Cardinal Silences Rattlers

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford cruised to a 99-69 win over the Florida A&M Rattlers at Maples Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. Read on and see how the Cardinal used several runs to put away the Rattlers in the first half before leading the rest of the way to their second victory of the season.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford's tough 83-81 loss at the hands of Oral Roberts at Maples Pavilion on Wednesday night. Read on to see exactly how the Cardinal were able to come back from a double-digit deficit early and an eight-point margin late, but unable to prevent Oral Roberts from winning at the buzzer.   Full Story

He's baaaaaaaaaack! A season of Stanford men's hoops coverage would be really lacking without the analysis provided by this man, that's for sure! The Bootleg's "Expert Analyst - Guards," former lights-out shooting guard "roscoemaynard" (1984-89) offers up to the Stanford Hoops faithful his review and commentary of the Cardinal's guards following their games at San Diego and at home vs. Cal Poly.   Full Story

To keep us all up-to-date on the ongoing action involving our various Pac-10 conference rivals, The Bootleg's Men's Basketball writer Kevin "Kevo" Danna debuts his weekly hoops coverage and provides his inaugural "Kevo Power Rankings", a proprietary, unique and debate-worthy estimation of the current conference power structure.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford's 70-53 win over Cal Poly on Sunday night. Read on to see exactly how the Cardinal were able to get off to a fast start and maintain their lead for the rest of game over a Mustangs team which hung around for most of the evening.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford lost to the University of San Diego, 77-64, in their opening night loss at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Check out how the Cardinal stuck around for most of the contest before the Toreros came up with a final run to complete their victory.   Full Story

Back in the Dark Era of Stanford football, we remember posters claiming that only one or two of the players on that year’s Stanford roster would start for another Division I team. Fast forward two years and put that theory to the test, as we do with the other Division I team we know best. How many Stanford players make our hybrid squad? Plus, where is Touchdown Toby on our Heisman ballot? Read on!   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford defeated Sonoma State, 82-61, in their only exhibition game of the season. Check out how the Cardinal were able to slowly, but surely, put distance between themselves and the Seawolves, ultimately leading by double-digits for most of the contest.   Full Story

With exhibition tip-off just a few days away, Kevin Danna warms us up with his observations of the Cardinal's recent intra-squad scrimmage. Read on to hear how senior captain Landry Fields struggled to score on anybody (just kidding!). The best news was that no bones were broken, but there were some encouraging developments that will be interesting for fans to focus on in the upcoming preseason!   Full Story

Well, we're a little late in getting this post-practice published, but we figure we need something to distract ourselves a bit from today's surprising and disappointing news with regard to sophomore Jeremy Green's indefinite suspension. Our man "Kevo" gives us a nice overview of last weeks' coaching clinic and practice with great observations of individual players and their off-season development.   Full Story

The Bootleg’s Men's Basketball Writer Kevin Danna picked up sophomore SG Jeremy Green at "Center Court" and did what few Pac-10 guards seem capable of doing – locking him down! Well, at least long enough for an interview! Read on to learn how one of the most encouraging surprises of the past season has been continuing to develop his game and what we can expect to see from him in 2009-10.   Full Story

Scout’s No. 11 2010 center Dwight Powell is all Stanford’s after committing to the Cardinal this past weekend. Here’s the interview with Powell himself, only on TheBootleg.com.   Full Story

The Stanford Football team may be “relentless”, but The Bootleg’s Men's Basketball Writer Kevin Danna may be even more so, firing off yet another component of his ground-breaking series of "Center Court" conversations, this time coaching us up on senior guard Emmanuel Igbinosa. Learn how the senior from Texas is contributing to Johnny Dawkins’ program and how he sees his job heading into 2009-10.   Full Story

As Stanford basketball fans await word on who’ll join Anthony Brown in the 2010 class, The Bootleg caught up with Brown to get the inside scoop on his Stanford commitment. Many of Stanford’s recruits are facing similar situations as Brown did, and while only time can tell whether they’ll reach the same decision, here are Anthony Brown’s reasons for settling on the Cardinal.   Full Story

The Bootleg's Men's Basketball Writer Kevin Danna continues driving to the hoop with another installment in his award-winning series of "Center Court" conversations, this time shining the spotlight on 6-10 true sophomore forward-center Elliott Bullock. We learn what “Bull” has been up to and how he's preparing for the Cardinal’s righteous run in 2009-10.   Full Story

Our Men's Basketball Writer Kevin Danna brings us another "Center Court" conversation, this time helping fans get to know intriguing 6-10 sophomore center Matei Daian. Read on to learn how the Eastern European native has been developing and how he views his expected role heading into the 2009-10 campaign.   Full Story

The Bootleg's Men's Basketball Writer Kevin Danna comes through with another revealing Cardinal player conversation, this time bringing us sophomore Jack Trotter. Read on to learn what Stanford big man from the heart of "Bear Territory" has been up to and how he feels about his expected role on the court heading into the 2009-10 season.   Full Story

Showing the results of intensive preseason literary conditioning, The Bootleg's Kevin Danna presents yet another outstanding Stanford hoops player interview, shining the spotlight this time on redshirt junior point guard Da-Veed Dildy. Read on to learn Dildy's expected role for the upcoming 2009-10 season.   Full Story

The Cardinal's graduation- and draft-reduced frontcourt received a critical transfusion of new blood in the offseason when 6'9" post Andrew Zimmerman, a 21-year-old sophomore who played his first year at Santa Clara University, transferred to the Farm. The Bootleg's Kevin Danna had a chance to welcome the new "TMOC" ("Tall Man On Campus") and learn what Stanford fans can expect from the big fella.   Full Story

The Bootleg's Kevin Danna had a chance to chat with junior Josh Owens. With big-time dunks, nasty blocks, and occasionally monster stat lines, Owens has given fans a lot to be excited about for the upcoming campaign. We learn about Owens' study plans, his budding hobby as a musical composer, what he did to stay game-ready during the summer, and his high expectations for the 2009-2010 season.   Full Story

The Bootleg's new Men's Hoops writer Kevin Danna chats courtside with one of the Pac-10's most intriguing talents, Stanford senior Landry Fields. The co-MVP of the 2009 SF Pro-Am League is gearing up for a monster senior campaign, one that should see the athletic forward thrive in Johnny Dawkins' motion offense. Read on to hear how Landry is honing his leadership skills on and off the "Fields".   Full Story

It's time for Stanford Men's Basketball to bounce back and The Bootleg is committed to helping make it happen! Our newest writer Kevin Danna, a veteran, but now graduated Stanford Basketball Manager makes his Bootleg debut with a full-court press on Sr. PG Drew Shiller. We learn that Drew is busting his tail to get ready for 2009-10 and is looking for some increased effort from us, the fans!   Full Story

Greetings and salutations to those who value and admire excellence in college athletics! We are The Bootleg and "WE BOW TO NO WEBSITE!" With this audio message, we thought we'd add a little personal touch to welcome you to our award-winning website, The Bootleg.com, aka "The Unauthorized Authority on Cardinal Sports". It's longwinded @ 8:02 minutes, but we wanted to get it all in in one shot!   Full Story

Daniel and Michigan Nick take two (well, actually take on questions six through ten) as they preview the Final Four right up to the opening tipoff. Who's this year's can't-miss media star, who is an entire state falsely pinning their hopes on and... Villanova? Seriously? How'd they get here? The Bootleg explores, read on!   Full Story

Daniel Novinson and fellow analyst "Michigan Nick" are back with five questions to help preview tomorrow's Final Four in Detroit. Do either underdogs have a shot in UNC-Villanova or Connecticut-Michigan State? Is Blake Griffin really that good, and which of the players on the big screen this weekend are future NBA stars in the making? Read on!   Full Story