STANFORD, Calif. — Dorian Pickens and Michael Humphrey were both born in Phoenix, played for the same Arizona club basketball team, attended Phoenix high schools … and had Sean Miller pinging their cellphones.
Then both headed out of state for college, and both said Thursday they were happy with their decisions.
“I wouldn’t trade my experience at Stanford for anything,” said Pickens, of Phoenix Pinnacle High School. “Whether it’s the people I’ve met here or anything I’ve learned in my time at Stanford.”
If there’s any regret at all, maybe it’s on the basketball floor — because Miller’s Arizona Wildcats have never lost to Stanford despite failing to land either Humphrey or Pickens.