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Basketball: Did Stanford save the Pac-12?
By Jeff Faraudo
Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 9:06 pm in Basketball, Pac-12 news.
The Pac-12 won’t be represented at the Final Four in New Orleans this weekend, but Stanford gave the league’s sagging rep a small boost by crushing Minnesota 75-51 in the championship game of the NIT at Madison Square Garden.
Aaron Bright and Chasson Randle each scored 15 points as the Cardinal (26-11) duplicated the NIT crown it won in 1991. Stanford outscored the Golden Gophers (23-15) 44-26 in the second half and held Minnesota to 37-percent shooting with 22 turnovers.
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March 30th, 2012 at 7:03 am
Did Stanford save the PAC-12 by winning the NIT? Um, no.
March 30th, 2012 at 9:41 am
It’s better than nothing, I guess, and definitely better than the faceplant the Bears did. Congrats, ‘furd.
March 30th, 2012 at 10:17 am
The National Insignificant Tournament — agree — Um, no. They did solidify their position as the 69th best team in college basketball for this year.
March 30th, 2012 at 10:40 am
Back when Cal won their NIT in 2000, when my friends would give me crap about them being the 65th best team in the country, I used to say that only two teams could say that they won their last post-season game of the year, and Cal was one of them.
Stanford can’t even say that. How many post-season tournaments are there now? Five?
March 30th, 2012 at 11:00 am
As a Cal fan, I’m certainly happy we made the tournament, something Furd cannot claim. That being said, it is a nice feather in Furd’s cap to say they won the NIT. There is no shame in it, and it does give something to the Pac-12. Congrats to them for having a terrific ending to a ho-hum season.
March 30th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Good on them!