The Stanford girls’s basketball program is within the midst of some adjustments. Former head coach Tara VanDerveer introduced her retirement after 38 years on the finish of final season, paving the way in which for longtime assistant Kate Paye to take over the position. Taking part in within the ACC for the primary time, the Cardinal will face new groups and cope with new journey conditions. The season doesn’t start for a pair extra months, however readability over who the Cardinal will face is already taking form, with a latest announcement that the crew will journey to Bloomington on November 17 to face off towards Indiana.
Stanford completed the 2023-24 season ranked No. 9 within the AP Prime 25, whereas Indiana slotted in at No. 12.
Introduced earlier this week, the Cardinal will journey to Indiana for the primary time ever as a part of their non-conference slate of video games, heading to the alma mater of VanDerveer to play a rematch towards an Indiana crew that they beat final yr, beating the then No. 9 ranked Hoosiers 96-64 in Maples Pavilion behind a 20-point sport from Cameron Brink, not solely making it Stanford’s highest-scoring sport towards a top-10 opponent since 2011, however the 32 level win was additionally the varsity’s largest towards a top-10 crew since 2010.
All-time towards Indiana, Stanford is 3-1, shedding 73-63 in 1979, earlier than successful 87-72 in 2001, 69-66 in 2021 and 96-64 in 2023. With the announcement of this yr’s contest, it now turns into the third sport on the schedule that’s confirmed after the crew additionally introduced video games towards LSU (on the highway) on December 5 and Ohio State (at Chase Heart) on December 20. At present making ready for a visit to Italy, the rest of the crew’s schedule will probably be introduced after they return on the finish of the month.
Going 30-6, successful the Pac-12 common season and making an look within the NCAA event Candy Sixteen to complete ranked No. 9, Stanford will return two starters in addition to having 9 complete gamers return, and also will see the addition of 5 newcomers, with three of these gamers being nationally ranked freshman in Shay Ijiwoye (No. 53), Harper Peterson (No. 87), and Kennedy Umeh (No. 44).
A brand new period will quickly start in Palo Alto, and because the anticipation for season grows bigger, issues are beginning to come collectively because the Cardinal put together for his or her debut marketing campaign as members of the ACC.
