Tara VanDerveer bowl!
Indiana women’s basketball is set to face a traditional power this afternoon when No. 24 Stanford visits Assembly Hall.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game:
When is the game and how can I watch?
Game Date/Time: Sunday, November 17th, 2:00 p.m. EST
Location: Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
TV: FS1
Radio: WHCC 105.1 / WIUX 99.1 / B 96.7
Game Notes
Indiana (1-2, 0-0 Big Ten) enters this one under .500 for the first time in a long time.
Consecutive defeats to Harvard and Butler handed the Hoosiers its first back-to-back losses since February of 2022. Roster turnover and injuries have made Indiana’s offense stagnant– scoring from the interior is proving difficult.
The Hoosiers’ current record is surprising and not up to the standard they’ve set in recent years. As we mentioned in a column earlier this week, however, now is not the time to be overly critical.
This program has earned a great deal of grace under Teri Moren. The team is resilient… Teri will get ‘em right in due time.
No. 24 Stanford (4-0, 0-0 ACC) looks quite different than it did when it blew out Indiana, 96-64 in Palo Alto last year.
The Cardinal lost stars Cameron Brink (WNBA) and Kiki Iriafen (transferred to USC) plus head coach Tara VanDerveer (retirement) this offseason.
They also jumped conferences, abandoning the now-dissolved Pac-12 for the ACC. Stanford received one first-place vote and was picked to finish seventh in the league preseason poll. No members of the Cardinal were named to the preseason all-ACC team.
Despite lacking the allure it held for the last two decades, Stanford is still a good team. The Cardinal are 4-0 through two weeks and have won every game by at least 13 points.
All those games came at home, though. Sophomore forward Nunu Agara (19.3 ppg) will try to keep an offense averaging 89.75 points per game hot in front of a hostile crowd in Assembly Hall.
Today’s game will be broadcast nationally on FoxSports 1, and likely expose its audience to the legendary Tara VanDerveer’s story.
VanDerveer, whose 1,216 wins make her the winningest coach in NCAA history (tied with UConn’s Geno Auriemma until Wednesday at least…), played at Indiana from 1972-75 and enrolled in Bob Knight’s basketball coaching classes while on campus.
While VanDerveer will not be on the sideline for Stanford’s first-ever trip to Indiana, the impact she’s had on both programs is what will make this game special.