The best view of the Bay Area sunset is found on the sixth-floor balcony of Eshleman Hall. Here, the sun always manages to cut through even the densest blankets of fog, sinking into the hills amid various streaks of blue, orange or purple. The entire world lies before you as Read More…
Coach Mike Montgomery will start next season with another thin roster. Backup guards Emerson Murray and Alex Rossi are leaving Cal. Both appear on a list of transfers reported by CBS Sports’ Jeff Goodman. The two have been little used in their time on campus, but would have likely seen Read More…
With less than four minutes left in the game, the Cal men’s basketball team was on pace to make history — the program’s worst loss ever in the NCAA tournament. The Bears avoided that black mark, closing a 25-point deficit and losing to South Florida by just 65-54. Nine more Read More…
The Cal men’s basketball team huddled in one of the rooms in Haas Pavilion on Sunday, watching its fortunes roll past them on CBS. The Bears didn’t wait in vain; after nearly every slot had been filled, the 10-member selection committee hit Cal’s season with a defibrillator. “It was kind Read More…
Washington, No. 1 seed It’s boring to pick the top seed to win the tournament, but the Huskies seem like the best bet. For the starters, they won the regular season title for a reason — even in a weak conference, that still means something. Certainly, Washington has something to Read More…
Three more wins, and you win a ticket to the Big Dance. That’s what the Cal men’s basketball team, along with every other surviving team, keeps in mind. More than two NCAA bids would be shocking for the struggling Pac-12, and no one wants to chance an at-large bid to Read More…
On Sunday, Jorge Gutierrez had just completed his worst two-game stretch of the season. A day later, he became the first player to win both Pac-12 Player of the Year and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. The sting of a squandered conference title still fresh after a loss at Stanford, Read More…
STANFORD, Calif. — Harper Kamp choked back tears, trying in vain to navigate the fall. Sitting in the bowels of Maples Pavilion, his eyes reddened. He should have been celebrating, he and the rest of the Cal roster clinching its second Pac-12 title in three years. Instead, they sat with Read More…
Follow along as beat writers Jack Wang and Jonathan Kuperberg live blog the Cal men’s basketball game with Stanford at Maples Pavilion. If the Bears prevail, they win a share of the Pac-12 championship.
Tipoff is Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at Maples Pavilion. The stadium has 7,329 seats, almost all of which will be taken up by red, blue or gold masses. Cal’s David Kravish will line up across from whomever Stanford — its starters always in flux — plays at center. The referee will Read More…
