Stanford Cardinal NCAA Basketball News

Life on the East Coast may be an adjustment for new Virginia coach Tony Bennett, but none of that matters this week in Cancun, Mexico.

Head coach Scott Sutton said a deliberate foul in the closing seconds of Oral Roberts University's 83-81 win at Stanford on Wednesday night "almost backfired on us." It allowed the Cardinal to erase a three-point deficit in a matter of seconds to tie the game.

Jeremy Green scored 21 points, Landry Fields had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Stanford beat Florida A&M 99-69 on Saturday as part of the Cancun Challenge.

Mike Scott scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Sylven Landesberg added 14 points to lead Virginia to a 76-55 win over Oral Roberts in the final states-side game of the Cancun Challenge on Saturday.

At her best, guard Alexis Gray-Lawson elevated the Cal women's basketball team to lofty places last season.

Rod Pearson hit a jumper as time expired, lifting Oral Roberts University to an 83-81 win over Stanford of the Pac-10 in Wednesday night college basketball.

Today Eastern Washington at Washington State, 7 p.m. Texas State at Arizona State, 8 p.m. Cal State Fullerton at UCLA, 9 p.m. Tuesday UC Riverside at USC, 7:30 p.m. TBD at Arizona State, tipoff , tipoff TBD Wednesday Oral Roberts at Stanford, 7 p.m. Thursday Syracuse vs.

Kayla Pedersen scored 22 points and Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 21 to help No. 2 Stanford power past No.

High expectations aren't unusual for Tara VanDerveer's team, but this season, anything but a championship would be a disappointment, according to the Cardinal players.

Landry Fields scored 22 points to help Stanford win its home opener 70-53 over Cal Poly Sunday night.

Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer picked up one of her easier victories Friday night on her way to 800.

" The story goes that USD assistant basketball head coach Bill Carr was just about to leave the office a few months back when the phone rang.

San Diego 77, Stanford 64. SAN DIEGO De'Jon Jackson and Brandon Johnson scored 18 points apiece to lead San Diego to a 77-64 win over Stanford in the season opener for both teams Friday night.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike had just dominated for 34 minutes, scoring 25 points and grabbing 12 rebounds as No.

The nation's No. 1 women's basketball recruit, Chiney Ogwumike, signed a letter of intent Thursday to play for Stanford, where she will join her sister Nneka, a sophomore forward.

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.

This was a critical recruiting season for the Stanford and Cal basketball programs, albeit for vastly different reasons.

Two big New Jersey college basketball games are on tap this weekend - and Verizon FiOS1 is the only place to catch the action.

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.

"Everybody keeps saying it's a rebuilding year," said Samhan, the quotemaster of Moraga.