If Jorge Gutierrez could shut down the nation’s leading scorer on Friday, surely he could stop the country’s fourth leading scorer on Monday. Except Gutierrez did not play in the Cal men’s basketball team’s 70-50 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Monday night at Haas Pavilion. The senior guard, who Read More…
Cal men’s basketball forward Richard Solomon will miss the next two games with a left foot injury, head coach Mike Montgomery announced Monday. The starter will undergo further evaluation on what appears to be a stress fracture or stress reaction. Solomon initially broke the news last night on Twitter: “Stress Read More…
After the Cal men’s basketball team’s win over Austin Peay in November, guard Brandon Smith claimed he is happiest whenever the other team’s best player is a shooting guard. Why? Because that means Jorge Gutierrez will be defending him. On Friday night, the assignment was Weber State’s Damian Lillard: The Read More…
For the first time in his Cal career, Allen Crabbe came off the bench. When he finally stepped on the court, the star shooting guard was already warmed up and ready. Penalized for being late to the morning shoot-around, Crabbe lit up visiting Jackson State with a game-high 17 points, Read More…
There wasn’t one thing that stood out for the Cal men’s basketball team in its 81-36 trouncing of San Jose State on Wednesday night. It was everything. The Spartans (3-6) kept the game close for about a minute and a half at Haas Pavilion. Then Bears guard Allen Crabbe broke Read More…
Allen Crabbe sliced down the lane, contorting himself to lay in a soft bucket and give the Cal men’s basketball team its first lead of the second half. Less than a minute later, fellow Bears guard Justin Cobbs spied Crabbe streaking down the weak side and lobbed up an alley-oop Read More…
When the No. 24 Cal men’s basketball team heads to San Diego this weekend to take on the Aztecs, Richard Solomon won’t be with the team. The Bears’ starting forward has been suspended indefinitely, announced coach Mike Montgomery in a press release on Friday. The reason provided was conduct contrary Read More…
The Cal basketball team just can’t stay close. In the No. 24 Bears’ six wins, they have averaged a 21-point margin of victory. In the final of the CBE Classic over a week ago, they lost to No. 13 Missouri by 39. The embarrassing loss in Kansas City, Mo., was Read More…
The Haas Pavilion crowd let out a roar as Allen Crabbe’s 3-pointer hit nothing but net as time expired in the first half. His buzzer beater had given the Cal men’s basketball team a two-point lead going into intermission, a small cushion after a neck-and-neck first half on Monday night. Read More…
He’s back. It’s not like Allen Crabbe ever left, but the sophomore guard’s scoring had disappeared in the No. 20 Cal men’s basketball team’s last three games. A fortuitous bounce off the backboard, a shooter’s roll around the rim — some hit nothing but net — but the important thing Read More…
