Game 33 No. 2 Stanford (30-2, 19-2 Pac-12) vs. No. 11 Arizona (21-5, 13-4) April 4, 2021 • San Antonio, Texas • Alamodome • 3 p.m. PST TV: ESPN (Ryan Ruocco/Rebecca Lobo/Holly Rowe) | Audio: TuneIn/GoStanford.com (Tim Swartz/Kevin Danna) GOSTANFORD.COM • #GOSTANFORD @STANFORDWBB 2020-21 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS THE GAME: It all comes down to this. In the champi- STANFORD AT A GLANCE NOVEMBER onship game for the first time in 11 years, Stanford Game 33 25 Cal Poly W, 108-40 (30-2, 19-2) seeks its third national championship, Overall Record .........................................................30-2 29 Pacific Canceled facing Arizona in a Pac-12 affair on Sunday, April Pac-12 Record ..........................................................19-2 30 San Diego Canceled 4 at 3 p.m. PST. Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo and Home Record .............................................................6-0 Holly Rowe have the call on ESPN and Tim Swartz DECEMBER Road Record ............................................................13-1 and Kevin Danna will handle the radio broadcast on 5 at UNLV W, 101-54 Neutral Record .........................................................11-1 6 vs. Washington *^ W, 83-50 TuneIn. 8 vs. Washington State *^ Postponed 11 UC Davis Canceled THE RUNDOWN: Tara VanDerveer is the winningest HEAD COACH TARA VANDERVEER 13 at California * (P12N) W, 83-38 coach in women’s basketball history with 1,124 ca- Stanford Record (35th year) ..............................972-204 15 at Pacific (ESPN2) W, 104-61 19 at USC * (P12N) W, 80-60 reer victories ... Stanford is 94-31 (.752) all-time at Career Record (42nd year) .............................1,124-255 21 at #10 UCLA * (P12N) W, 61-49 the NCAA Tournament ... No team has won more NCAA Tournament Record (35th appearance) .....92-32 games away from home this season than Stanford NCAA Tournament Record (as Stanford HC) .........90-29 JANUARY (24) ... The Cardinal is 9-1 against ranked compe- 1 at #6 Arizona * (P12N) W, 81-54 tition ... Cameron Brink’s 85 total blocks are fifth 3 at Arizona State * (P12N) W, 68-60 NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY nationally and first among all freshman ... No team 8 #11 Oregon *% (P12N) W, 70-63 Stanford Record .....................................................94-31 10 Oregon State *% (P12N) Canceled has shot over 41.8 percent against the Cardinal Total Appearances ......................................................34 15 at Utah * (P12N) W, 82-54 all season for the first time since at least 1999-00, 17 at Colorado * (P12N) L, 72-77 (OT) including 11 opponents shooting 29% or worse ... Consecutive Appearances ..........................................33 22 #6 UCLA *% (P12N) L, 66-70 Stanford is a No. 1 seed for the first time since 2013 Record in Maples Pavilion .......................................38-4 (P12N) 24 USC *% W, 86-59 Record Away from Maples Pavilion .......................56-27 27 at Washington State * (P12N) W, 71-49 and overall No. 1 seed for the first time since 1996 ... 29 at Washington State * W, 77-49 Six players are averaging at least seven ppg., includ- 31 at Washington * (P12N) W, 74-48 ing three averaging over 10 ppg ... Stanford won its SERIES HISTORY 24th Pac-12 regular season championship and 14th All-Time vs. Arizona ...............................................71-14 FEBRUARY tournament championship ... Stanford is seeking 5 Colorado * (P12N) W, 62-54 All-Time in National Championship ..........................2-2 7 Utah * (P12N) W, 83-41 to hold each of its opponents to 77 points or less 13 at Oregon State * W, 83-58 in a season for the first time since 2012-13 ... Kiana 15 at #13 Oregon * (ESPN) W, 63-61 Williams is 10th in program history in career scoring 19 Arizona State * (P12N) W, 80-41 with 1,829 points ... She broke the Stanford record 22 #9 Arizona * (ESPN2) W, 62-48 for career 3-pointers in the first round, now with 310 28 California * (P12N) W, 72-33 ... Stanford set an NCAA Tournament record, now MARCH with 55 3-pointers through its postseason run. 4 USC (1) (P12N) W, 92-53 5 Oregon State (1) (P12N) W, 79-45 STANFORD PROBABLE STARTERS (1) 7 #9 UCLA (ESPN2) W, 75-55 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG 21 Utah Valley (2) (ESPN) W, 87-44 23 Oklahoma State (2) (ESPN2) W, 73-62 3 Anna Wilson G 5-9 5th 4.6 3.7 2.0 28 #20 Missouri State (2) (ABC) W, 89-62 12 Lexie Hull G 6-0 Jr. 11.6 4.9 1.7 30 #8 Louisville (2) (ESPN) W, 78-63 22 Cameron Brink F 6-4 Fr. 9.9 6.6 0.9 23 Kiana Williams G 5-8 Sr. 14.3 2.0 3.1 APRIL 2 #6 South Carolina (2) (ESPN) W, 66-65 30 Haley Jones G 6-1 So. 13.1 7.4 2.9 4 #11 Arizona (2) (ESPN) 5 p.m. CT STANFORD OFF THE BENCH (^) – Las Vegas, Nev. (%) - Santa Cruz, Calif. No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG APG (1) – Pac-12 Tournament; Las Vegas, Nev. 2 Agnes Emma-Nnopu G 5-11 Fr. 0.8 1.7 0.4 (2) – NCAA Tournament; San Antonio, Texas 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek G 5-7 Fr. 2.1 0.3 1.2 * – Pac-12 game; All times local and subject to change; 5 Francesca Belibi F 6-1 So. 7.6 5.1 1.1 Home games in Bold; [#] - Indicates national ranking (AP) (P12N) - Game televised on Pac-12 Networks; 10 Alyssa Jerome F 6-3 Sr. 1.6 1.1 0.5 (ESPN/ESPN2) - Game televised on ESPN family of networks 11 Ashten Prechtel F 6-5 So. 5.7 4.3 1.2 24 Lacie Hull G 6-1 Jr. 3.1 2.6 1.4 Athletic Communications 33 Hannah Jump G 6-0 So. 6.9 2.2 0.9 WBB Contact .......................................Wilder Treadway 54 Jenna Brown G 5-10 Jr. - - - Cell Phone ...................................... (859) 433-8204 1990 & 1992 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 14 FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES • 24 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS • 14 PAC-12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS Stanford Women’s Basketball • Game 33 • Stanford vs. Arizona • San Antonio, Texas • April 4, 2021 QUICK FACTS NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES » The University • Stanford earned its 33rd consecutive and 34th overall NCAA Tournament bid by collecting the Pac-12’s automatic berth into the field after winning its 14th conference tournament championship. Location .................................................. Stanford, Calif. • Since its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1982, Stanford has won two national championships Founded ...................................................................1891 (1990, 1992), reached 14 Final Fours (1990-92, 1995-97, 2008-12, 2014, 2017, 2021), 21 Elite Eights, 27 Enrollment ......................17,249 (6,996 undergraduate) Sweet 16s and compiled an NCAA Tournament record of 94-31 (.752). Nickname .......................................................... Cardinal • Stanford’s 14 Final Four appearances are the third-most by any school, and its 34 overall appearances Colors ...............................................Cardinal and White rank behind only Tennessee (39). Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I • Tennessee is the only school that has a longer active streak of NCAA Tournament appearances than Conference ........................................................... Pac-12 Stanford’s 33. The Lady Vols have earned a bid to all 39 NCAA Tournaments. President.......................................Marc Tessier-Lavigne • The Cardinal’s 94 wins in the NCAA Tournament are third all-time behind Tennessee (126) and Con- Provost ..........................................................Persis Drell necticut (125) as are its 125 tournament games. Tennessee has appeared in 157 and Connecticut 146. Director of Athletics ...................................Bernard Muir • Stanford’s .752 NCAA Tournament winning percentage is fourth all-time among programs with a mini- Faculty Representative .................................. Jeff Koseff mum of 20 games. Connecticut is No. 1 (.856; 125-21), Tennessee is No. 2 (.803; 126-31) and Baylor is Senior Women’s Administrator ...............Heather Owen No. 3 (.768; 53-16). Athletic Department Phone ..................... 650-723-4591 • The Cardinal is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time and first since 2013. Stanford Ticket Office Phone ............................... 800-STANFORD has gone on to reach the Final Four as a No. 1 seed eight times (1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011, Home Facility .........................................Maples Pavilion 2012, 2021). Capacity ..................................................................7,233 • Tara VanDerveer leads all coaches in NCAA Tournament appearances with 35. Geno Auriemma (Con- Web Site .......................................www.gostanford.com necticut) is second with 32, followed by Pat Summitt (Tennessee) and Andy Landers (Georgia) with 31. • VanDerveer’s 92 tournament wins are third all-time behind Geno Auriemma (123) and Summitt (112) Stanford Women’s Basketball History and her .742 tournament winning percentage (minimum 20 games) is seventh. First Year ..................................... 1974-75 (46th season) • Stanford has advanced to the Sweet 16 for 13 consecutive tournaments and seven of the last 10 Elite All-Time Record .................................... 1,148-342 (.768) 8’s. Stanford is in the national championship game for the first time since 2010. All-Time Pac-12 (since 1986-87) ................ 551-84 (.867) NCAA Championships ..............................2 (1990, 1992) PAC-12 TOURNAMENT DOMINATION » NCAA Tournament Appearances .................... 34 (94-31) • Stanford enters the NCAA Tournament off of a dominant run through the Pac-12 Tournament, winning Last NCAA Tournament Appearance .......................2021 three games by a tournament-record margin of +31.0 points. NCAA Final Four Appearances .....................................14