Not only did the Eastern Washington University men's basketball program get a win over a Pac-12 opponent that was a long time coming, but first-year head coach Shantay Legans got some personal gratification from EWU's 67-61 victory versus Stanford at Maples Pavilion on Nov. 14. While playing for California for three seasons from 2000-03, he was a part of Bear teams which lost five-straight times to the nationally-ranked Cardinal, including three stompings at Stanford.
 
As a freshman in 2000-01, Cal lost at home 81-70 to No. 3 Stanford, then lost on the road 101-50 to the second-ranked Cardinal. The next season, Stanford was No. 1 in the nation and beat Cal 84-58 at Maples Pavilion, then was No. 2 when it beat the Bears 88-56 in Berkeley. In his final season at Cal in the 2002-03 season, Legans lost at Stanford 82-62 before winning 68-54 at home. In both of those games, Stanford was ranked 12th. Interestingly, his coach at Cal at the time – Ben Braun – was the analyst on the Pac-12 Networks television broadcast of EWU's upset of Stanford.
 
"I was a Cal Bear and I never won in this gym," said Legans after the victory. "It is a great feeling to beat Stanford at Stanford. I am so happy our guys came out and played the way they played. I grew up at a Cal Bear fan and I can tell you it is a great feeling to win here."
 
Also in his junior season, Legans scored five points and had an assist in a 56-27 stomping over Eastern in the championship game of the BCA Classic in Berkeley. One night earlier, in EWU's season-opener to begin the second year under head coach Ray Giacoletti, the Eagles picked up their first and only victory against a ranked NCAA Division I opponent in school history when they knocked off No. 10 Saint Joseph's 68-57. Eastern is now 1-24 versus ranked teams in school history.
 
Just over a year after that victory, Eastern upset Washington 62-58 in Seattle when Alvin Snow – now agent for former Eagle and current Brooklyn Net Jacob Wiley – had 24 points and seven steals against the Huskies. That victory on Dec. 14, 2002, was Eastern's last victory over a Pac-12 opponent until EWU knocked off Stanford to snap a 21-game losing streak against teams from that conference. Overall, EWU is now 13-83 against the Pac-12, including a 3-40 mark since becoming a member of NCAA Division I in the 1983-84 season.
 
Eastern had two other epic victories that Legans was a part of in the 2014-15 season. Eastern's heart-stopping 88-86 victory at Big Ten Conference member Indiana on Nov. 24, 2014, snapped the nation's third-longest non-conference home court winning streak at 43 in front of 11,636 Hoosier fans at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. It was the first-ever win for the Eagles in 14 tries against a Big Ten Conference opponent and was the first Big Sky win on a Big Ten home court.
 
Later that same season, the Eagles advanced to their second NCAA Tournament in school history with a trio of victories in Missoula, Montana. Included was a 69-65 title game victory over Montana when Eastern out-scored the Grizzlies 21-6 in the final six minutes for the improbable comeback victory. The Eagles trailed by 11 before the furious rally gave EWU its first-ever tournament win over the Grizzlies.