This is Stanford

Stanford Basketball is … • An opportunity to win the National Championship • Committed teammates with great character • A world-renowned academic program • Preparation & training for the NBA • A sold-out, newly-renovated on-campus arena • ’s “most stable program in ” • National media exposure • Excited & knowledgeable fans • A highly successful, committed alumni network • Perfect weather & a beautiful campus • Unselfish, tough team basketball

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball NBA First Round Picks 1997-Present

Brevin Knight 1997 NBA 2004 NBA Draft 2000 NBA Draft #16 Pick Overall #6 Pick Overall #29 Pick Overall

Jason Collins 2000 NBA Draft 2002 NBA Draft 2002 NBA Draft #18 Pick Overall #18 Overall Pick #22 Pick Overall

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford in the NBA

Jason Collins New Jersey Nets

Mark Madsen

Josh Childress Hawks

Casey Jacobsen

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford playmaker in the NBA

Brevin Knight Charlotte Bobcats

at Stanford • 16th pick overall, 1997 NBA Draft • First team All-America selection 1996-97 season • First team All-Pac-10 selection 1996-97, 1995-96 and 1994-95 seasons • Career record holder in assists and steals; fourth all-time leading scorer

Recent NBA Achievements 2005-06 Category Avg. NBA Rank Assists per game 8.8 3rd Assists/TO 3.72 2nd Steals per game 2.28 2nd

2004-05 Category Avg. NBA Rank Assists per game 9.0 2nd Assists/TO 4.02 1st Steals per game 1.98 6th

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Training to NBA Standards

“ Now that I have seen it from the NBA side, I am convinced that Stanford Basketball is doing a great job of preparing its players for the next level.” Coach Mike Montgomery, Former head coach

• Highest level of basketball skill development by coaching staff • Strength and conditioning to maximize athletic performance • Access to cutting-edge medical knowledge and innovative training • World-class facilities with new renovated Maples Pavilion, a new weight room and underwater treadmill “ Stanford Basketball has long been committed to having the best strength and conditioning program in the country. They prepare athletes to win championships in college and also to succeed afterwards.” Coach John Murray Strength coach Golden State Warrriors

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Elite Program in the Elite Conference

• The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is projected to be one of the three strongest conferences in the country for the 2006-07 season. • Stanford has dominated the Pac-10 over the last 11 seasons, capturing the most league titles (4) and winning the most regular season games (150). The Cardinal won the Pac-10 title in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004, averaging 14 conference wins a year. • The Cardinal have been nationally ranked Josh Childress several times over the past decade and have 2003-04 Pac-10 Player of the Year held the No. 1 ranking during three different seasons. • Stanford made a Final Four appearance in 1998 and has consistently been a team to be reckoned with in the NCAA Tournament. Over the last five year, the Cardinal have entered the Big Dance as a No. 1 seed twice.

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Established Champions

Over the last 10 years, Stanford Basketball has become one of the most dominant pro- grams in the country.

In 2004, Sports Illustrated called Stanford Basketball the “Most Stable Program” in the nation.

Pac-10 Conference, Past Eight Years 1999-2006 School Titles Wins Losses Pct. 1. Stanford 4 (1) 111 33 .771 2. Arizona 3 (1) 109 35 .757 3. UCLA 1 85 59 .590 4. 0 78 66 .542 5. Oregon 1 72 72 .500 6. Washington 0 68 76 .472 7. USC 0 66 78 .458 8. Arizona State 0 54 90 .375 9. Oregon State 0 45 99 .313 10. Washington State 0 31 113 .215 (1) finished in a tie for the Conference championship

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford on National teams

• Four former Stanford players have competed in the Olympics – Ron Tomsic (1952-55), Jim Walsh (1950-52), Carlos Bea (1954-56) and Andrew Vlahov (1988-91) • In 2005, Chris Hernandez (2001-06) and Matt Haryasz (2002-06) won gold with the U.S. at the World University Games • Adam Keefe (1988-92) was a starter on the 1991 USA Pan American Games team that won a bronze medal in Cube and Mark Madsen (1996-00) earned gold with the 1999 USA World University Game team in • Tim Young (1994-99) captured gold as a member of the 1994 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying and 1996 22-and- under World Championship Qualifying teams • Casey Jacobsen (1999-02) was a member of the gold medal winning USA Basketball Men’s World Youth Games team, which compiled a 6-0 record in Russia

Casey Jacobsen Matt Haryasz and Chris Hernandez 2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Top Recruiting

• Stanford recruits nationally for the top student-athletes in the country. Current roster includes players from seven different states from coast to coast.

• The Cardinal has the 10th-ranked recruiting class in the country for 2006 including McDonald’s All Americans Brook (bottom left) and Robin (left) Lopez, the No. 11 and No. 21 recruits in the country, respectively.

• Recent McDonald’s All-Americans at Stanford include Josh Childress (2005), Jason and Jarron Collins (2000) and Casey Jacobsen.

Jarron (left) and Jason Collins Casey Jacobsen 2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Big Time Basketball

Extensive media coverage keeps our school, team and players in the spotlight

• Stanford garners national headlines from ESPN, CBS, ABC, FSN • Last season the Cardinal scored 25 games on national and regional television • Stanford Basketball dominates the sports section of the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News • Consistent coverage in the L.A. Times and New York Times • Covers of Sports Illustrated, Sporting News and T.V. Guide

Stanford gets coverage and players get exposure

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball State-of-the-art Arena

Maples: A great home-court advantage

“Trying to write on press row was a constant circus, as your pen would jump whenever a player passed or the fans continued to stomp” Andy Katz of ESPN, who lists Stanford and Maples Pavilion as one of the top five places to see a game.

• The newly renovated Maples Pavilion is a state-of-the-art arena that is sold out every game! • New and expanded locker rooms (left), a top of the line strength and conditioning facility (bottom left), a training room and meeting rooms • Television monitors allow fans to watch throughout the concourse while above the court, a new -hung scoreboard has video and replay ability

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball World Class Facilities

• Brand new football stadium for the 2006 season; $90 million dollar renovation • 70,000 square foot state-of-the-art Arrillaga Recreation Center • World-renowned aquatic center; hosts national and world championship events • Center; hosts ATP tour events and NCAA Championships • Top 100 private golf course; accessible by students

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Culture of Excellence

• 101 National Championships • 12 straight Directors’ Cups for best overall collegiate athletic program in the country • Fellow student-athletes are Olympians and National Champions • U.S. News and World Report declared Stanford “Best Athletic Program in the Nation”

Stanford Alums have won the most prestigious awards in sports … Olympic gold medals, World Cup winners, Basketball Hall of Famers, Cy Young Award winners, NFL Hall of Famers, World Record holders, NBA World champions, NFL MVPs, Grand Slam tennis champions, Grand Slam golf champions …

Stanford – Where winning is expected and contagious

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball The Stanford Faithful

• Decades of consecutive sell-outs • Raucous environment creates strong homecourt advantage • Stars such as Tiger Woods create celebrity atmosphere • Toughest ticket to get in the Bay Area

Jim Plunkett Josh Childress Gene Washington Heisman Trophy winner & 2003-04 Pac-10 Player of the NFL Director of Super Bowl MVP Year & NBA star Football Operations

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball The One and Only Sixth man club

• Thousands of fanatic students attend every game • One of the most loyal student sections in the country • Creative and vocal support creates intimidating homecourt advantage • Strong bond between players and Sixth Man • Featured regularly on TV broadcasts

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford by the numbers

Stanford Faculty • 18 Nobel Prize Winners (27 faculty members have won since the University’s founding, including two in 2006) • Four Pulitzer Prize Winners • 23 MacArthur Fellows • 21 National Medal of Science Winners • 400+ members of the American Academy of Andrew Fire Roger Kornberg Arts & Sciences and Engineering 2006 Nobel Prize, 2006 Nobel Prize, Medicine Chemistry • Six to one student to faculty ratio

Stanford Introductory Seminars • 224 freshman and sophomore seminars • 15 maximum class size of freshman seminars • 12 maximum size of sophomore seminars

Stanford Libraries • Eight million volumes in total • 110,000 added per year • 23 libraries on campus

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford’s Academic Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Stanford’s national rank annually ranks Stanford as one by school/department of the top few universities in the country. School/Department National Rank Biology #1 Physics #1 Computer Science #1 Psychology #1 Business #2 Law #2 Engineering #2 Mathematics #2 Earth Sciences #2 Political Science #2 Chemistry #3 Economics #3 Medicine #7

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Excellent academic support

Stanford Basketball has the highest graduation rate (94%) of any high major Division I program

• Athletic Academic Resource Center (AARC) provides dedicated tutoring and support for student-athletes

• Undergraduate Advising Program (UAP) assists in determining majors, course planning, and career planning

• Partners for Academic Excellence designed to mentor and minority and transfer students

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Pac-10 All-Academic Selections

Stanford players accounted for 50% of the Pac-10 first- team All-Academic selections over the last four seasons.

1st 2nd Honorable Team Team Mention 2005-06 2 2 0 2004-05 4 0 1 2003-04 2 1 2 2002-03 2 0 1

2006 graduate Chris Hernandez 2006 graduate Dan Grunfeld was was a three-time All-Academic named Pac-10 first-team All- selection and a three-time Academic three times and was also All-Conference selection. one five Division I players named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team.

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Unlimited Career Paths

Stanford Basketball = Prosperous Career Year Name Industry Employer 2001 Ryan Mendez Business Founder Drive Capital, Internet Domain Properties Mike McDonald Marketing Executive Stryker Endoscopy 1999 Mark Seaton Business Finance Robertson Stephens 1996 Darren Allaway Business Finance UBS Warburg – London Andy Poppink Commercial Real Estate The Staubach Company 1995 Warren Gravely Technology Consulting Ross Perot Corporation Todd Manley Internet Technology WebEx 1993 Marcus Lollie Business Finance Credit Suisse First Boston 1992 Paul Garrett Lobbyist U.S. Commerce Department 1991 Andrew Vlahov Professional Basketball Team Owner – Perth, Australia John Patrick Sports Marketing Nike – 1989 Todd Lichti Wine JHL Wine – Victoria, Australia

Ryan Mendez Darren Allaway Andrew Vlahov Drive Capital, UBS Warburg-London Team Owner-Perth, Australia Internet Domain Properties

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Great Campus Life

• Ranked No. 1 for happiest students and No. 2 for quality of life – Princeton Review • Access to big name events and concerts on campus • Four years of guaranteed on campus housing • Active weekly social calendar • 98 percent of students live on campus • State-of-the-art recreation facilities • 78 residence facilities • 600 student groups and organizations • 70 community service organizations • 40 religious groups • Strong participation in intramural sports

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford and San Francisco Bay Area

• Stanford is located within a thirty-minute drive of San Francisco

• First-class attractions, world-class sports and music, cultural diversity, remarkable skylines and breathtaking views

AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants • The San Francisco Bay area is one of the world’s most popular destinations

• Popular sites include the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco’s Chinatown and Pier 39

Fishermans Wharf and Pier 39 2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Stanford and San Francisco Bay Area

HP Pavilion at San Jose, home of the NHL Sharks and a frequent concert venue

• Lake Tahoe and Yosemite are just a few hours away for skiing and hiking getaways

• Only 30 minutes away, students can head to the beach every Yosemite National Park weekend

• Driving time from Stanford to: San Jose 20 min. San Francisco 30 min. Santa Cruz 40 min. Monterey 90 min. Lake Tahoe 3 hr. Yosemite 3 hr.

Several beaches are nearby, including Santa Cruz, one of the West Coast’s best surfing venues

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Cardinal Travels

• An international trip every four years to explore diverse cultures and compete against international teams • Playing at Stanford means you get to live in California and travel all over the West Coast during the Pac-10 season to cities such as , Seattle and Phoenix • During the past few years, Stanford has traveled to such places as , Alaska, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand • This summer, the Cardinal are planning a tour of Italy

2006-2007 Stanford Basketball