Stanford Men Rout Minnesota, Win NIT Title
The third-seeded Cardinal (26-11) won their second NIT title, the first coming in 1991.
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The third-seeded Cardinal (26-11) won their second NIT title, the first coming in 1991.
Stanford sisters Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike are thrilled to take on one mighty, Mile High challenge: stopping 6-foot-8 Baylor star Brittney Griner and the unbeaten Lady Bears.
Third-seeded Stanford (25-11) will meet No. 6 seed Minnesota in the championship game Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Stanford University athletics community is mourning the loss of a sophomore player on the women's volleyball team who died at Stanford Hospital on Sunday.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike will end her sensational senior season right where she has the rest: at the Final Four.
Andrew Luck smiled, joked with teammates and looked more comfortable than anybody in front of a jam-packed Stanford practice field for the school's pro day.
Josh Owens and Chasson Randle each scored 15 points to help Stanford beat Nevada 84-56 on Wednesday night, earning the Cardinal a spot in the NIT semifinals.
Cal (25-10) got 17 points from Layshia Clarendon and 15 from Reshanda Gray. But the Golden Bears were hurt by 19 turnovers, 12 in the second half.
Chasson Randle hit a 3-pointer with just over a minute left in overtime to put Stanford ahead to stay in a 92-88 win over Illinois State on Monday night in the NIT.
Amber Orrange scored a career-high 18 points and Stanford beat West Virginia 72-55 Monday night in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament.
Andrew Luck is set to become the NFL's No. 1 draft pick next month. Stanford pitcher Mark Appel is the likely first choice in June's amateur baseball draft. Add women's basketball star Nnemkadi Ogwumike into the mix, and it very well could be an impressive Cardinal three-fer.
The Golden Bears, who have won three of the last four championships, secured a 46.5-point victory Saturday night over Georgia, the runner-up two years running.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 22 of her 28 points in the first half Saturday and top-seeded Stanford pulled away before halftime and beat Hampton 73-51 in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament.
Rob Jones, who had 23 points, missed a 3 at the buzzer for the seventh-seeded Gaels (27-6).
South Florida introduced the NCAA tournament to the Big East's nastiest defense Wednesday night, putting more than just a chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it.
