If you ever want to know how your team compares with average, play Stanford and see how you do against them. I’m sad to say that after today’s result, we are below average. Or at best, playing below average basketball right now.
You see, Stanford basketball is the definition of average. That program was practically custom made for the NIT. Sure, there will be years every now and then when they’ll sneak into the NCAA’s–but they’re almost always a quick out if they do make it. And sure, every now and then they’ll have a player drafted into the NBA–typically a “hustle” type player that will play a few solid years.
But let’s not kid ourselves. Kids don’t go to play basketball at Stanford because it’s a great program with exciting potential, or for a shot at the League. They go there because they know a degree from that prestigious universitiy will come in handy when they have their office job after their eligibility expires. Their fans seem to know this about the players and are ok with it. Hence a few thousand will show up to the arena to golf clap a few nice plays made by their local team, before retiring to their homes for some evening wine and crackers.
And yes, those Stanford kids would kick our ass in the GMAT. But dammit, we should kick their ass on the hardwood EVERY TIME. Losing to Stanford is an embarassment to our program. This is the type of loss that should be printed up on a poster with the message “WE LOST TO FU%$(@g STANFORD!!!!” and stuck all around the training facilities for offseason motivation. Our program has too much history, too much potential, too much pride to be losing to the likes of fu%$(@g Stanford. Our guys need to know how embarassing this is and let it fuel them.
C’mon, Larry!! WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. WE ARE BETTER THAN AVERAGE.
Ok…rant/pep talk over.
fu%$(@g Stanford. Sigh…
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