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Men's Basketball Hosts Arizona State, Arizona
Mike Montgomery could become Stanford's all-time winningest coach against the Sun Devils.
February 22, 1999
Stanford-Arizona State
Thursday, February 25 7:30 p.m.Stanford-Arizona
Saturday, February 27 7:30 p.m. Maples Pavilion (7,391)What If ...
If Stanford beats Arizona State, Cardinal head coach Mike Montgomery would become Stanford's all-time winningest basketball coach. If Stanford beats Arizona State, that would give the Cardinal three straight wins over the Sun Devils dating back to last year. If Stanford beats Arizona and Arizona State, that would be the first sweep of the Arizona schools at Maples Pavilion since the 1995-96 season.
Senior Salute
The final two home regular season games will also mark the final home appearances for five outstanding Cardinal seniors ... This group has played 591 games, 374 as starters ... Tim Young has played in a school record 126 games, and has started the last 119 games ... Arthur Lee has played in 120 games, including 73 straight as a starter ... Peter Sauer has played in 118 games, including the last 90 games as a starter ... Mark Seaton has played in 109 games ... Kris Weems has played in 118 games, including the last 92 games as a starter ... Collectively, this group has logged 12,637 minutes in a Stanford uniform.
Stanford Cardinal (22-5 overall, 12-2 Pac-10)
F - Peter Sauer, 6-7, 225, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa (8.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
F - Mark Madsen, 6-9, 235, Junior, Danville, Ca (12.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg)
C - Tim Young, 7-2, 250, Senior, Santa Cruz, Ca (9.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg)
G - Kris Weems, 6-2, 204, Senior, Kansas City, Ks (10.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg)
G - Arthur Lee, 6-1, 185, Senior, Los Angeles, Ca (12.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 4.5 apg)
Arizona State Sun Devils (14-12 overall, 6-8 Pac-10)
F - Mike Batiste, 6-8, 225, Senior, Long Beach, Ca (16.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg)
F - Bobby Lazor, 6-9, 231, Senior, Norwich, NY (18.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg)
C - Chad Prewitt, 6-9, 235, Freshman, Phoenix, Az (4.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg)
G - Eddie House, 6-1, 180, Junior, Hayward, Ca (19.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
G - Alton Mason, 6-2, 180, Sophomore, Lincoln, Ne (7.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
Arizona Wildcats (20-4 overall, 11-3 Pac-10)
F - Richard Jefferson, 6-6, 210, Freshman, Phoenix, Az (11.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
F - Michael Wright, 6-7, 235, Freshman, Chicago, Il (14.3 ppg, 8.8 rpg)
C - A.J. Bramlett, 6-10, 230, Senior, Albuquerque, NM (14.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg)
G - Rick Anderson, 6-8198, Freshman, Long Beach, Ca (2.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg)
G - Jason Terry, 6-2, 172, Senior, Seattle, Wa (22.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg)
The five seniors have helped lead Stanford to a 115-35 record.
The five seniors have helped lead the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament
appearances, and most certainly a fifth appearance in 1998-99.
The five seniors have led Stanford to the NCAA Final Four (1998-99),
and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen (1997-98).
The five seniors will all graduate in June, 1999,
Arthur Lee with a degree in Communcation, Peter Sauer and
Mark Seaton in Economics, Kris Weems in Sociology,
and Tim Young in English.
Cardinal Corner
Four more games in the Pac-10 season for Stanford with two at home (Arizona State, Arizona) and two on the road (Oregon, Oregon State) ... Arizona and UCLA remain on the heels of the first place Cardinal ... Two of Arizona's four league games are at home, but the Wildcats must play at Stanford ... Two of UCLA's four league games are on the road with a key game at Arizona ... Stanford is currently in first place at 12-2 ... Stanford led by one game at the halfway point of the league race ... Since the league expanded in 1979, the leader at the mid-point of the conference has gone on to win the Pac-10 title in all but two seasons (1985-86 and 1993-94) ... Since the conference went to ten teams in 1978-79, only four teams have won the title (UCLA, Arizona, Washington, Oregon State) ... Arizona and UCLA are the only schools to win the league title since the 1990-91 campaign ... Stanford has not finished first in the conference since the 1962-63 season when the team shared the title with UCLA at 7-5 in the five-team AAWU ... The last time Stanford won the league title outright was during the NCAA championship season in 1941-42 with an 11-1 record in the southern division of the Pacific Coast Conference.
Stanford University Conference Championships
1919-20 Pacific Coast Conference
1920-21 Pacific Coast Conference
1935-36 Pacific Coast Conference
1936-37 Pacific Coast Conference
1937-38 Pacific Coast Conference
1941-42 Pacific Coast Conference
1962-63 (tie) AAWU
Charity Catalogue
Free throws have seen a marked improvement for Stanford in the last four games ... The Cardinal has hit 97 of its last 123 free throws for 79 percent ... The Cardinal has now jumped to fourth in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage at .687 ... Tim Young is second in the conference in free throw percenetage at .856 (83-97) while Arthur Lee is third at .852 (92-108) ... Young has hit 18 of his last 19 free throw attempts for 95 percent, while Lee has hit 26 of his last 28 free throw attempts for 93 percent.
Cardinal Chatter
Stanford is 22-5 overall, the fifth straight season the Cardinal has generated 20 or more wins ... The Cardinal is giving up 58.8 ppg ... There are still four more games to go in the regular season, but this year's defensive points per game average is the best since the 1959-60 season.
Stanford's top 10 defensive teams (since 1949-50)
1. 55.0 ppg, 1959-60
2. 57.8 ppg, 1949-50
3. 58.8 ppg, 1998-99
3. 58.9 ppg, 1962-63
5. 59.0 ppg, 1958-59
6. 59.2 ppg, 1960-61
7. 59.7 ppg, 1961-62
8. 60.5 ppg, 1957-58
9. 61.3 ppg, 1955-56
10. 63.5 ppg, 1963-64
Mike Montgomery's Top Five Best Defensive Teams
1. 58.8 ppg, 1998-99
2. 63.7 ppg, 1989-90
3. 65.0 ppg, 1988-89
4. 66.7 ppg, 1995-96
5. 68.0 ppg, 1991-92
Backcourt Barometer
Arthur Lee and Kris Weems are almost like brothers ... Not only are they roommates, they comprise one of the top backcourts in the country ... Experience and talent has certainly paid off for the duo ... In the last three seasons, this combination has started 61 games, and during that time, the Cardinal has chalked up a record of 51-10 ... During the 1996-97 season, Lee, Weems and Brevin Knight combined to start 12 games in a three-guard starting lineup ... With that combination, the team ran up a 9-3 record.
Starter Story
Consistency has been a trademark of the starting lineup for the Stanford Cardinal ... Over the last 32 games, Stanford has marched out a starting lineup of Peter Sauer and Mark Madsen at forward, Tim Young at center, and Arthur Lee and Kris Weems at guard ... Fifty-one times, this quintet of players has started together, and during that time, Stanford has chalked up a record of 43-8 over the past two seasons.
Stanford Starters (Lee, Madsen, Sauer, Weems,Young, 43-8)
First eleven games of 1997-98 season (11-0)
Games 22-to-29 of 1997-98 seaosn (6-2)
Games 31-to-35 of 1997-98 season (4-1)
Games 1-to-27 of the 1998-99 season (22-5)
Montgomery Memo
Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery reached a milestone when the Cardinal beat the Oregon State Beavers (1/2/99) ... Montgomery gained his 400th win ... Montgomery has been head coach for 21 seasons (8 seasons at Montana, and is in his 13th season at Stanford ... Montgomery has recorded 19 winning seasons, and is on his way to a 20th winning season in his 21st season as head coach ... In the last 14 years, Montgomery has guided 12 teams into post-season play ... Montgomery has directed Stanford to four straight appearances to the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the NCAA Final Four last year.
Mike Montgomery among the Pac-10 Coaches
1. Lute Olson of Arizona, 585 wins
2. Mike Montgomery of Stanford, 411 wins
3. Ben Braun of California, 382 wins
4. Eddie Payne of Oregon State, 197 wins
5. Kevin Eastman of Washington State, 193 wins
6. Bob Bender of Washington, 144 wins
7. Ernie Kent of Oregon, 117 wins
8. Rob Evans of Arizona State, 100 wins
9. Steve Lavin of UCLA, 67 wins
10. Henry Bibby of USC, 38 wins
Attendance Analysis
Stanford Basketball is popular ... At Maples Pavilion, Stanford's home floor, all 15 games are soldout (7,391) ... The Cardinal has played before 100 percent capacity, tops in the Pac-10 ... The Cardinal has played 27 games this year and has played before 269,870 fans ... The Stanford-Maryland game at the BB&T Classic at the MCI Center in Washington D.C. attracted 20,544 fans ... The next night, 18,244 watched Stanford play George Washington ... Two games against St. John's and North Carolina at the pre-season NIT at Madison Square Garden attracted a total crowd of 28,671 ... At the Pete Newell Classic, the Cardinal played Temple before a crowd of 19,657, the largest crowd to ever watch a collegiate basketball game in the state of California, and the largest regular season crowd in the history of West Coast basketball ... The Stanford-California game at Oakland drew 15,269, the largest crowd to watch these two teams play in the 233-game history of the series.
Maples Memo
Stanford is 60-7 at Maples Pavilion since the 1994-95 season ... During that time, the Cardinal has won games by an average of 19.5 points per game ... The Cardinal has won 34 of its last 38 games at Maples Pavilion, and 46 of the last 51 ... Stanford is 23-3 over Pac-10 schools at Maples Pavilion in the last three seasons.
Stanford's 10 biggest wins during the last 67 games at Maples Pavilion
53 points (93-42 vs Lehigh, 1997-98)
49 points (94-45 vs Washington State, 1998-99)
48 points (109-61 vs UCLA, 1996-97)
47 points (97-50 vs San Diego State, 1996-97)
45 points (94-49 vs Santa Clara, 1998-99)
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 22 straight home 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 Todd Licthi, Adam Keefe and Brevin Knight, University president Gerhard Casper, singer Vanessa Williams, golfer Tiger Woods, Golden State Warriors head coach P.J. Carlesimo, numerous NBA scouts, Hall of Famer Jerry West, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, former 49ers and Stanford head football coach Bill Walsh, NBA all-star Gary Payton, and rapper Jay-Z ... The game at Pacific (12/19/98) was a sellout (6,150), and more than 2,000 Stanford fans purchased tickets for the game.
Defensive Data
Stanford's defense has been sharp this year ... The Cardinal has held the opposition to .375 shooting (#1 in the Pac-10), 58.8 ppg (#1 in the Pac-10), and has outrebounded the opposition, 40.6 to 30.9 rpg (#1 in the conference) ... Stanford has outrebounded its opponents in 23 of 27 games this year, and 30 of 34 games over the last two seasons ... Stanford's rebound margin of 9.7 is #2 in the Pac-10 ... The Cardinal has grabbed 40 or more rebounds in each of the last four games ... Stanford's scoring margin of +14.5 is #1 in the Pac-10 ... Stanford has beaten seven opponents by 25 points or more ... When Stanford scored a 94-45 victory over Washington State (1/21/99), that was the biggest margin of victory (49 points) this year ... The 49-point win was eighth-best in school history, the biggest win over Washington State ever, the largest over a Pac-10 opponent, and the second biggest win ever in the 30-year history of Maples Pavilion ... When Stanford scored a 44 point win over Nevada (12/17/98), that was the second biggest margin of victory for a road game in Stanford basketball history ... Only nine opponents have shot 40 percent or better this year ... Only eight opponents have scored 60 or more points this year.
Stanford in the Pacific-10 Stat Notebook
1. Scoring Margin (+14.5)
1. Scoring Defense (58.8 ppg)
1. Field Goal Pct. Defense (.375)
1. Three-point field goal percentage defense (.279)
1. Rebounding Defense (31.7 rpg)
1. Rebounding Margin (+9.7)
1. Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.21)
Cardinal Corner
Stanford established a first in school history when the Cardinal scored more than 100 points in a road game ... The Cardinal won at Nevada (12/17/98), 101-57.
Honors Hoopla
Arthur Lee, an All-America candidate, is a candidate for the John Wooden and the Naismith Awards, symbolic of the nation's best player ... Lee is also one of 30 candidates for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, selected by the United States Basketball Writers Association, for college basketball Player of the Year ... Mark Madsen, another Stanford All-America candidate, is a candidate for the John Wooden Award ... Lee, Madsen and Tim Young were accorded honorable mention pre-season 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 six teams that are ranked in the top 25, #4 Connecticut, #5 Maryland, #7 & #8 St. John's, #7 & #9 Arizona, #14 North Carolina, and #15 & #16 UCLA.
Minute Memo
Eight of the team's eleven active players have played at least 10 minutes per game ... Cardinal starters are averaging 28.2 minutes per game ... All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee leads the team in minutes per game at 32.1, while his backcourt mate, Kris Weems, is averaging 30.9 minutes per game.
Medical Monitor
The injury bug has hit the Cardinal roster ... Three players on the 13 man roster have been sidelined a total of 59 games ... Jason Collins is out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair a dislocated right wrist in the game against George Washington (12/7/98) ... Michael McDonald suffered a sprained foot in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98) and missed 16 games ... McDonald, however, came back to the court against Washington State (1/21/99) an responded with seven points in eight minutes of play ... Ryan Mendez is suffering from a stress reaction in his left knee, and is out the rest of the season ... Mendez had only played in five games ... Ten players are on the active roster, and one player, Kyle Logan, is redshirting this season.
Coaches Corner
Mike Montgomery is in his 13th season as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal ... Montgomery is 257-137 on The Farm ... Montgomery is tied with Howie Dallmar as the school's all-time winningest men's basketball coach with 257 wins ... In 12 previous 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 411-214.
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 17.3 mpg.
* Has played double-digit minutes in all 27 games this year, including a season-high 26 minutes against Temple (12/29/98).
* Remarkable ball handling, passing and shooting skills.
* Averaging 5.5 rebounds per game, #3 on the Cardinal, and tops amongst the Cardinal subs.
* Has grabbed 80 rebounds in the last 12 games, an average of 6.7 per game.
* Has recorded double-digits in rebounds in six games, a career-high 13 rebounds against Washington State (1/21/99), 12 rebounds against USC (1/14/99), ten rebounds against Santa Clara (12/22/98), ten boards against SMU (11/18/98), ten rebounds at UCLA (1/16/99), and ten boards against Washington (2/18/99).
* Has grabbed five or more rebounds in 16 games.
* Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds along with nine points against Washington State (1/21/99).
* Established career-highs in points (13) against USC (1/14/99) ... Also grabbed 12 rebounds in that game.
Career Catalogue (1997-98, 1998-99)
* Stanford is 8-0 when Jarron scores in double figures.
* Stanford is 23-3 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 for the season.
* Last year, Jason did not play because of a knee injury that required two surgeries.
* Now a dislocated right wrist has forced Collins to undergoe surgery (12/15).
* Jason suffered the injury against George Washington (12/7/98) ... With 12:48 to play in the game, he drove to the basket, 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.
* 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.
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, who is a crowd favorite at Maples Pavilion.
* Has appeared in nine games.
* Scored his first collegiate three-pointer against Nevada (12/17/98).
* A teammate of Jarron and Jason Collins when the twins were juniors at Harvard-Westlake High School.
#25 Tony Giovacchini, Guard, 6-2, 170, Freshman, Salt Lake City
* Adds valuable depth at the point-guard position.
* Has played in 22 games.
* Tony is ambidextrous ... Tony shoots the basketball lefthanded, but does most everything righthanded.
* Has enjoyed a solid season, according to head coach Mike Montgomery.
* With the sprained foot injury to Michael McDonald, Tony moved in as the backup point-guard to Arthur Lee.
* Has played 16 or more minutes in five games.
* Played 17 minutes against Santa Clara (12/22/98), and chalked up a season-high eleven points (4-for-6 from the floor), five assists, three rebounds and a steal.
* 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.
* Collected 17 minutes of playing time against Nevada (12/17/98), dished out three assists and grabbed two rebounds.
* Hit a key three-pointer to tie the game at 47-47 midway through the second half at Pacific (12/19/98).
#11 Arthur Lee, Guard, 6-0, 175, Senior, Guard, Los Angeles, Ca
* An All-America candidate.
* 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).
* Lee leads the team in minutes played per game at 32.1 ... Has played 30 or more minutes in 18 games ... Tied his career-high (41 minutes) in the overtime game against USC (2/13/99) ... Played 41 minutes in the overtime game against Kentucky last year in the NCAA Final Four.
* In the last five games, he has averaged 36.2 minutes per game.
* Averaging 12.0 ppg (#2 on the Cardinal), and 4.5 apg.
* Amongst the conference leaders (#6) in assists at 4.5 per game.
* His assist-to-turnover ratio is 122-to-53.
* Second on the team and #3 in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage at .852
* Has hit 26 of his last 28 free throws for 93 percent..
* Hit two free throws with 11.8 seconds to play to give Stanford a 55-53 victory over St. John's (11/25/98).
* 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).
* #3 in the Pac-10 leaders in three-point percentage at .412 ... Has at least one three-pointer in 23 of the 27 games this year.
* Collected a season-high 22 points against USC (2/13/99).
* Collected 19 points (7-for-8 from the floor, 5-for-6 from three-point territory), dished out five assists and stole three passes against Santa Clara (12/21/98) in the championship game of the Stanford Invitational.
(1/4/99).
* Has scored in double figures in 20 games, including 12 of the last 14 games.
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
Stanford is 24-6 when Arthur dishes out five or more assists.
Career Free Throw Percentage
1. Jerry Thuesen (1957-60, .888)
2. Arthur Lee (1995-, .854)
Career Three-Point Field Goals
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 243)
3. Arthur Lee (1995-, 141)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 551)
4. Arthur Lee (1995-, 343)
Career Assists
1. Brevin Knight (1993-97, 780)
5. Arthur Lee, 1995-, 359)
Career Games
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 125)
6. Arthur Lee (1995-, 120)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Todd Lichti (1985-89, .477)
8. Arthur Lee (1995-, .411)
Career Steals
1. Brevin Knight (1993-97, 298)
8. Arthur Lee (1995-, 109)
#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 12.9 points per game, and in rebounding at 8.5 per game ... Sixth in the conference in rebounding.
* Has grabbed 76 rebounds in the last seven games, an average of 10.9 per game.
* Has grabbed nine or more rebounds in the last nine games, including ten or more rebounds in five games.
* Leads the team in field goal percentage at .616, amongst the leaders (#2) in the Pac-10.
* Has hit 17-of-24 shots for 71 percent in the last three games.
* Has recorded six double-doubles (points-rebounds) this year ... Collected 17 points and ten rebounds against USC (1/14/99) ... Notched 15 points and 12 rebounds at California (2/3/99) ... Tallied 14 points and ten rebounds against George Washington (12/7/98) ... Scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against USC (2/13/99) ... 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 eleven points nd grabbed 12 rebounds in Stanford's 77-73 win over UCLA (2/11/99).
* Scored a season-high 20 points along with nine rebounds against Washington (1/23/99).
* Named tournament MVP at the Stanford Invitational ... Scored 28 points (12-of-15 from the floor) and grabbed ten rebounds in wins over Elon College (12/21/98) and Santa Clara (12/22/98).
* 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 43-8 when Mark is a starter.
* Stanford is 11-2 when Mark records a double-double (points-rebounds).
* Stanford is 18-2 when Mark grabs ten or more rebounds.
* Mark has hit 50 percent or better from the floor in 54 games, and 60 percent or better in 42 games.
* In 23 games, he has hit 70 percent or better.
Career Field Goal Percentage
1. Adam Keefe (1995-, .600)
2. Mark Madsen (1996-, .590)
Career Blocks
1. Tim Young (1994-, 156)
12. Mark Madsen, 1996-, 40)
#4 Michael McDonald, Guard, 6-1, 175, Sophomore, Long Beach, Ca
* A sprained right foot put the reserve point-guard out for 16 games.
* Returned to action against Washington State (1/21/99) with seven points in eight minutes of play.
* Has played ten or more minutes in the last five games.
* He sprained the foot in the season opener against UC Davis (11/14/98).
* Scored a season-high seven points along with three assists in eight minutes of play against Washington State (1/22/99).
Career Catalogue (1997-98, 1998-99)
* Stanford is 16-2 when Michael plays ten or more minutes.
#32 Ryan Mendez, Forward/Guard, 6-7, 215, Junior, Burleson, Tx
* Out for the remainder of the season with a stress reaction in his left knee.
* Played in only five games.
* Underwent 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 with his offensive spark off the bench.
* Averaging 17.5 minutes per game ... Has played double-digit in minutes in 26 games.
* Averaging 7.1 ppg, tops among the Cardinal reserves.
* Scored a career-high 23 points (8-for-10 from the floor, 3-for-4 from three-point territory) in 23 minutes of play against Nevada (12/17/98).
* Helped sparked the Cardinal to victory over UCLA (2/11/99) with 13 points and seven rebounds.
* Has scored 43 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in the last four games.
Career Catalogue (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
* Stanford is 14-0 when David scores in double figures.
* Stanford was 26-4 when David hit at least one three-pointer last year.
* This year, Stanford is 17-2 when David hits at least one three-pointer.
Career Three-Point Field Goals
1. Dion Cross (1992-95, 241)
8. David Moseley (1996-, 98)
#5 Peter Sauer, Forward, 6-7, 225, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa
* Honors Candidate.
* Co-captain along with Kris Weems.
* Has started the last 89 games in which Stanford has recorded a 72-17 record.
* A winner on-and-off the court.
* Averaging 8.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
* Notched his first double-double of the season against Arizona State (1/30/99) with 13 points and ten rebounds.
* Notched a season-high 19 points (8-for-12 from the floor) in the Pac-10 season opener against Oregon State (1/2/99).
* Dished out a career-high seven assists against Elon College (12/21/98).
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
* Has recorded four career double-doubles (points-rebounds).
* In games in which he has scored at least one three-pointer, Stanford is 43-13.
#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.
* Played a major role in Stanford's 89-57 victory at Washington (2/18/99), scoring season-highs in points (12) and rebounds (7) and holding in check UW's All-American Todd MacCulloch.
* Scored six points and grabbed six rebounds against Elon College (12/21/98).
* 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).
* Against Santa Clara (12/22/98) in the championship game of the Stanford Invitational, Mark grabbed four rebounds in 16 minutes of play.
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
* Has played in 109 games.
* Shooting .577 percent from the floor in three-plus seasons at Stanford, currently ranked #4 all-time in that category.
Career Field Goal Percentage
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, .600)
4. Mark Seaton (1995-, .577)
#3 Kris Weems, Guard, 6-2, 205, Senior, Kansas City, Ks
* Honors Candidate.
* Co-captan along with Peter Sauer.
* Stanford's best perimeter defender.
* Third on the team in scoring at 10.9 ppg.
* Has scored in double-figures in 18 games.
* Scored a season-high 23 points against Nevada (12/17/98) ... Hit five-of-seven 3-pointers, grabbed a career-high seven rebounds, dished out five assists and collected a steal in 28 minutes.
* Tallied a 20 point effort along with four rebounds and three assists against Elon College (12/21/98).
* Scored the winning basket on a three-pointer with 1:04 to play to give the Cardinal a 57-55 victory at California (2/3/99) ... Also did a great job defesively on Cal's leading scorer, holding Geno Carlisle (who had been averaging 17.0 ppg) to five points on 2-of-9 shooting.
* Second on the team in three-point shooting at 37 percent.
* Has scored at least one three-pointer in 19 of the 27 games.
* Has hit seventeen 3-pointers in the last eight games.
* Named to the all-tournament team at the Stanford Invitational (29 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, 7-for-11 from three-point range against Elon College and Santa Clara).
* Second on the team in minutes played per game at 30.9 ... Has played 30 or more minutes in the last nine straight games.
Career Catalogue (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
* A three-year starter.
* Has started the last 92 games and during that time, Stanford is 74-18.
* Stanford is 26-6 when Kris hits at least four three-pointers.
* In 118 career games, Kris has hit at least one three-pointer in 79 games.
* Has hit at least 40 percent or better from three-point territory in 50 games, and 50 percent or better in 40 games.
Career Three-Point Field Goals
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 241)
2. Kris Weems (1995-, 188)
Career Three-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Dion Cross (1992-96, 551)
2. Kris Weems (1995-, 479)
#55 Tim Young, 7-2, 250, Senior, Center, Santa Cruz, Ca
* All-America candidate.
* A candidate for the Naismith Awards, symbolic of the nation's best player.
* A pre-season honorable mention All-American by Associated Press.
* Averaging 10.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game (#10 in the Pac-10) ... His rebound average is #2 on the Cardinal.
* Has been shooting the ball well of late, making 78-of-140 shots for 56 percent.
* Shooting 51 percent for the season.
* Has grabbed five or more rebounds in 23 games.
* Tops on the team and second in the conference in free throw shooting at 86 percent (83-for-97) ... No Stanford non-guard has led the team in free throw percentage since the 1982-83 season when forward Johnny Rogers hit .823 from the charity stripe ... The last Cardinal center to lead the team in free throw percentage was Rich Kelley in 1974-75 when he hit .832 from the charity line.
* Leads the team in blocks with 22, including nine in the last seven games.
* Has recorded two double-doubles (points-rebounds) this year ... Tallied a season-high 23 points along with 12 rebounds against Oregon (1/4/99), and ten points and eleven rebounds against St. John's (11/25/998).
Career Catalogue (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99)
* Has started 119 straight games.
* A four-year starter, only one of 12 players in Stanford basketball history to attain such a status.
* Has played in 126 games, a school record.
* Has recorded at least one block in 92 of 126 games played.
* Has recorded 38 double-doubles (points-rebounds) in his career.
* Thirty-five times in his career he has grabbed ten or more rebounds in a game.
Career Blocks
1. Tim Young (1994-, 158)
Career Games
1. Tim Young (1994-, 126)
Career Rebounds
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 1,119)
2. Tim Young (1994-, 1,009)
Career Free Throws
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 652)
5. Tim Young (1994-, 415)
Career Free Throw Attempts
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 886)
7. Tim Young (1994-, 538)
Career Minutes
1. Todd Lichti (1985-89, 4,107)
7. Tim Young (1994-, 3,257)
Career Rebounds Per Game
1. Rich Kelley (1972-75, 12.4)
9. Tim Young (1994-, 8.0)
Career Field Goals
1. Adam Keefe (1988-92, 830)
10. Tim Young, 1994-, 535)
Number Notes
1 - The number of wins head coach Mike Montgomery needs to win to become Stanford's all-time winningest men's basketball coach.
6 - The number of birthdays of Stanford basketball players during the 1998-99 season.
15 - The number of sellouts at Maples Pavilion this season.
29 - The number of Stanford games that will be televised during the 1998-99 regular season.
30 - The number of former Stanford basketball players in the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.
109 - The number of rebounds Tim Young needs to become Stanford's all-time rebounder ... Young currently has 1,009, compared to school record holder Adam Keefe (1988-92) with 1,119.
171 - The number of news media credentialed for the Stanford-Connecticut game on Feb. 6.
411 - The number of wins head coach Mike Montgomery's 21 year coaching career.
1,105 - The number of victories in Stanford basketball history.
10,527 - The number of miles traveled to tournaments in New York City and Washington D.C., and the trips to Nevada-Reno and Pacific.
15,269 - The largest crowd to watch Stanford and California play in the 233-game series.
19,657 - The largest crowd to ever watch a collegiate basketball game in the state of California when Stanford played Temple, and California played North Carolina in the Pete Newell Challenge at The Arena in Oakland. It was also the largest crowd to ever watch a collegiate basketball game during the regular season on the West Coast.
269,870 - The number of people who have watched Stanford Basketball in 27 games this year.
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.
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."
Sun Devil Saga
Arizona State is 14-12 overall and 6-8 in the Pac-10 ... The Sun Devils are 3-5 on the road ... Three players dominate the scoring for Arizona State ... Eddie House, from Union City, leads the team in scoring and is second in the Pac-10 at 18.1 ppg ... Bobby Lazor is averaging 18.1 ppg (#4 in the conference), while Mike Batiste is next at 16.6 ppg (#5 in the Pac-10) ... Lazor leads the team in rebounding at 8.7 per game, and is fourth in the Pac-10 ... Batiste is eighth in the conference in rebounds at 6.8 per game ... House is third in the conference in steals at 2.12 per game ... Arizona State leads the conference in assists per game at 17 per game.
Arizona Analysis
The Arizona Wildcats are 20-4 overall, and one game back of Stanford in the Pac-10 at 11-3 ... The Wildcats are 5-4 on the road ... Arizona travels to California on Thursday, before arriving for saturday's game at Stanford ... Arizona leads the Pac-10 in scoring offense at 82.9 ppg ... The Wildcats are also #1 in free throw percentage (.718), and rebounding (41.9 rpg) ... Jason Terry, a leading candidate for Pac-10 Player of the Year, leads the conference in scoring at 22.4 ppg ... Terry also leads the Pac-10 in assists at 5.6 per game, and free throw percentage (.865) ... Three other Wildcat players average in double figures ... Senior A.J. Bramlett is averaging 14.5 ppg, followed by a pair of freshmen, Michael Wright at 14.3 ppg, and Richard Jefferson at 11.8 ppg ... Bramlett leads the team in rebounding at 9.5 per game, while Wright is next at 8.8 per game.
Series Story
* Arizona State leads the series with Stanford, 24-21 ... However, the Cardinal has won six of the last seven meetings, including a 73-63 win at ASU earlier this year ... Peter Sauer led the Cardinal with 13 points and ten rebounds ... Stanford is 11-9 against Arizona State at Maples Pavilion ... Stanford has won three of the last four games at Maples Pavilion, however, ASU scored a 90-87 overtime decision last year ... In that game, five ASU players played 39 minutes or more.
* Arizona holds a 37-18 advantage over Stanford, and has won 19 of the last 23 games ... Earlier this year at Tucson, Jason Terry hit a short jumper with 3.4 seconds to play to give Arizona a 78-76 victory over Stanford ... Stanford is 11-10 against Arizona at Maples Pavilion ... However, the Wildcats have won seven of the last nine games on Stanford's home floor ... Last year, Arizona scored a 93-75 victory over Stanford at Maples Pavilion ... Michael Dickerson and Henry Bibby, who have both moved on to the NBA, combined for 50 points and 12 assists ... Sauer led Stanford with 23 points and seven rebounds.
The Pacific-10 Standings
School Conf Overall 1. Stanford 12-2 22-5 2. Arizona 11-3 20-4 3. UCLA 9-5 19-7 4. Washington 9-6 16-9 5. Arizona State 6-7 14-11 6. Oregon 6-9 14-10 6. Oregon State 6-9 12-12 8. California 5-9 14-10 9. USC 4-10 12-11 10. Wash. State 4-11 10-16
Thursday in the Pacific-10
Arizona State at Stanford, 7:30 pm
Washington at USC, 7:00 pm
Arizona at California, 7:30 pm
Washington State at UCLA, 7:30 pm
Saturday in the Pacific-10
Arizona at Stanford, 7:30 pm
Arizona State at California, 1:00 pm
Washington at UCLA, 3:00 pm
Washington State at USC, 5:00 pm
Oregon State at Oregon, 5:30 pm
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 Conference.
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
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
Ranking Review
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 6 7 Dec. 21 6 7 Dec. 28 5 5 Jan. 4 4 4 Jan. 11 4 4 Jan. 18 3 3 Jan. 25 3 3 Feb. 1 4 4 Feb. 8 6 6 Feb. 15 7 8 Feb. 22 6 6
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
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
Stanford Story
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
World Wide Web
Stanford Athletics are now on the World Wide Web at www.gostanford.com ... The lastest information from the Pac-10 is now available at www.pac-10.org
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 and Pete Tenney providing the broadcast chores.
Television Time
A school record 29 Stanford games will be televised during the regular season ... The Stanford-Arizona State game will be televised on Fox Sports Bay Area, while the Stanford-Arizona game will be televised on fx.
Honors Hoopla
Six new members have been added to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame and two of them are former Cardinal 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, recently played professional basketball in Australia ... Belton, a three-time all Pac-10 selection, is the school's #3 all-time rebounder (955) and #5 all-time scorer (1,615 points) ... Belton is currently a producer for ABC Sports ... Belton recently produced the Stanford-Maryland game at the BB&T Classic, the Stanford-Washington game and Stanford's game against UConn.
Footnote Facts
Tim Young celebrated his 23rd birthday on Feb. 6, the same day Stanford hosted Connecticut ... Kyle Logan, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound freshman, will redshirt the 1998-99 season ... Four of Stanford's players on the 14-man roster are lefthanded (Tim Young, Alex Gelbard, Tony Giovacchini, Kyle Logan) ... All three Cardinal assistant coaches played for head coach Mike Montgomery ... During Trent Johnson's sophomore season at Boise State, Montgomery was an assistant coach with the Broncos ... Eric Reveno was the team's starting center when Montgomery coached the Cardinal to a 26-7 record in 1988-89 ... Blaine Taylor played point guard at Montana when Montgomery was head coach there.
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 pre-season 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 lead 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 guard 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 the rest of the season ... Collins was driving to the basket 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 ... 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.
Game 8 at Nevada (12/17/98)
Stanford set a school record in the 101-57 victory at Nevada ... Stanford recorded a first by scoring 100 or more points in a road game ... Kris Weems and David Moseley each tallied 23 points ... For Moseley, it was a career-high ... Nevada led 24-23 with 8:16 in the first half, but Stanford outscored the Wolfpack, 61-19, to earn the win ... Stanford shot 58 percent from the floor, and outrebounded Nevada, 42-22 ... The Cardinal commited only eight turnovers.
Game 9 at Pacific (12/19/98)
Stanford survived a gritty effort by Pacific to record a 71-58 decision ... The Cardinal led 12-4 to start the game, but Pacific, thanks to six three-pointers took a 35-33 lead at halftime, Stanford's first halftime deficit of the year ... The Tigers led by as many as five points (47-42) in the second half, before the Cardinal mounted a steady rally ... Stanford pulled in front at 48-47 with 12:19 and never trailed the rest of the way ... Four Cardinal players scored in double figures, led by All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee with 17 points, and All-America forward candidate Mark Madsen with 16.
Game 10 vs Elon College (12/21/98)
Four Stanford players scored in double figures as the sixth-ranked Cardinal scored a 82-58 victory over Elon College in the first round of the Stanford Invitational ... Stanford jumped to a 23-6 lead with 12:09 in the first half and never looked back ... Kris Weems continued his hot shooting, hitting for 20 points (6-for-8 from three-point territory) ... David Moseley came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers en route to 15 points in 21 minutes of play ... Stanford shot 51 percent from the floor, and outrebounded Elon College, 37-23 ... Arthur Lee directed the Cardinal offense with eight assists, and added three steals.
Game 11 vs Santa Clara (12/22/98)
Stanford recorded its biggest victory over Santa Clara in the 72-game series with a 94-49 decision in the championship game of the Stanford Invitational ... The Cardinal dominated throughout the game ... Stanford shot 55 percent from the floor, 53 percent from three-point territory, and outrebounded the Broncos, 37-21 ... Arthur Lee led Stanford with 19 points (5-for-6 from three-point territory) ... Mark Madsen was named tournament MVP, while Kris Weems was named to the all-tournament team.
Game 12 vs Temple (12/29/98)
A bad case of the flu didn't deter All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee from leading Stanford to victory over 25th-ranked Temple in the Pete Newell Challenge in Oakland ... Lee tallied 16 points, three assists, and two steals in the 57-50 win ... Lee hit 6-of-7 shots, 4-for-4 from three-point territory ... Stanford scored nine baskets in the second half, eight of them from three-point range ... Temple outrebounded the Cardinal, 40-33, to end a streak of 19 games in which the Cardinal had outrebounded the opposition over the last two seasons ... A crowd of 19,657 fans watched the Cardinal win, the biggest collegiate crowd to witness a game in the state of California ... It was also the largest crowd to watch a college game during the regular season on the West Coast.
Game 13 vs Oregon State (1/2/99)
Stanford raced to a 41-18 halftime lead and never looked back in scoring a 72-56 victory over Oregon State in the Pac-10 season opener for both schools ... Mike Montgomery won his 400th game as head coach (8 seasons at Montana, 13th season at Stanford) ... Four Cardinal players scored in double figures led by Peter Sauer with a season-high 19 points ... Kris Weems added 17 points.
Game 14 vs Oregon (1/4/99)
Stanford's defense continued to dominate early in the game, and the reesult was a 77-59 victory over the Oregon Ducks ... The Cardinal jumped to a 22-6 lead with 12:55 in the first half ... The Ducks didn't hit double-figures untiil 7:39 in the first half (25-12) ... Stanford held Oregon to 38 percent shooting ... All-America center candidate Tim Young led Stanford with 23 points and 12 rebounds ... All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee added 15 points, a career-high eight rebounds, six assists and four steals in 38 minutes of play.
Game 15 vs California (1/9/99)
Stanford held back a strong challenge from California to post a 71-62 victory over the Golden Bears. The lead changed hands seven times and the game was tied six times in the first half ... Cal held a 30-28 halftime lead ... The Cardinal gradually pulled away in the second half, building a lead of 13 points (59-46) with 7:54 left ... Kris Weems and Arthur Lee combined for 24 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals.
Game 16 vs USC (1/14/99)
For the second straight season, the Cardinal won at USC ... Mark Madsen and Jarron Collins each recorded double-doubles as Stanford scored a 72-55 victory ... Madsen hit 5-of-7 shots en route to 17 points and ten rebounds ... Collins came off the bench to score career-highs in points (13) and rebounds (12) ... USC shot only 30 percent.
Game 17 vs UCLA (1/16/99)
A zone defense ... A defense that Stanford uses rarely proved to be a deciding factor in Stanford's 72-59 victory at UCLA ... With the Cardinal down 47-42 with 12:14 to play, Stanford installed the zone defense and it worked as the Cardinal outscored the Bruins, 30-12 ... The victory was the second straight at Pauley Pavilion ... All five starters scored in double figures, and the Cardinal made 32 free throws compared to six for the Bruins ... The victory was the biggest ever for Stanford at Pauley Pavilion.
Game 18 vs Washington St (1/21/99)
Stanford exploded for its biggest output of the season with a 94-45 thrashing of Washington State ... This was the eighth biggest margin of victory in school history, the biggest victory margin over Washington State, and the second biggest victory margin in the 30-year history of Maples Pavilion ... The victory gave the school 1,100 victories in history.
Game 19 vs Washington (1/23/99)
Three Stanford starters scored in double figures as the third-ranked Cardinal held off a fierce challenge from the Washington Huskies, 67-60 ... UW held a 29-24 halftime lead, but the Cardinal mounted a late second half rally, thanks in part to the play of All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee ... Lee hit seven points in the final 54 seconds to ice the game for the Cardinal ... All-America candidate Mark Madsen led Cardinal scorers with 20 points, and added nine rebounds.
Game 20 at Arizona (1/28/99)
Stanford battled back from a 13-point first half deficit, but fell in the final seconds at Arizona, 78-76. The Cardinal opened the game with a 7-2 lead, but Arizona fought back to take a 30-17 lead with 8:55 in the first half ... The Cardinal then gained the momentum and trailed 40-36 at the half ... Stanford led by as many as five points in the second half, and enjoyed a 72-68 lead with 3:08 to play ... But Arizona came back and with 3.4 seconds to play, Jason Terry hit a fallaway eight footer in the lane to win it for the Wildcats ... All five Stanford starters scored in double figures, led by Kris Weems with 18 points.
Game 21 at Arizona State (1/30/99)
Stanford battled back from a 29-18 first half deficit to score a 73-63 victory at Arizona State ... The Cardinal scored seven fewer baskets than the Sun Devils, but Stanford hit 31 of 43 free throws, compared to 6-for-11 for ASU ... Peter Sauer recorded a double-double, 13 points and ten rebounds.
Game 22 at California (2/3/99)
Stanford scored the game's final seven points en route to a 57-55 victory at California ... Down 55-50 with 3:30 to play, Peter Sauer hit a jumper to cut the lead to three points with 2:28 left ... Two free throws by Tim Young cut the Cal lead to one point with 1:49 remaining ... Kris Weems hit a three-pointer with 1:04 to play to give the Cardinal the lead for good ... Stanford held the Golden Bears to only four baskets, and 15 percent shooting in the second half ... All-America candidate Mark Madsen recorded a double-double, 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Game 23 vs Connecticut (2/6/99)
UConn jumped to a 26-8 lead in the first half and never looked back in scoring a 70-59 victory over Stanford ... The Cardinal cut the margin to 30-26 at halftime, and to within two points (56-54) with 2:34 to play.
Game 24 vs UCLA (2/11/99)
Stanford battled back from a 14-4 first half deficit to post a 77-73 win over UCLA ... The Cardinal took its first lead of the game on a layup by All-America candidate Arthur Lee to give Stanford a 37-35 lead with 15:10 to play ... All-America candidate Mark Madsen recorded a double-double, 11 points and 12 rebounds ... Stanford hit 22-of-24 free throws in the second half, including the last 12 in a row.
Game 25 vs USC (2/13/99)
USC's Brian Scalabrine hit his first three-pointer of the season with 1:15 in overtime, and added two free throws with 19 seconds to play to give USC a 86-82 overtime upset victory over Stanford ... Stanford was down by as many 13 points in the first half ... Four Stanford starters scored in double figures, led by All-America guard candidate Arthur Lee with 22 points.
Game 26 at Washington (2/18/99)
Stanford recorded its biggest win ever at Washington as the Cardinal drubbed the Huskies, 89-57 ... The Cardinal shot 51 percent from the floor, outrebounded the Huskies, 48-25, and held UW to 36 percent shooting ... Five Cardinal players scored in double figures ... Mark Seaton came off tbe bench to score 12 points and grab seven rebounds, and held Huskies 7-foot center Todd MacCulloch in check.
Game 27 at Washington St (2/20/99)
Stanford battled back from a 7-0 deficit to start the game and went onto defeat Washington State, 64-58 ... All-America candidate Tim Young led the Cardinal with 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists ... David Moseley came off the bench to score 13 points.