In the tightest race for the Pac-12 regular season title in recent history, only two schools in the Pacific Northwest stand in Cal and Stanford’s way this weekend. With the No. 6 Bears only a half-game behind the No. 4 Cardinal, both teams travel north to play Washington and Washington Read More…
1) Which team has the most to play for this weekend? The last weekend of conference play approaches rapidly, and at this point, most teams in the Pac-12 already know their fate. In the Pac-12, the top four teams in the conference — No. 4 Stanford, No. 6 Cal, No. Read More…
After his game-winner at Oregon, Justin Cobbs once again had the confidence to take another dagger shot at Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday. With 37 seconds left to go and the Cal men’s basketball team leading 60-59 over Oregon State, Cobbs held onto the ball for 20-odd seconds by the midcourt Read More…
This Homecoming has a lot to offer besides a Saturday evening matchup with UCLA. Players and fans alike have a glowing stadium to call home; Cal boasts a superstar wide receiver and first-round NFL projection; and not to mention, Berkeley’s surrounding businesses will undoubtedly flourish with the return of Memorial Stadium. Read More…
On Tuesday’s postgame conference, Mike Montgomery sat through nearly eight minutes of a bombardment of questions about his shove against Allen Crabbe on Sunday. The Cal men’s basketball coach reiterated his apology from the get-go and rephrased the apology in different ways many times. “There’s no place in sports that Read More…
Allen Crabbe said that it was a spur of the moment. But Cal athletics director Sandy Barbour and Cal men’s basketball coach Mike Montgomery felt it needed to be addressed. Around the 16:31 mark in the second half during a timeout break in the Sunday night game against USC, Montgomery Read More…
On Sunday night at Haas Pavilion, Allen Crabbe sojourned from the darkest pits of his frustration to the highest state of euphoria. For the first 35 minutes in the 76-68 victory against USC, Crabbe couldn’t find his shot. The guard was shooting 5-for-13 and 2-for-8 from behind the 3-point line. Read More…
Overall, these two teams match up fairly well. The Stanford offense rarely turns the ball over, and the Bears don’t force many turnovers. But the Cardinal are not the greatest shooting team, and Cal has been absolutely locking teams down lately. Who wins, and by how much? Read More…
For Cal men’s basketball to continue its pursuit of March Madness, it must keep up with UCLA come Thursday. It’s a tall task, considering the Bruins rarely take their feet off the accelerator for the entire 40 minutes. UCLA is a naturally sexy pick to win the Pac-12 conference. Fast Read More…
Six hundred words are just not enough to cover Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb. The interview article from last Friday had to leave out many of her insights due to space constraints. Despite the full recording of the interview posted on the Daily Cal website, I wanted to revisit Read More…
