STANFORD, Calif. – A pair of Stanford women’s basketball nonconference games have been selected for broadcast across ESPN’s family of networks.
The Cardinal’s road date at Texas on Sunday, December 13 will tip off at 10 a.m. PT and be carried on ESPN. Three days later, Stanford’s game against Tennessee in Maples Pavilion on Wednesday, December 16 will begin at 6 p.m. PT on ESPNU.
Remaining tip times and broadcast information along with Stanford’s Pac-12 schedule will be announced in September. Season tickets for the 2015-16 campaign are on sale now by visiting gostanford.com/tickets or calling 800-STANFORD.
Stanford’s storied rivalry with the Lady Vols highlights yet another challenging nonconference slate. The Cardinal, which has won four of the last six meetings between the two schools, has also taken four straight on The Farm. Stanford and Tennessee have played 32 total games and at least once in each of the past 27 seasons.
Sandwiched between a visit to Florida for the Gulf Coast Showcase and the showdown with Tennessee, Stanford travels to Austin for the fifth time in program history and third time in the last five seasons.
The Longhorns’ 87-81 win in overtime in Maples last November snapped the Cardinal’s 28-game home winning streak and its six-win run in the series between the two schools. Stanford held the Longhorns to just 17 second-half points in a come-from-behind win in its last visit to Austin, 63-54, on November 23, 2013.
Stanford begins its season with a home exhibition on Saturday, November 7 against Academy of Art University. The regular season kicks off on the road at UC Davis on Friday, November 13. The Cardinal’s first regular season home contest takes place on Saturday, November 21 against George Washington.
The final Pac-12 schedule will be announced next month. In this year’s rotation, UCLA and USC do not visit Maples Pavilion while Stanford misses its regular-season trip to Washington and Washington State.
In 2014-15, the Cardinal made its eighth consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, finished its 26-10 overall and claimed the program’s 11th Pac-12 Tournament title in 14 years.
