2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
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Pacific-10 Champion Pacific-10 Tournament Champion
NCAA, Runner-up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
2009–10 record	36–2 (18–0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (25th year)
Assistant coach	Amy Tucker Associate Head Coach (25th year)
Assistant coach	Bobbie Kelsey Assistant Coach (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Kate Paye Assistant Coach (3rd year)
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#2 †-Stanford	18	–	0		1.000			36	–	2		.947
#23 UCLA	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
USC	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
California	11	–	7		.611			24	–	13		.649
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			18	–	16		.529
Washington	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Arizona	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Washington State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
Oregon State	2	–	16		.111			11	–	20		.355
† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 6, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer. and a member of the Pacific-10 Conference, won the conference's regular-season and tournament titles, and was the runner-up at the NCAA championship.

Offseason

• May 17: All five Stanford women's basketball players invited to the USA Basketball trials camps were named finalists for their respective teams. Freshmen Sarah Boothe and Nnemkadi Ogwumike were among the 14 finalists named for the USA Women's U19 World Championship Team. Junior Jayne Appel and sophomores Kayla Pedersen and Jeanette Pohlen were among the 14 finalists named for the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team.

Appel, Pedersen and Pohlen will return to Colorado Springs, Colo. on June 18 for training camp. The camp will last until the team's departure on June 25 for the 2009 World University Games. The 12-woman roster will be named prior to the team's departure for the Games, which are set to take place from July 1–11 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Boothe and Ogwumike will return to Colorado Springs for training camp on July 9, where the final 12-woman roster for the U19 World Championship will be determined. The 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship is set to take place from July 23–August 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

• July 30: The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009–2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. Three players from the Cardinal, Jayne Appel, Kayla Pederson and Jeannette Pohlen, have been named to the 2009–10 preseason "Wade Watch" list, which is made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
• August 21: The 2009–10 preseason candidates list for the Women’s Wooden Award was released, naming 31 student athletes. Jayne Appel and Jeanette Pohlen from Stanford were two of the candidates.

Regular season

• Jayne Appel became the leading rebounder in Pac-10 history on 27 February 2010, surpassing Lisa Leslie's record of 1,214 career rebounds.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Pre-Season Schedule
November 1* 2:00 PM, no	#2	Vanguard	W 107–49		Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
November 8* 2:00 PM, no	#2	UC San Diego	W 107–55		Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Non-Conference Regular Season Schedule
November 13* 4:00 PM, no	#2	at Old Dominion	W 89–56	1–0	Ted Constant Convocation Center  Norfolk, Virginia
November 15* 11:00 AM, no	#2	at #25 Rutgers	W 81–66	2–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, New Jersey
November 19* 7:00 PM, no	#2	Pepperdine	W 99–50	3–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
November 22* 2:00 PM, no	#2	at UC Davis	W 76–51	4–0	The Pavilion  Davis, California
November 27* 1:00 PM, no	#2	Utah	W 60–41	5–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
November 29* 2:00 PM, no	#2	Gonzaga	W 105–74	6–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 13* 2:00 PM, no	#2	DePaul	W 96–60	7–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 15* 7:00 PM, no	#2	#7 Duke	W 71–55	8–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 19* 11:30 AM, no	#2	#3 Tennessee	W 67–52	9–0	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
December 23* 2:30 PM, no	#2	at #1 Connecticut	L 68–80	9–1	XL Center  Hartford, Connecticut
December 30* 7:00 PM, no	#2	at Fresno State	W 68–46	10–1	Save Mart Center  Fresno, California
Pacific-10 Conference Regular Season Schedule
January 2 12:00 PM, no	#2	California	W 79–58	11–1 (1–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 8 7:00 PM, no	#2	at USC	W 82–62	12–1 (2–0 Pac-10)	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
January 10 2:00 PM, no	#2	at UCLA	W 65–61	13–1 (3–0 Pac-10)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
January 14 7:00 PM, no	#2	Washington State	W 80–43	14–1 (4–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 16 2:00 PM, no	#2	Washington	W 66–51	15–1 (5–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 21 7:00 PM, no	#2	at Oregon State	W 63–47	16–1 (6–0 Pac-10)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
January 23 11:30 AM, no	#2	at Oregon	W 100–80	17–1 (7–0 Pac-10)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
January 28 7:00 PM, no	#2	Arizona State	W 71–48	18–1 (8–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
January 30 2:00 PM, no	#2	Arizona	W 82–63	19–1 (9–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 4 7:00 PM, no	#2	UCLA	W 74–53	20–1 (10–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 7 1:00 PM, no	#2	USC	W 77–39	21–1 (11–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 12 7:00 PM, no	#2	at Washington	W 58–36	22–1 (12–0 Pac-10)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
February 14 12:00 PM, no	#2	at Washington State	W 98–67	23–1 (13–0 Pac-10)	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, Washington
February 18 7:00 PM, no	#2	Oregon	W 104–60	24–1 (14–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 20 8:00 PM, no	#2	Oregon State	W 82–48	25–1 (15–0 Pac-10)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
February 25 6:00 PM, no	#2	at Arizona State	W 62–43	26–1 (16–0 Pac-10)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
February 27 2:00 PM, no	#2	at Arizona	W 75–48	27–1 (17–0 Pac-10)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
March 6 12:30 PM, no	#2	at California	W 63–48	28–1 (18–0 Pac-10)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Postseason

Pac-10 Basketball Tournament

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Pacific-10 Conference Tournament
March 12 1:15 PM, no	#2	vs. Arizona	W 72–52	29–1	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
March 13 2:30 PM, no	#2	vs. California	W 64–44	30–1	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
March 14 3:00 PM, no	#2	vs. #23 UCLA	W 70–46	31–1	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

NCAA Basketball Tournament

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
NCAA Tournament
March 20* 7:30 PM, no	#2	vs. UC Riverside First Round	W 79–47	32–1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
March 22* 6:30 pm, no	#2	vs. #8 Iowa Second Round	W 96–67	33–1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
March 27* 6:00 pm, no	#2	vs. #5 Georgia Regional Semifinals - Sweet Sixteen	W 73–36	34–1	Arco Arena  Sacramento, California
March 29* 6:00 pm, no	#2	vs. Xavier Regional Final - Elite Eight	W 55–53	35–1	Arco Arena  Sacramento, California
April 4* 4:00 PM, no	#2	vs. #12 Oklahoma Semifinals - Final Four	W 73–66	36–1	Alamodome  San Antonio, Texas
April 6* 5:30 PM, no	#2	vs. #1 Connecticut Championship	L 53–47	36–2	Alamodome  San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	WNBA Club
1	5	Jayne Appel	San Antonio Spurs

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

External links

• Official Site