Arizona, she still got a shot off. It hit the left side of the rim and bounced up... and bounced away. Stanford pulled of an improbable win.
Check out the highlights, it still gives me chills!
I know this blog is way late, but I wanted to get the videos in here so I have something to look back on in the years to come! Just amazing!
Congrats to the road Warriors of the Stanford Women's Basketball team!
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