VanDerveer hits pool, transcends women’s coaching eras
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tara VanDerveer makes the two-minute walk from Maples Pavilion to the pool three times a week to get in her mile-long swims. Regular swimming is one more thing Stanford’s women’s basketball coach squeezes into her jam-packed days three times a week to keep mentally and physically ready as she begins her 37th season on The Farm. Her No. 2 Stanford team will take on top-ranked South Carolina on Sunday in a showdown of the past two NCAA champions.