Typically when Cal takes on rivals and I’m on preview duty, my goal is to entertain you with insults towards the opposition. But this year’s Stanford team is remarkably difficult to insult because they’re so thoroughly unremarkable.
I mean, they aren’t a good team. But they aren’t remarkably bad either - there are seven other power schools in worse shape. They aren’t remarkably young, with four upperclassmen in their rotation and another two that will play major roles as soon as they get healthy.
Stylistically, Stanford is blah. Their tempo is average. Their defense is meh. The one thing they’re good at is drawing a ton of fouls and shooting free throws.