Stanford (24-11, 14-3 Pac-12)
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SWEET 16 WRAP• Stanford made its 25th overall trip to the Sweet 16 and 11th straight in 2017-18. It was the third consecutive season the Cardinal was placed in the Lexington Region and advanced to play in Rupp Arena.
• The Cardinal was a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third time. It advanced to the Sweet 16 from the same position in 2015 and the Elite Eight as a No. 4 seed in 2016.
• Since its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1982, Stanford has won two national championships (1990, 1992), reached 13 Final Fours (1990-92, 1995-97, 2008-12, 2014, 2017), 19 Elite Eights, 25 Sweet 16s and compiled an NCAA Tournament record of 86-30 (.741).
• Overall, this year marked the Cardinal's 32nd NCAA Tournament appearance and 31st straight.
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• Tennessee is the only school that has a longer active streak of NCAA Tournament appearances than Stanford's 31. The Lady Vols have earned a bid to all 37 NCAA Tournaments.
• Tara VanDerveer leads all coaches in NCAA Tournament appearances with 33. Pat Summitt (Tennessee) and Andy Landers (Georgia) are tied for second with 31.
MADNESS IN MAPLES• Stanford advanced by running its winning streak in NCAA Tournament games at Maples Pavilion to 16 with wins over No. 13 seed Gonzaga (82-68) and No. 12 seed FGCU (90-70).
• Stanford was +34 on the boards against an Eagles squad without a player over 5-foot-11. That rebound margin was the largest for the Cardinal since it was +38 against UC Davis on Nov. 30, 2012.
• Stanford entered the tournament with its worst shooting percentages across the board in school history. The Cardinal was 41.9 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from deep and 63.9 percent at the line.
• But in the first two rounds at home, Stanford put in its finest pair of offensive performances of the season. The Cardinal averaged 86.0 points in the wins, shot 50.8 percent from the field (61-of-120) and 51.3 percent on 3-pointers (20-of-39).
• Stanford made exactly 50.8 percent in both wins, its first back-to-back games over 50 percent since a Thanksgiving tournament in Cancun in Nov. 2016.
• It also made 50.0 percent of its 3-pointers against Gonzaga (11-of-22) and 52.9 percent against FGCU (9-of-17). Stanford hadn't made at least half of its attempts from behind the arc in back-to-back games since Dec. 2016.
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• As a city, Stanford has now served as a host for 68 NCAA Tournament games, tied with Norfolk, Va. for the second-most behind Knoxville, Tenn. (85).
• Each of those games has been played in Maples Pavilion, which has hosted more NCAA Tournament games than any other facility except Tennessee's Thompson-Boling Arena (69).
• The Cardinal is 36-4 all-time in NCAA Tournament games at Maples Pavilion and has won 16 straight. Its last loss came to Florida State, 68-61, in the Second Round on March 19, 2007.
• This season was the 21st in which Stanford hosted NCAA Tournament games in Maples Pavilion since staging its first in 1989 and the 20th in which the Cardinal opened up its postseason at home.
THIS AND THAT• Stanford won 20+ games for the 17th straight season and 29th overall and had double-digit Pac-12 victories for the 31st consecutive year.
• Senior Brittany McPhee received WBCA and AP All-America honorable mention recognition at season's end in addition to USA TODAY All-America third team accolades.
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• The Cardinal's young squad had eight underclassmen and entered the year with just one returner on the roster that averaged more than 20 minutes per game in her career (Marta Sniezek).
• This season was the second since 1999-2000 that the Cardinal did not won some form of a Pac-12 championship - regular season or tournament.
• Stanford entered conference play with a 6-6 record, the program's first time heading into league action with at least six losses since 1998-99. Stanford was 4-7 in its regular-season nonconference slate in that season, which was also the last time the Cardinal lost multiple regular-season, nonconference home games as it did this year with results against Western Illinois and Tennessee.
• Stanford's 22-10 record entering the tournament was its worst since the program was 18-10 in 2001.
• Overall the Cardinal was 29th in the country in field goal percentage defense (.367), 44th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.290), 19th in blocks per game (5.3), 44th in rebounds per game (40.94).and 118th in scoring defense (62.7)
• Stanford had finished in the top 15 nationally in field goal percentage defense 10 of the previous 11 years.
• Offensively, the Cardinal was 87th in field goal percentage (.424), 154th in 3-point field goal percentage (.319), 314th in free throw percentage (.642) and 97th in scoring offense (68.7).
• Its field goal percentage and free throw percentage were program lows and its points per game average was its lowest since Tara VanDerveer's second season in 1986-87 (67.8).
ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS• Brittany McPhee and Alanna Smith were voted to the 15-person All-Pac-12 squad, Kiana Williams was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in addition to earning an All-Pac-12 honorable mention nod and Kaylee Johnson and Marta Sniezek received Pac-12 All-Defensive honorable mention accolades on Feb. 26.
• Stanford now has 72 All-Pac-12 honorees in program history and 156 all-time Pac-12 awardees including honorable mention, freshman and defensive teams, the top totals in league history.
• On Feb. 27 Tara VanDerveer was named the John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Brittany McPhee the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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• VanDerveer, who was honored by the WBCA with the 2018 Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award earlier in February, was chosen by her peers as the conference's best coach for the 15th time. It's the first conference coach of the year award she's received since a four-year run ended in 2014.
• McPhee is the fourth Stanford women's basketball player to be named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year along with Chiney Ogwumike (2013-14), Kayla Pedersen (2010-11) and Jayne Appel (2009-10).
BAPTISM BY FIRE• Stanford tied for fourth nationally in games against top-25 teams with 13.
• Stanford started its season 1-7 against top-25 opponents, but was 3-2 in its last five. The Cardinal has won multiple games against top 25 opponents for each of the last 16 seasons.
• Of those 12 AP Top 25 games, six were true road contests. Stanford had two top-25 road wins, one of just nine schools in the country with multiple road victories over ranked opponents.
• The Cardinal was also second in games against top-10 teams with eight, including five from the nonconference portion of its schedule. For comparison, that was the program's highest number of games against top-10 opponents since 2007-08 (10).
NATIONAL RANKINGS• The Cardinal dropped out of the AP rankings for the first time in 17 years on Dec. 25, worked its way back a week later at No. 24 following its home victories over UCLA and USC and dropped out again for three consecutive polls after it lost at No. 25 Arizona State on Jan. 7 (73-66).
• Stanford finished the season at No. 15. It had climbed 10 spots in the two weeks from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 and its seven-place jump from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5 was the largest in program history.
• The Cardinal also closed out the year 13th in the official NCAA RPI and with the third-toughest schedule.
• Stanford hadn't been unranked since 2001, when a 72-54 loss at No. 20 Oregon on Jan. 13 knocked the No. 24 Cardinal out of the polls. It wouldn't get back in until opening the next season at No. 9.
• The Cardinal has been in 529 AP polls, the fourth most all-time, and had its stretch of 312 in a row snapped when it was unranked Dec. 25. Stanford's streak is tied for the third longest in the history of the poll. Tennessee had the longest run at 565 weeks, Connecticut has an active 469-week streak and Duke also appeared in 312 consecutive rankings.
HOME COOKIN'• Stanford finished as the only Pac-12 team undefeated at home in conference with a 9-0 record following the two home losses to conclude nonconference against Western Illinois and Tennessee and finished winning 11 straight in Maples Pavilion.
• It's the team's longest home winning streak since it went 28 consecutive games in Maples with a victory from Jan. 18, 2013 to Nov. 20, 2014.
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• The Cardinal surrendered 56.1 points on 33.0 percent shooting at home all season, including 23.9 percent from behind the arc.
• Stanford's field goal percentage defense in Maples Pavilion was the seventh-best home mark in the country behind Baylor (.313), Green Bay (.315), Central Arkansas (.322), and Liberty (.327), Norfolk State (.327) and Texas Southern (.329).
MORE DEFENSE• Stanford's defense in conference was some of the best in the nation. The Cardinal gave up just 59.5 points on 36.9 percent shooting in its 17 Pac-12 games.
• Among Power 5 conference teams in league play, that opponent points per game number was sixth in the country and the field goal percentage defense was fourth.
• Louisville surrendered an average of 55.6 points in ACC contests, Baylor was at 56.1 in Big 12 games, Mississippi State gave up 56.3 points per game in SEC matchups, Georgia 58.3 in its SEC matchups and North Carolina State 58.6 in the ACC. In terms of field goal percentage defense in conference games, Baylor led in that category (.329), Georgia was second (.345) and Oregon State third (.368).
McBUCKETS• The Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a USA TODAY All-America third team selection, Brittany McPhee averaged career highs in points (16.7), rebounds (5.4), assists (2.4) and steals (1.3) in her senior season.
• A two-time national player of the week, she scored 20+ nine times and was one of 14 Power 5 conference guards in the country to average 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds.
• McPhee was the consensus national player of the week (espnW, USBWA, Naismith Trophy) following her performances at No. 16 Oregon State and No. 6 Oregon in which she averaged 25.5 points on 55 percent shooting.
• Her 33-point outing at No. 6 Oregon was the first 30-point game for a Stanford player on the road against a top-10 team since Candice Wiggins dropped in exactly 30 in a 73-65 win at No. 10 Arizona State on Jan. 27, 2007.
• She scored Stanford's final 19 points of the game and outscored the Ducks single-handedly in the second half, 31-24. McPhee made the Cardinal's final nine field goals over the last nine minutes and shot 13-of-18 (.722) from the floor in the second half.
• McPhee, who missed nine nonconference games with a right foot injury, became Stanford's 39th 1,000-point scorer in its win over No. 25 Arizona State on Jan. 26 and finished tied for 29th on the Cardinal's all-time scoring list with 1,250.
• McPhee was also named espnW National Player of the Week on Jan. 1 after averaging 23.5 points on 54 percent shooting, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in Stanford's home victories to start conference play over No. 11 UCLA and USC.
• She led the Pac-12 in scoring in the month of February, averaging 22.9 points and 6.0 rebounds.
• McPhee became the first Stanford guard to average more than 15 points per game in a season since Candice Wiggins in 2007-08 (20.2).
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• Eleven of McPhee's 26 outings this season were against the AP Top 25 and she averaged 18.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in those games.
• She was one of 10 players in the country to average 18.0 points and 5.0 rebounds against the AP Top 25 (minimum 10 games).
• A human biology major with a 3.72 GPA, McPhee became Stanford's ninth academic All-American when she was named to the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-American Division I second team on March 12.
• On April 16, McPhee signed a training camp contract with her hometown Seattle Storm.
WATCH WILLIAMS• A two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year finalist, Kiana Williams scored in double figures in 19 of her last 28 games and averaged 13.3 points per game in the NCAA Tournament, which was third among freshmen.
• Williams averaged 3.1 points and shot 20.7 percent (6-of-29) in her first seven collegiate games. In the last 28 she scored 12.2 per game on 43.6 percent shooting.
• Williams shot 56.9 percent (29-of-51) from deep in her last nine games. From Feb. 15 until the end of the season her 3-point percentage led the country.
• Williams' 71 made 3-pointers are the second most for a Stanford freshman in program history behind Jamie Carey (81; 1999-2000).
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• Williams was voted to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.7 points on 70.4 percent shooting (19-of-27), including 72.2 percent from deep (13-of-18).
• Her 13 made triples are tied for the second-most in tournament history with Oregon State's Sydney Wiese (2016). Stanford's Candice Wiggins owns the tournament record with 14 made 3-pointers in 2007 on 25 attempts.
• Williams scored 24 on 6-of-7 shooting from behind the arc in Stanford's 58-46 semifinal win over Arizona State on March 3. The season-high six 3-pointers tied for the third most in a single game in Pac-12 Tournament history.
• In her last regular-season game in Maples Pavilion, Williams set career highs against Cal on Feb. 15 with 26 points and four steals. The 26 points were the most for a Stanford freshman since Nneka Ogwumike had 27 in the NCAA Tournament against San Diego State on March 23, 2009.
FROM DOWN UNDER• Alanna Smith had her third career tournament double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds in the second round against FGCU. The 28 points were the most for a Stanford player in the NCAA Tournament since Chiney Ogwumike scored 29 in the Sweet 16 against Penn State on March 30, 2014.
• The Australian became Stanford's 40th 1,000-point scorer against Louisville on March 23 and will enter her senior year at 1,004.
• An All-Pac-12 pick, Smith was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the first time on Nov. 27 following her three games at the Play4Kay Showcase in Las Vegas. She averaged a double-double of 23.7 points and 11.7 rebounds in Stanford's 2-1 week, shot 64.6 percent from the field (31-of-48), 40 percent from deep and also averaged 2.0 blocks.
• Smith's 33-point, 16-rebound performance against No. 9 Ohio State was the nation's first 30-point, 15-rebound double-double against an AP top-10 team since Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike went for 32 points and 20 boards against No. 3 Tennessee on Dec. 21, 2013.
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• Smith's was just the fourth by a Pac-12 player against a top-10 team since 2000 and the others are all Cardinal. In addition to Ogwumike's in 2013, Nneka Ogwumike had 42 points and 17 rebounds against No. 6 Tennessee on Dec. 20, 2011 and Nicole Powell put up 32 points and 16 rebounds against No. 2 Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2003.
• Her seven double-doubles were eighth in the Pac-12 and she is 15th in the league in scoring (13.5), 10th in rebounding (7.0) and third in blocks (1.77), all of which are career highs.
• Of her nine career games with 20+ points, six came his season.
• She is also eighth in Stanford history with 147 career blocks and her 62 this year tied for seventh in school single-season history.
GETTING ON THE GLASS• Kaylee Johnson finished her career as one of five players in Stanford history in the top 10 in school history in career rebounds and blocks along with Jayne Appel, Chiney Ogwumike, Val Whiting and Erica McCall.
• Her 992 career rebounds are seventh in program history, her 166 blocks are fifth and her 7.4 rebounds per game average is eighth.
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• Johnson pulled down 10 or more 45 times in 134 career games, including a pair of 22-rebound outings as a freshman.
• She had 12 double-digit rebound games this season after just three as a junior last year.
• Johnson was seventh in the Pac-12 this season in rebounds per game (7.5) and ninth in blocks (1.14).
CARRINGTON EMERGES• After averaging 2.5 points and 2.3 rebounds as a freshman, sophomore DiJonai Carrington emerged as Stanford's fourth-leading scorer (8.8 ppg) and third-best rebounder (5.6 rpg) this season.
• She dropped in 21 points against No. 1 Connecticut on Nov. 12 and pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds one game later against UC Riverside on Nov. 17.
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• That rebound total is tied for third in school history with Kaylee Johnson and Mikaela Ruef. Chiney Ogwumike, who totaled a school-record 24 rebounds against Oregon on Feb. 24, 2013, and Nneka Ogwumike, who had 23 at Oregon on Jan. 23, 2010, are the only Cardinal players with more boards in a game.
• Carrington scored a career-high 24 points and had 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season in Stanford's 79-54 win over Kent State on Nov. 23.
THE ART OF THE ASSIST• Marta Sniezek has handed out five or more assists in 42 of her 108 career appearances and was 10th in the Pac-12 averaging 4.3 assists per game this season.
• She owns a career 2.30 assist-to-turnover ratio in the NCAA Tournament (62/27).
• Of her nine career games scoring in double figures, six came this season.
• With 428 career assists, she will enter her senior year needing just nine more to tie Kate Starbird (1993-97) for 10th in program history.
NONCONFERENCE PERFORMANCES• Sophomore Anna Wilson came off the bench against Ohio State on Nov. 25 and poured in 21 points in 19 minutes, making 7-of-8 from behind the arc.
• Wilson became the 10th Stanford player to make seven 3-pointers in a game and the first since Bonnie Samuelson dropped in eight against UCLA on Feb. 15, 2015.
• In an 81-57 loss at No. 9 Baylor on Dec. 3, Shannon Coffee scored a career-high 14 points and was 4-of-8 on 3-pointers.
• Stanford's center became the first player in the nation at least 6-foot-5 to hit four 3-pointers in a game since Delaware's Elena Delle Donne made the same number against Georgia State on March 6, 2013. Delle Donne made four or more 3-pointers 15 times in her career.
• Down four at halftime, Stanford scored 62 second-half points and made 15-of-31 3-pointers to beat San Francisco on the road on Nov. 29, 86-66. Against the Dons, Stanford was 4-of-10 on triples in the first half and then exploded in the second, going 11-of-21 across the third and fourth quarters.
• The 11 3-point makes in the second half are the most in a half in program history and the 15 total makes on 31 attempts (.484) are tied for third at the school all-time behind a pair of 16 3-point efforts at UCLA (Feb. 24, 2002) and at Washington (Feb. 24, 2001).
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