Dawkins Making Contender Out Of Stanford

Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins is in just his third season, but he's making a contender out of his team.

The Cardinal were picked to finish ninth in the Pac-10.

"I hadn’t thought about that,” Dawkins said. “I don’t really look at it that way. I’m just really proud of our guys’ effort for 40 minutes. I thought we played hard. I think we protected the home court very well."

Stanford is 8-0 at home and 2-3 against Pac-10 opponents.