At the second qualifying session of the NCAA finals late Friday night, the scoreboard was littered with names and numbers, but two figures stood out above the rest. Cal and Iowa were locked up at 426.450 with no events remaining. The two teams were tied for third. With only three Read More…
1998. That was the last time the Cal men’s gymnastic team hoisted the national championship trophy. This year, the team qualified for the NCAA meet for yet another year, but the chances at capturing that elusive fifth title look slim. Cal goes in as the ninth-ranked team out of 12 Read More…
Survive and advance. That’s exactly what the Cal women’s basketball team did in Monday night’s game in Lubbock, Tex. — survive. With 58 seconds left in their second round matchup against the 10-seed South Florida, the second-seeded Bears held a comfortable 68-58 lead. But a series of mental errors by Read More…
With seconds remaining in the first half against the No. 15 seed Fresno State, the Cal women’s basketball team was leading only by four. The Bulldogs were shooting their way into contention, hanging with the second-seeded Bears. Fresno State guard Ki-Ki Moore missed a short jumper in the waning seconds. Read More…
For the past few days, Cal women’s basketball has tried to ignore the constant noise and speculation of a rematch with Stanford. As the No. 2 seed in the same region as the top-seeded Cardinal, much of the discussion has centered around the possible Elite Eight matchup with Stanford. President Read More…
Layshia Clarendon is one of the most decorated athletes to ever pass through the doors of Haas Pavilion. But one mention of her accolades and she will play the topic down just as quickly as it was brought up. From high school to Bangkok to Berkeley, Clarendon is defined by her humility. Read More…
Utter disbelief. That is the only way to describe the Cal women’s basketball team’s sentiment following its upset at the hands of No. 14 UCLA in the semifinal of the Pac-12 tournament. The Bears fully expected a rematch with No. 4 Stanford in the title match and a chance to Read More…
The dynamic was perfect, the timing was perfect. Cal women’s basketball has the right to call itself Pac-12 regular season co-champs for the first time in school history, and almost everything was perfect. In April 2011, then-Cal coach Joanne Boyle left the Bears for the head coaching position at the Read More…
On Sunday, the No. 6 Cal women’s basketball team survived the trap game that every elite team has to face. The Bears (25-2, 15-1 in Pac-12), with Pac-12 title hopes and No. 1 seed aspirations in March Madness, matched up against Oregon State, a conference bottom-dweller and a squad with Read More…
Eugene, Ore., has long been the unofficial “running capital” of the country. The Ducks leave Tracktown USA for their Friday night contest at Haas Pavilion against Cal women’s basketball ready to run with the No. 6 team in the country. While the Bears look for their recording-setting 12th-straight conference victory, Read More…
