What it lacked in suspense, it made up for in historical significance. No. 1 Stanford's 104-61 victory over Pacific on Tuesday was the 1,099th of coach Tara VanDerveer's career, giving her the most wins in Division I women's college basketball history.
She was handed the game ball afterward and then was given a new jacket with the nickname "T-Dawg" from her celebrating players.
"I've gotten so many messages from people, it's been so exciting," VanDerveer said. "It's been a great journey. I hope Pat Summitt is looking down and saying, "Good job, Tara. Keep it going."
VanDerveer passed the late Summitt, whose legendary career at Tennessee ended prematurely in 2012 after she was diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.