Medias Memo For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 For more information on Stanford Cardinal Basketball, contact Bob Vazquez, Media Stanford (4-4 overall, 0-0 Pac-10) vs Dartmouth (3-5 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) Relations Director, at (650) 723-9565. Wednesday, December 22, 2004, 7:00 p.m., Maples Pavilion (7,233), Comcast 2004-05 Stanford Varsity Roster Stanford vs Montana (4-6 overall, 0-0 Big Sky) No Name Thursday, December 23, 2004, 7:00 p.m., Maples Pavilion (7,233), Comcast 2 Mark Bradford G, 6-2, 190, Sophomore, Los Angeles, Ca Stanford Cardinal Starters (4-4 overall, 0-0 Pac-10) 3 Carlton Weatherby F - Matt Haryasz, 6-11, 230, Junior, Page, Az (10.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg) G, 6-1, 180, Junior, Tacoma, Wa F - Nick Robinson, 6-6, 205, Senior, Liberty, Mo (6.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg) 10 Tim Morris C - Rob Little, 6-10, 260, Senior, Hampton, Va (10.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg) G, 6-4, 215, RS Freshman, Atlanta, Ga G - Dan Grunfeld, 6-6, 215, Junior, River Hills, Wi (16.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg) 11 Chris Hernandez G - Chris Hernandez, 6-2, 190, Junior, Fresno, Ca (12.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.3 apg) G, 6-2, 190, Junior, Fresno, Ca 15 Evan Moore Dartmouth Big Green Starters (3-5 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) F, 6-7, 235, Sophomore, Brea, Ca F - Calvin Arnold, 6-9, 210, Junior, Sebastopol, Ca (6.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg) 20 Dan Grunfeld F - Chuck Flynn, 6-7, 210, Freshman, Indianapolis, In (7.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg) G, 6-6, 215, Junior, River Hills, Wi C - David Gardner, 6-10, 244, Senior, Minnetonka, Mn (9.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg) 21 Nick Robinson G - Johnathan Ball, 6-4, 205, Freshman, Memphis, Tn (7.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg) F/G, 6-6, 205, Senior, Liberty, Mo G - Michael Giovacchini, 5-11, 155, Freshman, Salt Lake City, Ut (6.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg) 22 Kenny Brown G, 6-1, 190, Freshman, Southlake, Tx Montana Grizzlies Starters (4-6 overall, 0-0 Big Sky Conference) 31 Taj Finger F - Kamarr Davis, 6-7, 255, Senior, Milwaukee, Wi (11.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg) F, 6-8, 185, Freshman, Mt. Kisco, NY F - Lamarr Farr, 6-4, 205, Junior, Beloit, Wi (5.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg) 32 Jason Haas C - John Seyfert, 6-10, 245, Junior, Stevensville, Mt (4.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg) G, 6-2, 190, Junior, Spring Mills, Pa G - Kevin Criswell, 6-2, 200, Junior, Colstrip, Mt (11.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg) 42 Rob Little G - Matt Martin, 6-1, 175, Freshman, Spearfish, South Dakota (8.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg) C, 6-10, 260, Senior, Hampton, Va 44 Fred Washington Series Story F, 6-5, 210, Sophomore, Los Angeles, Ca Stanford holds a 4-1 lead over Dartmouth ... Not since the 1971-72 season has Stanford 52 Matt Haryasz played the Big Green ... That season, the Cardinal scored a 102-85 victory at Maples Pa- F, 6-11, 230, Junior, Page, Az vilion ... Stanford holds a 23-8 margin of victory over Ivy League schools ... The Cardinal 55 Peter Prowitt has not lost to an Ivy League school since the 1981-82 season when Stanford lost a 71-63 C, 6-10, 250, Freshman, Arlington, Va verdict to Penn at Maples Pavilion ... Stanford and Montana will be meeting for the fourth Head Coach: Trent Johnson time ... The Cardinal holds a 2-1 edge ... During the 2002-03 season, the Grizzlies scored a Associate Head Coach: Eric Reveno 70-68 victory over the Cardinal at Maples Pavilion at the Stanford Invitational ... Stanford Assistant Coaches: Tony Fuller, L.J. Hepp is 7-1 agianst Big Sky schools. World Wide Web Coaches Corner For a complete report on Stanford Athlet- Trent Johnson is in his first season as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal ... Johnson is ics, checkout www.gostanford.com ... The the 16th men's basketball head coach in Stanford history ... Johnson, a Stanford assistant latest information from the Pac-10 is avail- able at www.pac-10.org Did You Know ... Radio Review *** Matt Haryasz has a team-leading 12 blocks this year to give him 58 for his ca- KNEW (910 AM) in San Francisco is in its reer ... Haryasz is nearing the tenth spot all-time at Stanford which is held by current second season as the radio home of Stan- Stanford associate head coach Eric Reveno (1984-89) with 61. ford Basketball ... Bob Murphy and John Platz will handle the broadcast chores ... *** Chris Hernandez has made 13 straight free throws over the last four games ... The Stanford games will also be broadcast Last year, Hernandez led the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (.914). on KZSU (90.1 fm). *** Dartmouth freshman guard Michael Giovacchini is the younger brother of former Stanford guard Tony Giovacchini (1998-02). *** The Cardinal has a 16-game home court winning streak, currently the longest streak in the Pac-10 ... Stanford has won 25 of its last 26 home games. Television Talk coach for three seasons from 1996-99, had been the head coach at Nevada for the past five Nearly every Cardinal basketball team campaigns (1999-2004) ... During the 2003-04 season, Johnson led Nevada to the NCAA will be televised this year including games Sweet 16 for the first time in school history as the Wolf Pack tied a school record with 25 on Fox Sports Net, Fox Sports Bay Area, wins (25-9) ... During his first tenure at Stanford as an assistant coach, the Cardinal made ABC, CBS, KRON, and Comcast ... The an appearance in the NCAA Final Four (1997-98), reached the NCAA Sweet 16 (1996-97, Stanford-Dartmouth game and the Stan- 1997-98), captured the Pac-10 title (1998-99) and chalked up a 78-20 (.796) overall record ford-Montana game will be televised on ... Johnson is 83-78 (first season at Stanford, five seasons at Nevada). Comcast. Travel Time Rankings AP USA Today/ESPN The Cardinal played their first seven games of the 2004-05 season on the road with the final Pre-Season 26th 25th road contest on Dec. 13 at Denver ... The Cardinal is finally back home, and opened the Nov. 22 27th 26th 2004-05 slate at the new Maples Pavilion with a 72-62 victory over UC Davis (12/18/04) ... Dec. 29 34th 41st Maples Pavilion underwent a $30 million renovation project that started a day after the con- Dec. 6 47th --- clusion of the last home game of the 2003-04 season ... Stanford started its 2003-04 season with a 93-83 overtime win over USF (11/19/04) at the Pete Newell Challenge in Oakland ,.. Conference Chatter Stanford played three games (Tennessee, BYU, Louisville) at the EA Sports Maui Invi- Stanford has been picked to finish third in tational (Nov. 22-24), then a Nov. 28 game at Santa Clara, a Dec. 11 contest vs Michigan the 2004-05 Pacific-10 Conference race, State in Auburn Hills, Mi, and the road trip concluded with a Dec. 13 game at Denver ... according to a poll of media members This was the longest string of road or neutral court games to start the season since the 1934- who cover Pac-10 men's basketball ... The 35 campaign when Stanford played its first eleven games on the road ... Since the 1997-98 Cardinal, the defending Pac-10 champion season, the Cardinal is 64-13 (.831) on the road ... Stanford has done well on neutral courts and winner of the conference title four of during the last several years ... Since the 1997-98 season, the Cardinal is 40-16 (.714). the last six seasons, picked up 194 points ... Arizona, with four returning starters, Stanford Story gathered 19 first-place votes (253 points) Stanford is 4-4 overall with five games played on neutral territory, two games on the road and is picked the favorite this season ... and one home contest against UC Davis ... Stanford returned home on Dec. 18 to the $30 Washington, which returns all five starters, million renovated Maples Pavilion and scored a 72-62 victory over the Aggies ... Stanford picked up the other seven first-place votes shot .633 from the floor ... The Cardinal hit 15-of-22 field goal attempts in the second half and is tabbed for second place (237 points) for .682 ... Four Cardinal players hit in double figures led by Dan Grunfeld with 18 points ... Oregon (167 points) is picked for fourth, (7-for-11 from the floor) ... Rob Little added 14 points (7-for-9 from the floor) and added followed by UCLA (156 points) and USC six rebounds and three steals ... Tim Morris came off the bench to score a career-high 13 (116 points) ... California (87 points) nar- points (6-for-9 from the floor) in 20 minutes of play ...Grunfeld remains the team leader rowly edged out Oregon State (86 points) in scoring at 16.8 ppg ... Grunfeld began the 2004-05 season with a career-high 23 points for seventh place ... Washington State (73 along with a career-high eleven rebounds against USF (11/19/04) at the Pete Newell Chal- points) and Arizona State (64 points) round lenge ... Grunfeld also followed up with 19 points against Tennessee (11/22/04) and 20 out the pre-season poll. points against Brigham Young (11/23/04) at the EA Sports Maui Invitational ... Grunfeld tallied 26 points (8-for-11 from the floor) at Santa Clara (11/28/04) ..