Eguagie is super athletic and aggressive (which I like!) but boy is he struggling to finish at the rim in these past two games.

The classic "we're going to T up the coach in the first 2 minutes of game time, realize it's stupid to give a T after 2 minutes, and then give his team the next 5 calls to make up for it" move from the refs to start.

Rice just can't defend the P&R right now. Especially when Townsend is setting the pick. If it keeps up like this, Stanford's going to score 80+.

Oladokun just can't guard Townsend. Nobody on the roster probably can. But Townsend's eyes are lighting up when he sees the matchup...just way too physical. 19-13 Stanford.

Feels like a night and day difference offensively with and without Thompson in the game. Part of that is we were making shots and how we're not. But it feels slightly discombobulated with Hobbs as the primary handler.

Eguagie doesn't see a literally wide open Rice player without a Stanford defender within 10 feet of him. And dribbles it off his knee. 24-13 Stanford. Getting late early.

Thompson picks up his second foul pressing at mid-court.

Townsend in the post against Flasar and nobody doubles...incredible. Stanford up 30-20. Then Flasar blows a P&R coverage, which we get away with because Townsend misses a wide open 3.

You have to sit Eguagie at this point. The aggression is fine, but he's not making shots and his drives just aren't going to work against an ACC team.

Interesting Rice 5 with both Oladokun and Eyenga. Plus Dar. Not really sure how we expect to score with this group. Stanford immediately pushes the lead to 37-21. Was 30-21 when Thompson came out and Lanier went with a lineup of Oladokun, Eyenga, Dar, Adkins, and Hobbs.

37-23 Stanford with Eguagie shooting a FT at the break. Good move on a busted possession to get a desperately needed basket.

5 straight from Adkins to get Rice back to within 10. Outside of one possession, Eyanga not doing much better on Townsend.

Flasar literally alone in the paint and passes it out to the perimeter for a Vukotic airball 3. Combine that with a few awful offensive and defensive possessions, and Stanford goes into the half up 45-29. Not picking on him, because others have also looked bad, but Flasar doesn't look ready for this kind of opponent.

You can say "it's an ACC opponent" or "it's a top-100 team" but this is just garbage. Plain and simple. This is Stanford. Not Virginia or Louisville or Miami or UNC or "insert team here." The offense looks like it can't run anything. We're somehow in year 3 of Lanier's tenure and don't have any defensive paint presence. We're on pace to give up 80+ for the nth time, despite Lanier coming in proclaiming a new defensive era. There's maybe one guy on offense who you feel can create his own shot.

Hopefully we come back and I look like an idiot. But it does feel like this team is especially vulnerable to more athletic and better defensive teams. Eguagie and Dar are going to struggle to drive and use their physicality against them. Oladokun's post moves won't be as effective. Which means we're going to be almost wholly reliant on Thompson and Hobbs to create things, which turns us pretty one dimensional.

Thompson an and-1 to start the second half and then a Dar run-out. Stanford lead down to 11 and project "make elw4796 look like a moron (not difficult)" is well under way.

Thanks for the ongoing analysis.

Stanford 4-point play and back to a 17-point lead. Freshman closeout there from Thompson.

Stanford up 58-41.

It's funny, but I think if you blended a Pera and Lanier offense together, you might actually have something effective. Pera's teams struggled against good defenses because they were so rigid. We didn't have guys who could make plays, so if you shut down the passing lanes and played good team defense (generally by shutting down Fiedler), we couldn't score. Lanier's teams have so far lacked structure. We have more athleticism and speed and a somewhat better 1v1 roster, but our sets generally don't look good so if you defend well against us individually we struggle to create much.

Townsend is a tremendous player. Don't know if you can win in the ACC with him as your best player (not a dig, I just don't know), but he's a ton of fun.

66-41 Stanford. Not sure why the refs need to be rewarding Bliss's flopping up 25 but whatever.

70-43 Stanford. Can't defend, can't score.

I remember Anthony Batson. Lol

This program is a wreck.

76-46 Stanford. I'm calling it a night. I'll give the team until Ohio until I start lobbying for a new coach. Or maybe until we've played three games with Carroll back. Whichever comes later.