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Stanford
pulls out
another
victory
The Cardinal make a three
point buzzer-beater to hold
off Arizona and continue with
a 20-game winning streak
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
It's becoming more common to
say, "There is Stanford, and then there
is the rest of the Pac-10 Conference."
After a buzzer-beater victory over
Arizona on Saturday, Stanford im
proved its winning streak to 20 games,
tying the Cardinal's best start in
school history.
"I'm starting to think this group is
something special," Stanford head
coach Mike Montgomery said. "It was
an unbelievable game. This is just an
other step in what's turning out to be
a doggone good season."
That's one way to put it.
Questions continue to surround
the No. 2 team in the country. Can
Stanford run the table?
Critics say it would be better for
Stanford to lose its first game before it
reaches the NCAA Tournament.
How many times can Stanford get
lucky and pull out victories in the fi
nal minutes?
As of now, it seems like the Cardi
nal can do whatever it wants and
whenever.
Stanford has to play five of its final
seven games on die road. Stanford
must face Bay Area rival California
this week, which has won its past
three games and moved into second
place in the conference.
Cougars find rhythm
Dick Bennett's offense averaged
57.5 points this past weekend.
Nothing new, right? Except that it
worked.
Washington State defeated UCLA
and USC this weekend for its first-ever
sweep on the road of the Pacific-10
Conference's Los Angeles teams.
The Cougars (10-9 overall, 5-6
Pac-10) are on the verge of climbing
back to .500 in-conference and end
ed a 46-game losing streak against
the Bruins in Los Angeles. Washing
ton State had never won at Pauley
Pavilion until Thursday.
"I told the team that if it is going to
happen, it's right now because they
are a young team in a new program,"
Bennett said. "This one is so impor
tant because it shows we are pointed
Nhat V. Meyer San Jose Mercury News
Stanford forward Nick Robinson made the game-winning three-pointer against Arizona.
in the right direction."
Bennett rebounded well from a case
of the flu that kept him from coaching
in the Arizona game on Jan. 31.
"I have a number of health issues,"
Bennett said. "My heart is still hard,
but it's healthy at least."
Jeff Varem scored 13 points in the
win for the Cougars. After the game,
Varem said, "I heard a rumor we can't
win here."
The Cougars used that momentum
to upend the Trojans, who have lost
their past two games. It was also
Washington State's first two-game
home-and-away sweep of the Trojans
since 1986.
Midgley gets recognized
California guard Richard Midgley
was named the Pacific-10 Conference
Men's Basketball Player of the Week
on Monday for the week of Feb. 2-8.
A native of Burgess Hill, England,
Midgley averaged 19 points in the
Bears' home sweep of Arizona and
Arizona State over the weekend.
Midgley scored 18 points on
Thursday when he helped Cal break a
10-game losing streak to the Wildcats.
Midgley also played solid defense
and held Arizona guard Salim
Stoudamire to seven points. In Satur
day's 85-83 victory against ASU,
Midgley scored all of his 20 points in
the second half.
Midgley shot 11 of 12 on three
pointers for the week, shooting bet
ter than 90 percent. It is his first
weekly honor.
Beavers far off track
Since beating Washington State
on Jan. 15, Oregon State has lost six
straight. The Beavers (8-12, 2-8)
now sit in ninth place in the Pac-10 *
Conference.
After losing at McArthur Court on
Saturday, where the Beavers haven't ■*
won since 1993, Oregon State will
head on the road to face Washing
ton and Washington State this
weekend.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@daityemerald.com.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Big East hopes to squash
St. John’s ESPN exposure
NEW YORK — St. John's students
and alumni aren't the only ones em
barrassed by the Pittsburgh sex scan
dal that has tainted the basketball
program.
The Big East also would rather keep
the Red Storm out of the public eye.
The conference has contacted ESPN
and is asking it to cancel the broadcast
of the Feb. 24 game at 7:30 p.m. EST
between St. John's and UConn at
Madison Square Garden.
"Can you imagine what an em
barrassment that game is going to
be for them and for St. John's?" a
network source said. "You can't
avoid that St. John's won't have its
regular team or its two top scorers.
And that means talking about what
happened in Pittsburgh on national
television and taking the program
to task.
"It wouldn't be two hours of good
television."
Six members of the Red Storm have
been disciplined for an incident that
began when they broke curfew to go
to a strip club. Grady Reynolds has al
ready been expelled for his role in the
incident, which included bringing a
woman back from the club and agree
ing to pay her for sex in one of the
team's hotel rooms. Elijah Ingram
and Abe Keita face an expulsion hear
ing today. Three other players have
been suspended.
"That's just one of those things that
happens," St. John's interim coach
Kevin Clark said. "I deal with only the
things I have some control over. I
won't deal with this issue."
Indeed, ESPN has control over
what it will air.
"We, in the end, have to do what is
best for everyone involved, whether
that means making a change or stick
ing with it" said ESPN director of pro
gramming Burke Magnus, who added
that no formal discussion has taken
place yet. "I understand where there's
a lot to be considered here."
Big East officials declined comment.
— Roger Rubin
New York Daily News
Fitzgerald heads
to NFL Draft
NEW YORK — It did not take Larry
Fitzgerald long to make up his mind
about his future after he was declared
eligible by the NFL for the draff.
Pittsburgh's sophomore All-Ameri
can wide receiver, who won the Bilet
nikoff Award and was the runner-up
in last season's Heisman Trophy bal
loting, announced Monday he would
be going pro.
— Dick Weiss
New York Daily News