A Night At The Roxbury, Stanford-Style

Storming the Floor|published: Mon 18th February, 10:00 2008

I've had a couple of chances to watch Stanford play this past week, as they picked up a split on their road trip through the cactus fields of Arizona. You may know that the Cardinal often put a pair of twins on the court who go by the names Brook and Robin Lopez. When the two seven-footers are on the court together, they wreak havoc on opposing big men. It struck me as comical every time some poor guy would get caught between the brothers, swiveling his head and trying to figure out which guy was going to end up with the ball - the mop-top or the suede-head. In fact, it kind of reminded me of the above video.

The third guy in the video is clearly 6'8" Junior Lawrence Hill.

If you want to see the poor man's version of this, and not have to stay up past your bedtime, check out Oklahoma's Blake and Taylor Griffin sometime.

Top 25 Action

Memphis 79-UAB 78. Tigers preserve streak they claim not to care about. Duke 73-Wake Forest 86. I won't lie, I hope this makes the Deacs bubble-worthy. Kansas 69-Colorado 45. Kansas celebrated 20 years without a title at half. Tennessee 74-Georgia 71. Sundiata Gaines led Dawgs in four stats, lost. UNC 92-Virginia Tech 53. Heels finally stopped pussyfooting around. UCLA 56-USC 46. Mayo only notched double figures in one stat - turnovers. Stanford 67-Arizona 66. Cardinal are struggling with the dry heat on the road. Georgetown 70-Syracuse 77. The 2-3 zone has laid many a giant low. Your turn, Hib. Indiana 80-Michigan State 61. Wow. Sampson should get indicted more often. Butler 51-Cleveland State 46. Everyone knows Graves. Meet Green and Howard. Texas 82-Baylor 77. Durant was there to watch. Next stop, Oklahoma City!!!! Wisconsin 65-Minnesota 56. Tubby recruits Bunyan's kid following 12 in the paint. Drake 65-Northern Iowa 55. Bulldogs clinch regular-season MVC title. Oklahoma State 59-Texas A&M 54. Cowboys have a 1-20 road streak going. Notre Dame 71-Rutgers 68. This space for rent. UConn 74-South Florida 73 (OT). Gransberry (25/15) is big & bad, but needs help. Vandy 61-Florida 58. 1,400th win in Vandy history. B. Knight has 2/3 that many hisownself. Wash St. 62-Oregon 53. Cougars climbing. Ducks diving. St. Mary's 80-Loyola Marymount 49. Where have you gone, Bo Kimble? K-State 100-Mizzou 63. Michael Beasley is better than Kevin Durant. Discuss. Purdue 71-Northwestern 56. Painter is putting a nice little portfolio together for the big show. Marquette 72-Pitt 54. Dominic James: 12 assists, no turnovers. Da-yum.

Three Feet High and Rising

Louisville - Tied for first in the Big East, with a ranking sure to appear this week. Mississippi State - Nipped Arkansas to get to 8-2 and second place in the SEC. Cornell - 8-0 in the Ivy. Every game brings them closer to clinching the first tourney bid of the season.

Tonight's Big Games

Xavier (21-4) at Rhode Island (20-5). The Rams have suffered in conference, where they've picked up four of their five losses. Xavier is dominating behind the spectacular point guard play of 5'7" Drew Lavender. These are both tournament teams, but winning this in Kingston would seriously improve Rhody's seeding.

Texas A&M (20-5) at Texas (21-4). A&M doesn't have a lot of reliable scorers, and they're walking into a building where the league-leading Jayhawks took a tumble. Damion James has been tearing it up for the Longhorns recently, putting up double-doubles against Kansas and Baylor. He has yet to foul out this year, as well.

Eric Angevine writes about college basketball at Storming the Floor, and contributes to Chicago Sports Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected].