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Men's Basketball Travels to Nevada
Cardinal defense ranked No. 4 in nation.
December 11, 1998
Next Matchup:
vs. Nevada
Thursday, December 17, 1998
9:00 p.m.
Reno, Nevada
Lawlor Events Center (11,200)
Series Story Stanford holds a 18-9 advantage over Nevada ... These two teams have not met in basketball since the 1976-77 season ... The Cardinal has won the last three meetings ... The first meeting between the two teams took place in Stanford's first year of collegiate basketball (the 1913-14 season) ... The Cardinal won that game, 25-24 ... The last game for Stanford at Nevada produced a 88-83 victory during the 1976-77 season ... Stanford is 69-21 against Big West schools.
What If ...
* If Stanford wins, that would put Mike Montgomery only five short of 400 wins as head coach (13 seasons at Stanford, 8 seasons at Montana) and only 17 short of becoming Stanford's winningest coach.
* If Stanford wins the rebounding edge against Nevada, that would mean the Cardinal has outrebounded all eight opponents this season, and 15 straight games over the past two seasons.
* If Stanford wins at Nevada, that would give the Cardinal a 12-2 record in road games over the past two years.
* If Stanford wins at Nevada, that would give the Cardinal a 23-5 record in road and neutral games over the past two seasons.
Stanford Story To arrange a player interview, please contact Bob Vazquez, Media Relations Director, at (650) 723-9565, and a time convenient to both parties will be arranged ... Please give the news media office at least 24 hours notice to arrange a feature story interview.
Probable Starters Stanford Cardinal (5-2 overall, 0-0 Pac-10) F - Peter Sauer, 6-7, 225, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa (7.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg) F - Mark Madsen, 6-9, 235, Junior, Danville, Ca (11.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg) C - Tim Young, 7-2, 250, Senior, Santa Cruz, Ca (7.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg) G - Kris Weems, 6-2, 204, Senior, Kansas City, Ks (6.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg) G - Arthur Lee, 6-1, 185, Senior, Los Angeles, Ca (10.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg)
Nevada Wolfpack (2-3 overall, 0-0 Big West, hosts St. Marys on Dec. 15) F - Derrick Anderson, 6-5, 197, Junior, Los Angeles, Ca (14.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg) F - Andre McLeod, 6-7, 230, Senior, Gary, In (3.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg) C - Dimitrios Marmarinos, 6-9, 248, Junior, Athens, Greece (10.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg) G - John Burrell, 6-3, 187, Junior, Palmdale, Ca (18.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg) G - Tommy Zapata, 6-3, 190, Junior, Sherman Oaks, Ca (6.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
Cardinal Contact Bob Vazquez, Media Relations Director, can be reached via e-mail at bobbyv@leland.stanford.edu
Travel Trek And so the journey continues ... The nationally-ranked Cardinal basketball team could write a travel book ... In a span of 15 days, the Cardinal has traveled more than 10,000 miles (10,010 miles to be exact) ... The team has flown from the west coast to east coast twice this year, tasted enough airline food for a lifetime, faced the wrath of hostile home crowds, tested their mental toughness with studying and taking tough finals on the road, and in some cases taking them after a game, suffered more mental stress with a 4:30 a.m. wakeup call in Washington D.C. (1:30 a.m. backhome), and don't forget the games against nationally-ranked teams such as Maryland, North Carolina, and St. John's, four games in all ... Now the Cardinal is back on the road, this time the journey is much shorter as the team flies to Reno to meet the University of Nevada (12/17/98), and then a bus ride to Stockton to play Pacific (12/19/98) ... After the game at UOP, the team will immediately bus homeward to be greeted by home cooking, home sweet home ... The Stanford basketball team is racking up the air miles so far this year ... A week long trip to New York City to compete in the pre-season NIT, back to the Stanford campus to prep for finals for four days, and then back on the road for another cross country trip to Washington D.C. for the BB&T Classic ... This was the third west coast to east coast trip for the Cardinal in the last two years ... Last season, Stanford played at Connecticut, in addition to competing at the Hilo Invitational on the Big Island of Hawaii ... Also during the 1990's, Stanford has also traveled to play games in Alaska, Chicago, St. Louis, San Antonio (the NCAA Final Four), Charlotte (N.C.), Annapolis (Md), Providence (R.I.), Albany (NY), Washington D.C., East Lansing (Mi), Charlottesville (Va), the Meadowlands (NJ), Madison (Wi), Orlando (Fl) and Maui.
Stanford Saga For the first time in the history of Stanford Basketball, a Cardinal men's player has graced the cover of Sports Illustrated ... Arthur Lee gained honors by appearing in the College Basketball issue (Nov. 23) ... Sports Illustrated proclaimed Stanford as the #1 team in the nation in its pre-season poll.
Defensive Data Stanford's defense has been sharp in all seven games this year ... The Cardinal has held the opposition to .352 shooting, 54.1 ppg (#4 in the nation), and has outrebounded the opposition, 44.0 to 31.0 rpg ... Stanford has outrebounded its opponents in all seven games this year, and 14 straight games over the past two seasons ... Stanford has won its four games by an average of 20.6 ppg ... The Cardinal has forced the opposition into 96 turnovers ... Stanford has beaten three opponents by 25 points or more ... Only two opponents have shot more than 40 percent this year.
Maples Memo Stanford is 52-5 at Maples Pavilion since the 1994-95 season ... During that time, the Cardinal has won games by an average of 27.5 points per game ... The Cardinal has won 26 of its last 28 games at Maples Pavilion, and 38 of the last 41.
Stanford's 10 biggest wins during the last 57 games at Maples Pavilion
53 points (93-42 vs Lehigh, 1997-98)
48 points (109-61 vs UCLA, 1996-97)
47 points (97-50 vs San Diego State, 1996-97)
42 points (94-52 over Cal Poly SLO, 1994-95)
38 points (98-60 vs USF, 1994-95)
37 points (99-62 vs USC, 1997-98)
35 points (86-51 vs SMU, 1998-99)
33 points (84-51 vs Oregon State, 1995-96)
33 points (87-54 vs Oregon State, 1996-97)
33 points (95-62 vs UC Santa Barbara, 1997-98)
Tough Ticket Enthusiasm for the Stanford basketball team is at an all-time high ... Every home game is sold out, a first in school history ... The capacity crowd of 7,391 for the Stanford-UC Davis (11/14/98) game was the first sellout season-opening crowd in Mike Montgomery's tenure at Stanford ... Stanford has played before 12 straight sellout crowds ... For the first time, the school held Cardinal Chaos, Stanford's version of Midnight Madness ... The event attracted more than 2,500 fans ... This year, students started waiting in line to buy tickets two weeks before they went on sale, with about 60 tents springing up around Maples Pavilion ... At one time or another, approximately 1,600 students waited for 1,200 available seats ... Many well-known faces have attended Stanford games this year, including Chelsea Clinton, former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, former Cardinal All-Americans Adam Keefe and Brevin Knight, singer Vanessa Williams, Golden State Warriors head coach P.J. Carlesimo and rapper Jay-Z.
Media Memo Even weeks before the scheduled first practice, reporters from around the country visited the Stanford campus for interviews with players and coaches ... The list included Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Sport magazine, The Washington Post, The St. Petersburg Times, The Dallas Morning-News, The Houston Chronicle, CBS Sportsline, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Orange County Register, and The Los Angeles Daily News ... And recently, Stanford Basketball went international as a television crew from Chinese Central Television visited practice and interviewed several players and coaches.
Bill Bradley Former U.S. Senator and former New York Knick great, Bill Bradley, has written his fourth book, "Values of the Game" ... Bradley, who served as a visiting professor last year, said he credited the 1997-98 Final Four team for inspiring him while writing the book ... The book features ten essays, each one focusing on a personal value: passion, discipline, selflessness, respect, perspective, courage, leadership, responsiblity, resilience and imagination ... Bradley said "following Stanford's team last year reawakened something in me that was dormant for 20 years. It was a great experience and really helped me write this book."
Pre-Season Potpourri Arthur Lee and Tim Young, two of Stanford's three All-America candidates, are candidates for the John Wooden and the Naismith Awards, symbolic of the nation's best player ... Mark Madsen, an All-America candidate, also is a candidate for the John Wooden Award ... Lee is one of 30 candidates for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, selected by the United States Basketball Writers Association, for college basketball player of the year ... Lee, Madsen and Young have been accorded honorable mention All-America honors by Associated Press ... Lee has been named a first team pre-season All-American by CBS Sportsline.
Schedule Story Stanford's schedule is the toughest in school history ... Included are games against four teams that are ranked in the top 10, #1 Connecticut, #2 Maryland, #3 North Carolina and #10 Temple ... Also look for high national rankings from Pac-10 opponents #13 Arizona, #15 Washington, and #18 UCLA ... St. John's, Stanford's opponent in the sem-finals of the pre-season NIT, is ranked 25th.
Honors Hoopla Six new members have been added to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame and two of them are former Cardinl basketball standouts ... They are Todd Lichti (1985-89) and Kimberly Belton (1976-80) ... Lichti is the school's all-time leading scorer (2,336 points), and was a four-time All Pac-10 player, only one of two conference players to achieve such a feat ... Lichti, who played several years in the NBA, is currently playing professional basketball in Australia ... Belton, a three-time all Pac-10 selection, is the school's #2 all-time rebounder (955) and #5 all-time scorer (1,615 points) ... Belton is currently a producer for ABC Sports, and recently produced the Stanford-Maryland game at the BB&T Classic.
Coaches Corner Mike Montgomery is in his 13th season as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal ... Montgomery is 240-134 on The Farm ... Montgomery is only 18 wins short of becoming the winningest men's basketball coach in school history ... Howie Dallmar chalked up 257 wins in 21 seasons (1954-75) at Stanford ... In 12 seasons at Stanford, Montgomery has directed the program to six NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances ... Overall (12 seasons at Stanford, 8 seasons at Montana), Montgomery is 394-211.
The 1998-99 Stanford Varsity Basketball Team
#31 Jarron Collins, Forward, 6-9, 240, Sophomore, North Hollywood, Ca Has seen valuable time off the bench, averaging 16.1 mpg ... Has played double-digit minutes in all seven games this year, including a season-high 20 minutes against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98) ... Remarkable ball handling, passing and shooting skills ... Enjoyed a solid effort against SMU (11/18/98), scoring 12 points and grabbing ten rebounds in 15 minutes of play ... Played 14 quality minutes in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98), and collected seven points, five rebounds, one block and an assist .. Grabbed seven rebounds against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98) ... Averaging 4.4 rebounds per game, #3 on the Cardinal, and tops amongst the Cardinal subs.
Career Catalogue (1997-98, 1998-99) Stanford is 5-0 when Jarron scores in double figures ... Stanford is 11-2 when Jarron grabs five or more rebounds in a game.
#33 Jason Collins, Center, 6-10, 250, Redshirt Freshman, North Hollywood, Ca
Another injury has sidelined the redshirt freshman ... Last year, Jason did not play because of a knee injury that required two surgeries ... Now a dislocated right wrist has forced Collins to sit for awhile ... Jason suffered the injury against George Washngton (12/7/98) ... With 12:48 to play in the game, he drove to the basketball, made the shot, was fouled and fell hard to the floor ... He braced his fall with his right hand ... Jason was unable to make the free throw to complete the three-point play ... His hand is now in a cast, and will be further evaluated by team doctors to determine if surgery is necessary ... Jason had been a key player off the bench, averaging 4.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game ... He had been averaging 12.7 minutes per game ... Against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98), scored nine points (4-for-5) in 15 minutes ... In the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98), played 17 minutes, collected six rebounds, all on the offensive end.
Career Catalogue (1998-99)
Redshirted during the 1997-98 season after suffering a knee injury.
#20 Alex Gelbard, Guard, 6-3, 200, Junior, Sherman Oaks, Ca
A fundamentally-sound guard with excellent shooting skills ... A hard-working athlete ... A teammate of Jarron and Jason Collins when the twins were juniors at Harvard-Westlake High School ... Played briefly in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98), SMU (11/18/98) and Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98).
#25 Tony Giovacchini, Guard, 6-2, 170, Freshman, Salt Lake City
Adds valuable depth at the point-guard position ... With the sprained foot injury to Michael McDonald, Tony has moved in as the backup point-guard to Arthur Lee ... Played 17 minutes, scored seven points, grabbed four rebounds, collected three steals and two assists against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98) ... Played 18 minutes against SMU (11/18/98), collecting four points, two rebounds and two assists ... Saw nine quality minutes in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98), grabbing two rebounds, and scoring his first collegiate basket on a layup with 2:22 left in the game ... Tony is ambidextrous ... Tony shoots the basketball lefthanded, but does most everything righthanded.
#11 Arthur Lee, Guard, 6-0, 175, Junior, Guard, Los Angeles, Ca
An All-America candidate ... With the sprained foot to backup point-guard Michael McDonald, Lee has been forced to play a lot of minutes in the last four games (38 minutes vs St. John's, 37 vs North Carolina, 35 vs Maryland and 35 against George Washington) ... Nominated for the John Wooden and Naismith Awards, symbolic of the nation's best player ... Also nominated for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, sponsored by the United States Basketball Writers Association, symbolic of the nation's best player ... A first team pre-season All-American by CBS Sportsline ... A pre-season honorable mention All-American by Associated Press ... Is the first Stanford basketball player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated (college basketball issue, Nov. 23) ... Averaging 10.7 ppg (#2 on the Cardinal), and 4.3 apg ... Has dished out 19 assists in the last three games ... His assist-to-turnover ratio is 30-11 ... Leads the team in three-pointers (15) and three-point field goal percentage (.429) ... Also leads the team in free throw percentage at .875 ... Saw his consecutive free throw streak end at 38 when he missed his first free throw of the season against UC Davis (11/14/98) ... Tallied 17 points (five three-pointers) against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98) ... Tallied 14 points, along with eight assists and three rebounds and a steal against Maryland (12/6/98) in the opening round of the BB&T Classic ... Scored eleven points along with three assists and two steals in 22 minutes against SMU (11/18/98) ... Tallied ten points, five assists, two steals and a block against George Washington (12/7/98) ... Hit two free throws with 11.8 seconds to play to give Stanford a 55-53 victory over St. John's (11/25/98).
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Stanford is 15-5 when Arthur dishes out five or more assists.
Career Free Throw Percentage
1. Jerry Thuesen (1957-60, .888)
2. Arthur Lee (1995-, .857)
Career Three-Point Field Goals
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 241)
6. Arthur Lee (1995-, 109)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 551)
6. Arthur Lee (1995-, 264)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Todd Lichti (1985-89, .477)
8. Arthur Lee (1995-, .413)
Career Assists
1. Brevin Knight (1993-97, 780)
8. Arthur Lee, 1995-, 267)
#45 Mark Madsen, Forward, 6-9, 235, Junior, Danville, Ca
An All-America candidate ... A candidate for the John Wooden Award, symbolic of the nation's best player ... A pre-season honorable mention All-American by Associated Press ... Known to everyone as "Mad Dog" ... Watch him play and the description fits (fights for every rebound, tough, aggressive, a winner) ... Leads the team in scoring at 11.9 points per game, and in rebounding at 8.3 per game ... Twenty-six of his 60 rebounds have been on the offensive end ... Has recorded two double-doubles (points-rebounds) this year ... Tallied 14 points and ten rebounds against George Washington (12/7/98) ... Collected eleven points, eleven rebounds, two blocks and an assist in 20 minutes of play in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98) ... Scored a team-high 15 points along with six rebounds against St. John's (11/25/98) in the semi-finals of the NIT ... Named to the all-tourney team (23 points, 16 rebounds) at the pre-season NIT against St. John's (11/25/98) and North Carolina (11/27/98) ... Also named to the all-tourney team (26 points, 18 rebounds, 9-for-13 from the floor, two blocks, two steals) at the BB&T Classic against Maryland (12/6/98) and George Washington (12/7/98).
Career Catalogue (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Stanford is 26-5 when Mark is a starter ... Stanford is 8-1 when Mark records a double-double (points-rebounds) ... Stanford is 13-1 when Mark grabs ten or more rebounds ... Mark has hit 50 percent or better from the floor in 39 games, and 60 percent or better in 29 games ... In 15 games, he has hit 70 percent or better.
Career Field Goal Percentage
1. Mark Seaton (1995-, .614)
4. Mark Madsen (1996-, .573)
#4 Michael McDonald, Guard, 6-1, 175, Sophomore, Long Beach, Ca
A sprained right foot has put the reserve point-guard out indefinitely ... He has missed the last six games ... He sprained the foot in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98) game ... Against UC Davis (11/14/98), he scored six points (2-for-3 from three-point territory), grabbed two rebounds, two assists in 15 minutes of play.
Career Catalogue (1997-98, 1998-99)
Stanford is 14-0 when Michael plays ten or more minutes.
#32 Ryan Mendez, Forward/Guard, 6-7, 215, Junior, Burleson, Tx
Out indefinitely with a stress reaction in his left knee ... Underewent surgery in May to repair tendinitis, but the knee has not responded 100 percent ... Underwent an MRI on Dec. 3, and discovered tendinitis in the patella tendon in the knee ... When healthy, he is Mr. Offense ... A dynamic three-point shooter, one of the best ever in school history.
Career Catalogue (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99) Stanford is 23-1 when Ryan hits at least two three-pointers in a game ... Has recorded at least one three-pointer in 41 games.
Career Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Todd Lichti (1985-89, .477)
4. Ryan Mendez (1996-, .433)
#21 David Moseley, Guard/Forward, 6-4, 205, Junior, Las Cruces, NM
One of Stanford's key players ... He is averaging 16.9 minutes per game ... Collected eight points and three rebounds against Maryland (12/6/98) ... Tallied eight points, two rebounds and two assists against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98) ... Collected a career-high four steals, along with seven points and four rebounds against SMU (11/18/98) ... Scored seven points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked two shots and dished out an assist in 14 minutes of play against UC Davis (11/14/98).
Career Catalogue (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Stanford is 8-0 when David scores in double figures ... Stanford was 26-4 when David hit at least one three-pointer last year ... This year, Stanford is 4-1 when David hits at least one three-pointer.
#5 Peter Sauer, Forward, 6-7, 225, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa
Honors Candidate ... Co-captain along with Kris Weems ... Has started the last 70 games in which Stanford has recorded a 56-14 record ... A winner on-and-off the court ... Averaging 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game ... Scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds in the 86-51 victory over SMU (11/18/98) ... Tallied ten points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal in 22 minutes against UC Davis (11/14/98) ... Collected eight points, seven rebounds and three assists against Southwest Missouri State (11/28/98).
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99) Has recorded three career double-doubles (points-rebounds) ... In games in which he has scored at least one three-pointer, Stanford is 33-10.
#44 Mark Seaton, Forward, 6-9, 225, Senior, Cypress, Ca
Has played a major role in Stanford's success, helping the team to three NCAA tournament appearances ... Grabbed four rebounds in nine minutes against UC Davis (11/14/98), and four rebounds in eleven minutes against Southwest Missouri State (11/20/98).
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Has played in 93 games ... Shooting 61 percent from the floor in three-plus seasons at Stanford, currently the school record holder.
Career Field Goal Percentage
1. Mark Seaton (1995-, .614)
#3 Kris Weems, Guard, 6-2, 205, Senior, Kansas City, Ks
Honors Candidate ... Co-captan along with Peter Sauer ... Scored ten points (two 3-pointers) and dished out four assists in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98) ... Tallied ten points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals against Maryland (12/6/98) at the BB&T Classic ... Scored ten points along with three rebounds in Stanford's 70-56 win over George Washington (12/7/98).
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Has started the last 72 games and during that time, Stanford is 57-15 ... Stanford is 24-5 when Kris hits at least four three-pointers ... In 98 career games, Kris has hit at least one three-pointer in 64 games ... Has hit at least 40 percent or better from three-point territory in 41 games, and 50 percent or better in 32 games.
Career Three-Point Field Goals
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 241)
3. Kris Weems (1995-, 148)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 551)
2. Kris Weems (1995-, 379)
#55 Tim Young, 7-2, 250, Senior, Center, Santa Cruz, Ca
All-America candidate ... A candidate for the John Wooden and Naismith Awards, symbolic of the nation's best player ... A pre-season honorable mention All-American by Associated Press ... Averaging 5.9 rebounds per game, #2 on the Cardinal ... Has grabbed five or more rebounds in five games ... Started the season with seven rebounds, eight points, two assists, a steal and a block against UC Davis (11/14/98) ... Recorded a double-double with eleven rebounds and ten points against St. John's (11/25/98).
Career Catalogue (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Has started 99 straight games ... Has recorded at least one block in 83 of 106 games played ... Has recorded 37 double-doubles (points-rebounds) in his career ... Thirty-four times in his career he has grabbed ten or more rebounds in a game.
Career Blocks
1. Tim Young (1994-, 140)
Career Rebounds
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 1,119)
4. Tim Young (1994-, 872)
Career Rebounds Per Game
1. Rich Kelley (1972-75, 12.4)
9. Tim Young (1994-, 8.2)
Mike Montgomery Press Conference/Teleconference Schedule As has been the norm for the past several years, Stanford head basketball coach Mike Montgomery will be conducting a series of press conferences & teleconferences during the course of the 1998-99 basketball season ... Below is the schedule ... The Pac-10 has released its list of dates and times for its weekly Pac-10 Teleconferences, featuring the ten conference head coaches.
Press Conferences
(ABC Rooms, Arrillaga Family Sports Center)
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 11:00 a.m.
Teleconferences (650) 723-2400
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 31, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Mar. 2, 11:00 a.m.
Pac-10 Teleconferences
(Media members may call the Pac-10 Conference or any Pac-10 SID office to receive the media-only teleconference phone number for the live teleconference.
Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery will be available from 11:38 to 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Tuesday, Jan. 19
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Tuesday, Feb. 9
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Tuesday, Mar. 2
Stanford in the Pre-Season Polls
1. Sports Illustrated
1. Street & Smth's Magazine
1. Lindy's College Basketball
1. Athlon's Magazine
1. CBS Sportsline
1. New York Times
1. Houston Chronicle
1. College Sports Xchange
2. USA Today/ESPN
3. Associated Press
3. Dick Vitale's College Basketball
3. Basketball News
3. Blue Ribbon Yearbook
3. Preview Magazine
3. UMI Publications
3. USBWA
4. Basketball Times
4. Slam Magazine
4. Sport Magazine
6. The Sporting News
Stanford in the Pac-10 Polls
1. Street & Smith's
1. Lindy's College Basketball
1. Athlon's Magazine
1. Basketball News
1. College Basketball
1. Pac-10 writers/broadcasters
2. The Sporting News
Conference Chatter With all five starters returning, the Stanford Cardinal has been chosen to finish first in the 1998-99 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball race, according to a poll of media members who cover Pac-10 men's basketball ... The poll shows Stanford gathered 36 of the possible 37 first place votes and are tabbed the favorite this season ... Stanford is the first school, other than UCLA and Arizona, to sit atop the preseason poll since California was tabbed by the media to win the Pac-10 title in 1994 ... Stanford has not won a conference title since the 1962-63 season when the school tied UCLA with a 7-5 record ... Back then the conference was called the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) ... The last time Stanford won an outright league title was during the NCAA championship 1941-42 season when the team chalked up an 11-1 record in the Pacific Coast Conferece.
The 1998-99 Pac-10 Media Poll 1. Stanford (36) 369 2. Arizona 298 3. Washington 277 4. UCLA 271 5. California (1) 253 6. Arizona State 150 6. Oregon 150 8. USC 144 9. Washington State 65 10. Oregon State 56
Cardinal Catalogue Week AP USA Today/ESPN Pre-sea. 3 2 Nov. 16 3 2 Nov. 23 3 2 Nov. 30 5 5 Dec. 7 6 7 Dec. 14
Stanford Facts
School: Stanford University
Founded: 1891
Enrollment: 6,556
Colors: Cardinal & White
Nickname: Cardinal
Conference: Pacific-10
Arena: Maples Pavilion (7,391)
President: Dr. Gerhard Casper
Athletic Director: Dr. Ted Leland
The 1998-99 Stanford Varsity 3 Kris Weems G, 6-2, 205, Senior, Kansas City, Ks 4 Michael McDonald G, 6-1, 175, Soph., Long Beach, Ca 5 Peter Sauer F, 6-7, 225, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa 11 Arthur Lee G, 6-1, 180, Senior, Los Angeles, Ca 20 Alex Gelbard G, 6-3, 200, Junior, Sherman Oaks, Ca 21 David Moseley G/F, 6-4, 205, Jr, Las Cruces, NM 25 Tony Giovacchini G, 6-2, 170, Freshman, Salt Lake City, Ut 31 Jarron Collins F, 6-9, 245, Soph, North Hollywood, Ca 32 Ryan Mendez F/G, 6-7, 215, Junior, Burleson, Tx 33 Jason Collins F, 6-10, 250, RS Fr, N. Hollywood, Ca 44 Mark Seaton F, 6-9, 225, Senior, Cypress, Ca 45 Mark Madsen F, 6-9, 235, Junior, Danville, Ca 55 Tim Young C, 7-2, 250, Senior, Santa Cruz, Ca
Head Coach: Mike Montgomery Assistant Coaches: Trent Johnson, Eric Reveno, Blaine Taylor
How the Cardinal was built
Seniors
Arthur Lee, Peter Sauer, Mark Seaton, Kris Weems, Tim Young
Juniors
Alex Gelbard, Mark Madsen, Ryan Mendez, David Moseley
Sophomores
Jarron Collins, Michael McDonald
Freshman
Jason Collins (Redshirt freshman), Tony Giovacchini, Kyle Logan (Redshirt)
Stanford Players by State
California 8 Pennsylvania 1 Kansas 1 Maryland 1 New Mexico 1 Texas 1 Utah 1
Minute Memo Ten of the 13 players on the Cardinal team have played at least 13 minutes per game ... Cardinal starters are averaging 24.8 minutes per game ... All-America candidate Arthur Lee leads the team in minutes per game at 30.1.
Radio Review All Stanford games will be broadcast live on KTCT (The Ticket 1050) with Bob Murphy and John Platz handling the play-by-play duties ... KZSU (90.1 FM), Stanford's student station, will also broadcast the games with Will Flemming providing the broadcast duties.
Television Time A school record 30 Stanford games will be televised during the regular season ... The Stanford-Nevada game will be televised on ESPN ... The Stanford-Pacific game will be televised on Fox Sports Bay Area.
Ticket Tale Tickets for the Pete Newell Challenge, featuring Stanford, California, North Carolina and Temple on Dec. 29 at The Arena in Oakland, are now on sale ... Stanford will play Temple at 8:00 p.m. ... Cal will face North Carolina at 6:00 p.m. ... Tickets arre available at The Arena in Oakland box office (10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday) and through all BASS ticket centers in the Bay Area.
Nevada Notes
School: University of Nevada
Location: Reno, Nv
Enrollment: 12,500
Home Court: Lawlor Events Center (11,200)
Nickname: Wolfpack
Colors: Navy Blue & Silver
Conference: Big West
Head Coach: Pat Foster
Career Record/Years: 360-189, 19+ years
Record at Nevada/Years: 84-66, 5+ years
Foster vs Stanford: 0-1
Nevada is 2-3 overall with a home game on Dec. 15 against St. Mary's ... The Wolfpack lost all five starters to graduation from a team that 16 games a year ago ... However, Nevada has three players who are averaging in double figures, led by guard John Burrell at 18.4 ppg ... Center Dimitrios Marmarinos leads the team in rebounding at seven per game ... The Lawlor Events Center has been a good home for Nevada basketball ... Since 1990, the Wolfpack has won 74 percent of its games, and 76 percent of them since head coach Pat Foster's arrival in 1993 ... Foster is 0-1 against the Cardinal ... Foster was the head coach at Houston when the Cougars lost a 93-86 decision to Stanford in the opening round of the NIT during the 1990-91 season.
Footnote Facts
Jarron and Jason Collins are celebrating their birthdays during the month of December ... The twins were born on Dec. 2, 1978 ... Jarron and Jason were born eight minutes apart ... Jason is the older of the two ...
Kyle Logan, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound freshman, will redshirt the 1998-99 season ... Cardinal head coach Mike Montgomery was one of the guest instructors at the Michael Jordan Fantasy Camp this summer in Las Vegas ... Four of Stanford's players on the 14-man roster are lefthanded (Tim Young, Alex Gelbard, Tony Giovacchini, Kyle Logan).
Game 1 vs UC Davis (11/14/98) Ten players played at least 15 minutes as the Cardinal scored a 76-49 victory over NCAA Division II national champion UC Davis, in the season opener before a soldout crowd (7,391) at Maples Pavilion ... All-America candidate Mark Madsen led the Cardinal with eleven points and eleven rebounds ... Stanford outrebounded the Aggies, 55-28, and collected 25 offensive boards.
Game 2 vs SMU (11/18/98) Eleven different Cardinal players played at least 10 minutes as the Cardinal scored a 86-51 victory over SMU in the opening round of the CHASE NIT ... Jarron Collins came off the bench to play 15 minutes and scored 12 points along with ten rebounds ... Three Cardinal starters scored in double figures ... Stanford outrebounded the Mustangs, 51-28, including 20 offensive rebounds ... Stanford dominated from start to finish, holding SMU to 17 first half points ... SMU shot 26 percent from the floor for the game.
Game 3 vs Southwest Missouri St (11/20/98) Stanford jumped to a 13-2 lead with 15:38 in the first half and never looked back in scoring a 76-51 victory over Southwest Missouri State in the second round of the pre-season NIT ... Eleven different Cardinal players played at least eleven minutes ... All-America candidate Arthur Lee, for the third time in his career, hit five three-pointers in leading the Cardinal in scoring with 17 points ... Stanford led by as many as 33 points (66-33) in the second half.
Game 4 vs St. John's (11/25/98) Stanford battled back from a 10-point deficit in the final 6:12, and All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee hit two free throws with 11.8 seconds to play to lift second-ranked Stanford to a 55-53 victory over St. John's in the semi-finals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden ... St. John's led throughout much of the game ... With the Cardinal down 48-38 with 6:12 to play, the Cardinal outscored the Red Storm, 14-3, to give the Cardinal its first lead of the game, 53-51 ... St. John's tied the game at 53-53 before Lee won the game with the two free throws.
Game 5 vs North Carolina (11/27/98) Second-ranked Stanford dropped its first game of the season, losing to then eighth-ranked North Carolina in the championship game of the pre-season NIT ... The Cardinal mustered only a shooting percentage of 29 percent, while being held to its lowest point total in six years.
Game 6 vs Maryland (12/6/98) Fifth-ranked Stanford fought hard but fell to second-ranked Maryland, 62-60, before a pro-Terrapins crowd of 20,544 in the opening round of the BB&T Classic at the MCI Center in Washington D.C. ... The Cardinal jumped to a 19-8 lead with 11:29 in the first half, but Maryland outscored the Cardinal, 19-5, over the next seven minutes to take a 27-24 lead ... The Terrapins extended their lead to 39-28 with 2:15 in the first half ... Stanford fought back to tie the game at 45-45 with 11:56 to play ... The Cardinal built a 51-48 with 7:49 left to play, but Maryland took the lead at 58-57 with 1:22 to play, and extended it to five points, 62-57, with 12 seconds to play ... All-America candidate Arthur Lee, who led Stanford scorers with 14 points, hit a three-pointer with nine seconds to play, but Stanford could not cut Maryland's lead any further.
Game 7 vs George Washington (12/7/98) Sixth-ranked Stanford scored a 70-56 victory over George Washington in the consolation game of the BB&T Classic in Washington, D.C., but the victory was costly ... Redshirt freshman center Jason Collins suffered a dislocated right wrist and will be out indefinitely ... Collins was driving to the basketball with less than 13 minutes to play ... Collins made the basket, but was fouled and crashed to the floor, bracing his fall with his right hand ... Collins was not able to shoot the free throw to complete the three-point play ... Collins' hand is now in a cast, and will be further evaluated by team doctors to determine if he will need surgery ... After holding a 36-32 halftime, Stanford eventually pulled away in the second half ... Four of Stanford's starters scored in double figures, led by All-America candidate Mark Madsen with 14 points and 10 rebounds.