Cameron Brink stood courtside speaking to the ESPN broadcast crew following Stanford‘s 96-64 victory over then-No. 9 Indiana. It was a massive early season win for the Cardinal as well as a statement game for their senior All-American, who finished with 20 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks in 28 minutes.
“We came out and showed everyone what we’re made of,” Brink said in the postgame interview two weeks ago. “I don’t know, maybe people will take us a little more seriously now.”
So far, the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season has been as wide open as any we’ve seen in some time. And if anyone was overlooking the Cardinal — in either the Pac-12 or nationally — the first three weeks of November forced them to rethink the notion.
Following the 32-point takedown of Indiana, which was a No. 1 seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, Stanford pulled out an 82-79 overtime win against Duke and improved to 5-0 on Wednesday behind a 74-55 victory over mid-major power Belmont. The Cardinal…