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Kevin Foster has big plans for the coming months as he recovers from scheduled surgery that will end his sophomore season at Santa Clara.

Jack Trotter and Jeremy Green were able to make every practice during Stanford's two-week finals break.

Update: The Cardinal returns to action after a 14-day break for final exams. ... Senior F Landry Fields has scored 20 points or more in six of seven games.

As Stanford showed in its victory over Virginia on Tuesday and its close overtime loss to No.

Few believed in the Stanford men's basketball team before the season began. The team lacked depth and experience before it lost two projected starters.

Like the old Willie Nelson song, the Oral Roberts University basketball team is on the road again.

With victories likely to be in short supply this season, winning by 17 made Sunday night's home opener a welcome development for Stanford, no matter who the opponent was.

GAME NOTES: Golden State programs San Diego and Stanford tip off their respective 2009-10 schedules tonight, as the teams clash at Jenny Craig Pavilion.

The Stanford basketball season officially gets underway on Friday the 13th. The men's team already has experienced enough bad luck to last the year.

Coach Johnny Dawkins has senior forward Landry Fields and not much else. What he needs is somebody to help Fields provide leadership for a team depleted by graduation and unexpected problems.

To no one's surprise, Stanford's men's basketball team was picked to finish last in the Pac-10 by a vote of 37 media members who cover Pac-10 basketball.

Stanford freshman power forward Andy Brown, who was making good progress recovering from a torn anterior-cruciate ligament sustained last January, tore the same ACL in a practice Saturday and will be lost for the season.

Stanford's 20-victory season in 2008-09 marked the 12th time in 15 seasons the Cardinal has reached the 20-win plateau.

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College basketball coaches departed this week for the start of a summer recruiting season that carries varying significance for the local teams.

Find out more about Jake: Jake is a Princeton University graduate who has written about sports all his life.

THE GOOD NEWS: Johnny Dawkins became the first Stanford rookie coach to win 20 games and the team was undefeated outside the Pac-10. Looking forward, there's not a lot of good news.