Stanford’s blowout win headlines first day of Bay Area college basketball

The landscape of college basketball in the Bay Area looks fairly different since last season ended.

Tara VanDerveer is no longer the coach of the Stanford women’s team, retiring following an unparalleled career. Jerod Haase was fired after eight seasons of coaching Stanford’s men’s team. The Bay lost a lot of talent, headlined by Aidan Mahaney transferring to UConn and Kiki Iriafen departing for USC.

Oh, there’s also the fact that Cal and Stanford are now in the ACC, set to clash with the likes of Duke and Kentucky.