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2012 NIT Championship - Final - Stanford v Minnesota

Was the Cupboard Bare When Dawkins Arrived?

It's commonly said that Johnny Dawkins inherited a bare cupboard of talent at Stanford. But how much talent did he really have upon arrival at The Farm? We ask the numbers.

by Max Wernecke

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How Valuable Are Top 100 Recruits?

After taking the NIT crown, Stanford returns most of its top talent and has 2 top-100 recruits, Rosco Allen and Grant Verhoven, coming to The Farm. The team has not had this much talent since at least 2008. But how much impact ...

by Max Wernecke

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An Interview With Dan Grunfeld

Recently, Dan Grunfeld '06 signed a new deal in the Israel Basketball Super League with Hapoel Jerusalem. He's been playing professionally for varying foreign leagues since 2006. Before playing professionally, he played at Stan...

by Connor Huchton

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Bowlsby Says Sit Frosh

Bowlsby's proposal would require a mandatory year of NCAA competition ineligibility for incoming freshmen. He told the Chronicle that doing so would help student-athletes on the field of play and in the classroom.

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Landry Fields Serves Up The Next Round

Landry Fields '10 sat down with Mavericks post player Tyson Chandler and host Scoop Jackson to discuss the NBA lockout and being a player in the League circa 2011 in ESPN and Jim Beam's "The Next Round" series. We learn that Fi...

by The Daily Axe Staff

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Cardinal Hoopsters Sleep How Much?

In a recently published study in Sleep, 3 Stanford researchers and a colleague from UC-San Francisco assert that the Stanford men’s basketball team—or, rather, 11 members of it—does better on the court when players get mo...

by The Daily Axe Staff

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