UCLA 76, Stanford 67
Well, it was a nice hope. UCLA was simply too efficient offensively in the second half. Frankly, they were also lucky on their shots; it seemed like they couldn't miss sometimes, and they got a couple of really random offensive rebounds that seemed to deflate Stanford defensively. I felt like the zone wasn't used enough by the Cardinal. Then again, maybe Trent Johnson felt like UCLA was shooting the ball so well from the outside that he couldn't afford to try it for an extended stretch.
Brook Lopez awoke from the dead with 11 points offensively in the second half, but this was still a deeply disappointing game for him. Stanford missed 6 points on whiffed slams and point-blank layups while UCLA was running their lead to 12 points, and that really cost them badly. The crowd was never able to fully get into the flow (and to be fair, with the school still on winter break, it was a bit sparser than usual).
Cal is thumping USC as I write this, so it's not all bad news for the Bay Area today. One non-basketball item to note: Oakland right fielder Nick Swisher was traded today for three minor leaguers. Baseball season is going to be long and, frankly, crummy next year. Thank God the Olympics will intervene when things really start getting ugly. I understand why this move was made-- and even approve of it on a strategic level-- but they are not going to be a good team next season at all. It's all about 2010 for Oaktown right now.
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