For the first time since 2009, the Cal women’s basketball team has won an NCAA tournament game. On Sunday morning, the eighth-seeded Bears topped ninth-seeded Iowa, 84-74, at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Ind. Five different Cal players reached double digits in the game. In particular, junior guard Layshia Clarendon Read More…
In the Tournament Selection Show on Monday, ESPN analyst Carolyn Peck argued that the Cal women’s basketball has the best chance of upsetting top-seeded Notre Dame in the second round. Peck compared Cal to West Virginia, who upset the Fighting Irish earlier this season. If only Cal’s March Madness route Read More…
In the span of two days last April, Lindsay Gottlieb became the head coach of the Cal women’s basketball team, drove up to Berkeley and addressed the media for her inaugural press conference in Haas Pavilion. Somewhere in those two days, Gottlieb made her first call as head coach. It Read More…
The Cal women’s basketball team knew it was a shoo-in for the NCAA tournament. The Bears didn’t let that spoil their party. Inside Pappy’s Bar and Grill, where Cal hosted a selection show viewing party on Monday afternoon, there was a buzz of excitement in the air. The players and Read More…
You have no idea what the WNIT is, do you? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Nobody knows what it is. This is a disappointing pandemic that has afflicted the country ever since the WNIT’s founding. The WNIT is the female equivalent to the National Invitational Tournament, the consolation prize for Read More…
This past weekend, both the Cal men’s and women’s basketball teams played in the Pac-12 Tournament against Stanford, Colorado and other teams. The men lost in the semifinals, while the women advanced to the final. Both squads have first-round games in the NCAA Tournament this week.
For the first time since 2009, the Cal women’s basketball are in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears (24-9, 13-5) have been selected as the No. 8 seed in the Raleigh region. On Sunday at 9:10 a.m., Cal will take on No. 9 seed Iowa (19-11, 11-5) in Purcell Pavilion at Read More…
LOS ANGELES — The Cal women’s basketball team ended the Pac-12 Tournament with a finals loss to Stanford — but the Bears were upbeat Saturday afternoon following their 77-62 loss at Staples Center. “I couldn’t be more proud of our effort today,” said Cal head coach Lindsay Gottlieb. “We didn’t Read More…
LOS ANGELES — Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb called the performance “superhuman” and declared her to be part of the “best frontcourt ever.” Her own coach, Tara VanDerveer, wouldn’t go as far as anointing her starting forwards, but she did say one thing about Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s chances at national Player of Read More…
LOS ANGELES — A blowout it was not. Despite opening with an 8-0 run and finishing with a 64-49 win over Washington State, the Cal women’s basketball team almost tossed Friday’s Pac-12 Tournament semifinal game away. The Bears (24-8) overcame 25 turnovers at Staples Center to advance to Saturday’s 11:30 Read More…
