Tara VanDerveer now stands alone. But for how long? We’ll get back to that in a second.
Stanford’s 65-56 win over Oregon State Sunday was not just any ol’ victory, but No. 1,203 for VanDerveer. No college basketball coach, male or female, has won more, with Mike Krzyzewski the last giant to pass, and that was done Sunday.
Time, then, for Tara Trivia.
- Go back to the early 1970s — Indiana University men’s basketball practice, Bob Knight in charge. See the young lady sitting in the stands, taking notes? That’s a student from Knight’s coaching class. He has told the class members they are free to attend practice and she’s the one who shows up nearly every day to watch and learn and dream. Tara VanDerveer.
- She played guard for Indiana. This was the dark ages in women’s athletics. The team members had to buy their own shoes and wash their own laundry. None of that discouraged someone in love with a game, for life as it turned…
