we knew it was going to be a tough game in a tough venue and it certainly was. unfortunately, we had no answer for Chris Hernandez, and aside for the first ten or twelve minutes of the game, we really weren't competitive. the disappointment isn't necessarily that we lost, but that we allowed Stanford to play harder than we did, at least according to Jordan Farmar: "You could see it in their eyes. They got every loose ball, every offensive rebound. They played with passion and togetherness. They played the way we were supposed to" (Taken from the LA Times, with similar quotes in the Daily News, OC Register, and Daily Breeze).

So now, are our NCAA tourney hopes alive? of course, but we better play with maximum effort in each of our remaining games, because we cannot afford to lose any games that we're supposed to win.

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