"Casey Jacobsen banked in a game-winning jump shot with 3.6 seconds left and Stanford alum Tiger Woods leaped from his front-row seat as the Cardinal prevailed 84-83 in front of Jerry West and Oscar Robertson amid a crowd of 19,804, the largest to watch a college basketball in the state of California. It was an exciting time to be part of the Stanford family."
"Basketball was big. Basketball was important in the Bay Area at the college level, Madsen said. Over here at Cal and also at Stanford, we're trying to get that back to where it was back then. These have been lean times for the two. Cal hasn't completed a winning season since 2016-17 and most recently played in the NCAA Tournament the year before that. Stanford hasn't been part of March Madness since 2014."
Mark Madsen was a rookie in the NBA during the 2000-01 season, a year out of Stanford, when No. 1 Duke visited Oakland to face third-ranked Stanford at the Pete Newell Challenge. Casey Jacobsen's banked jump shot beat Duke 84-83 before a crowd of 19,804, then the largest to watch a college basketball game in California. Both Cal and Stanford have struggled in recent years: Cal has not posted a winning season since 2016-17 and last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2016, while Stanford has not made March Madness since 2014. No. 6 Duke and No. 14 North Carolina will visit the Bay Area for four ACC games, with strong ticket demand and potential benefits from the ACC scheduling despite logistical challenges.
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