The Stanford football team won the Rose Bowl, the Stanford Men's basketball team upset the Utah Utes. It was a great day for Stanford Athletics.
As the Cardinal warmed up for Friday night's game, the big screen at Maples Pavilion showed the Rose Bowl being played a few hundred miles south in Pasadena. Seeing The McCaffrey-Hogan Machine stomp on Iowa might have been just the spark the upstart hoops team needed.
Stanford, who trailed by as many as twelve points in the second half, clawed its way back and stunned Pac-12 heavyweight and 21st-ranked Utah at Maples Pavilion, outlasting the Utes in overtime, 70-68.