No. 1: Washington (20-8, 13-3) Washington can almost turn on cruise control; win its last two games, and a Pac-12 Championship banner goes up at Hec Ed. The Huskies must play both in Los Angeles, but they’ll finish off the season with arguably their easiest stretch of the season. USC Read More…
Coors Events Center was clothed in white to celebrate the seniors of the Colorado men’s basketball team. Before an applauding crowd of 11,043, the departing players left their home stadium with one final win, a dominant 70-57 effort. Harper Kamp, Cal’s fifth-year senior, was at the other end of the Read More…
If Utah’s plan Thursday night was to shut down Justin Cobbs and Allen Crabbe, then the Utes succeeded with flying colors. If Utah’s plan was to win, well, that didn’t go so well. Despite a sluggish start, the Cal men’s basketball team took care of the Utes, 60-46, in a Read More…
The Cal men’s basketball team last played Utah on Jan. 14, and what happened at Haas Pavilion was arguably the most embarrassing event customers paid to see all winter. The Utes’ 81-45 loss looked ugly enough on paper, but watching the diminutive red-and-black lineup brick shots was a sight that Read More…
It’s the question on everybody’s mind. The conference has been weak since Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and company left early to dominate the NBA. Two teams reached the NCAA tournament in 2010 — four last year (one of which was USC, perhaps the last team selected). Currently, ESPN’s Read More…
For our antepenultimate Pac-12 Power Rankings of the men’s basketball season, we have decided to go a different route — a different octave, if you will. We have chosen a song to correspond with each team on our list. Enjoy. No. 1: California (22-6, 12-3) — Aretha Franklin, “Respect” The Bears Read More…
As Mike Montgomery made a “T” with his hands to call a timeout, the crowd began to stand. Forty seconds remained in Saturday’s contest, but the game was over. By the time Harper Kamp and Jorge Gutierrez reached the bench, all 11,331 fans were on their feet and applauding Cal’s Read More…
Devoe Joseph was going to take the last shot, and all of Haas Pavilion knew it. In the last 30 seconds, the 6-foot-4 guard had drained two attempts from downtown, willing Oregon into a one-possession game. With his Ducks down three points, he waited at the top of the arc, Read More…
The question was simple, tossed out in one of the rooms along the southern hallway of Haas Pavilion. It was Jan. 12 and roughly a dozen reporters, sprawled across a directionless mass of chairs, peppered questions about Cal’s 57-50 win over Colorado. Do you feel like you stopped struggling tonight? Read More…
The Cal basketball team has already accomplished significant feats this season: The Bears have already posted 20 wins with five games left and swept the L.A. schools for the first time since 1959. When Cal faces Oregon at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night at Haas Pavilion, the first-place Bears can come Read More…
