2005-2006 Season in Review 2005-06 STANFORD BASKETBALL SEASON REVIEW Coaches Corner Hernandez Was “Mr. Clutch” Trent Johnson completed his second season as head If it was a close game, you probably found the ball coach of the Stanford Cardinal … Johnson’s career in the hands of senior guard Chris Hernandez … record is 113-101 (two seasons at Stanford, five sea- With 0.2 second left on the clock, senior Chris sons at Nevada). Hernandez was fouled beyond the three-point line with Stanford trailing by three against Washington. Stanford Recap The Fresno native stepped to the charity stripe and Stanford is made its fifth NIT appearance in 2006 drained two of the three before the Huskies called a (1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94) and first since timeout. Hernandez then made the third free throw 1994 … The Cardinal are made their 16th straight to send the game into overtime which the Cardinal Both Matt Haryasz (above) and Chris postseason appearance dating back to 1988-89 … won 76-67 … The very next game, Hernandez hit a Hernandez (right) were named to the After a 65-49 victory over Virginia in the first round All-Pac-10 team. Haryasz averaged 16.2 three-pointer with 11.3 second left on the clock to points and 8.7 rebounds per game while of the NIT Tournament, the Cardinal fell to Missouri give Stanford the 57-56 win over Oregon. Saturday Hernandez aveaged 14 points and 3.3 State, 76-67, in the second round … Stanford finished night, he scored a season-high 28 points to lead the assists per gaem. the season with a 16-14 overall record and were 11-7 Cardinal to a 71-64 win over Oregon State, after in Pac-10 Conference play (T4th) … Senior Matt leading scorer Matt Haryasz left the game with an Haryasz is one of three Cardinal all-time to post 1,000 eye injury in the first half … Last night against USC, points/700 rebounds/100 blocked shots… Senior Hernandez sank two free throws with four seconds guard Chris Hernandez finished his career with 1,265 left to lift Stanford to a 58-56 victory over Trojans, points, 396 assists and 138 steals … Former Cardinal leading the team with 16 points on the night. players Brevin Knight and Todd Lichti were the only other Cardinal players to post 1,250 points, 300 assists Academic Accolades Stanford Cardinal Starters and 100 steals … Stanford’s 39 points in its victory at Dan Grunfeld was named to the first team ESPN (16-14 overall, 11-7 Pac-10) Washington State is the fewest for a winning team in The Magazine Academic All-Academic men’s bas- F – Dan Grunfeld, 6-6, 220, Senior, River Hills, WI Pac-10 play since the introduction of the shot clock in ketball team as announced by CoSIDA … Grunfeld (12.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg) 1986 … Returning starters for the Cardinal in 2006- was an American Studies major who carried a F – Taj Finger, 6-8, 185, Soph., Mt. Kisco, NY 07 include sophomore F Taj Finger (4.8 ppg/3.3 rpg) 3.66 GPA … Grunfeld was also a first-team Pac- (4.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg) and freshman G Mitch Johnson (3.4 ppg/3.3 apg). 10 All-Academic selection, along with teammate C – Matt Haryasz, 6-11, 230, Senior, Page, AZ Chris Hernandez … Stanford’s Taj Finger and Peter (16.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg) All-Conference Honors Prowitt were second-team honorees as well. G – Mitch Johnson, 6-1, 185, Freshman, Seattle, WA Stanford seniors Matt Haryasz and Chris (3.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.3 apg) Hernandez were tabbed to the Pac-10 Three-Peat G – Chris Hernandez, 6-2, 190, Senior, Fresno, CA All-Conference first team as announced by A Stanford basketball player claimed weekly con- (14.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.3 apg) Commissioner Tom Hansen … Freshman ference honors for three consecutive weeks (Matt Mitch Johnson was an honorable mention pick on the Haryasz - Jan. 23 &30; Chris Hernandez - Feb. 6) … Pac-10 All-Freshmen team as well … Hernandez is a This is the first time in school history to claim the three-time first-team all-league honoree. honor three straight weeks. 44 2006-2007 Stanford Basketball 2005-2006 Season in Review Dan Grunfeld (far left) scored 31 points against Arizona State and finished the season with a 12.0 ppg average. Jason Haas (left) played in 27 games for the Cardinal during his senior campaign. Injury Bug Win No. 100 Stanford was bitten by the injury bug last year, ending Head coach Trent Johnson recorded his 100th win as the season with only nine healthy players … This year, a head coach in Stanford’s 71-49 victory over Denver the Cardinal have also dealt with a series of injuries on December 19, 2005 at Maples Pavilion. … Senior Matt Haryasz missed two games this season with an ankle injury and missed most of the Oregon By The Numbers State game (2/4) when he left with an eye injury … Hernandez has tallied double figures in scoring 23 Sophomore Peter Prowitt missed two games this year times this year … Teammate Dan Grunfeld has with back spasms and junior Fred Washington was posted double figures in 16 games this season … out for the season after electing to have surgery to Matt Haryasz saw his streak of 24 consecutive game repair a tear in his patella (left knee). scoring in double digits come to an end against UCLA (12/31) when he left the game early with Home Cooking Pac-10 News a left ankle sprain … Stanford was 7-6 when they Stanford finished the 2005-06 season with a 11-3 Each year, the Pac-10 honors a former coach or stu- outrebounded their opponent … Stanford was 7-10 record at Maples Pavilion … The Cardinal has had dent-athlete with induction into the Pac-10 Hall of when they score less than 70 points … Hernandez 13 straight winning seasons … The Cardinal has Honor. The induction took place at the 2006 Pac-10 and Grunfeld started all 30 games for the Cardinal won 45 of its last 51 games at Maples Pavilion dating Tournament. Former Stanford standout Adam Keefe this year … Haryasz’s 10 double-doubles was second back to the 2002-03 season. was the Cardinal recipient in 2005-06. Keefe’s name in the Pac-10 (he has 19 for his career) … Haryasz appears in the Stanford record book 38 times. The tallied 10 20-plus point games while Hernandez Hot Hernandez three-time all-conference selection was named to notched seven … Stanford was 7-8 in games decided Senior guard Chris Hernandez made 34 consecutive five all-america teams during his three seasons on by 10 points or less but were 5-3 in games decided free throws attempts before missing a shot against The Farm. He was a first round draft pick in 1992 by by five points or less. Arizona (2/19) … Hernandez is 79-of-84 (.940) the Atlanta Hawks. from the line in league play … He is shooting 354- Postseason Honors, Cont. of-412 (.859) from the charity stripe for his career How Low Can You Go Senior guard Chris Hernandez was honored as a … The Stanford record for consecutive free throws Stanford defeated Washington State, 39-37 … The first-team NABC District 14 selection as well as a made is 49 by Ryan Mendez (2000-01). Cardinal’s 39 points was the team’s lowest score in finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. a victory since a 38-33 win over UCLA in 1946-47. Notable Stanford had not scored fewer points in any game Pac-10 Rankings Dan Grunfeld scored a career-high 31 points against since a 42-34 loss to UCLA in 1981-82 … The total Matt Haryasz ended the season ranked sixth in Arizona State (2/16) … He joins teammate Chris of 76 points was the lowest in a Pac-10 game since scoring (16.2 ppg), 10th in FG percentage (.480), Hernandez in the 30-point at Stanford (Hernandez Oregon State defeated Oregon 29-23 on March 23, second in rebounds (8.7 rpg), second in blocked had 30 vs. USF, 04-05) … Matt Haryasz scored 20 1984 (prior to the shot clock). shots (1.68 bpg), fourth in offensive rebounds (2.68 or more points in six consecutive games before leav- pg) and second in defensive rebounds (6.04 pg) ing the OSU game (2/4) in the first half … The last Block Party … Chris Hernandez ended the year ranked 11th Cardinal player to do that was Casey Jacobsen dur- Freshman Lawrence Hill’s six blocks against in scoring (14.0 ppg), first in FT percentage (.901), ing the 2000-01 season … On the year, Haryasz has Washington tied a school record for most blocks in second in three-point FG percentage (.472), third in 10 20-plus point games … The last Stanford player a single game … It also ties the single game high this three-point FG made (2.50 pg) and eighth in min- to win back-to-back Pac-10 Player of the Week season in the Pac-10 … The 10 team blocks vs. the utes played (33.10 pg) … Dan Grunfeld ended the honors was Todd Lichti in 1989-99 (that year he was Huskies was a season high for the Cardinal … The season ranked 19th in scoring (12.0 ppg) and 17th honored three times as a player of the week) Stanford record for blocked shots in a single game is in rebounds (4.8 rpg).