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…
There is something about the heart and soul of the Cal men’s basketball team — the hustle, the grit, the attitude. It comes from something deep inside the arc of a changing sport. Gone is the era of the senior-laden team, a core group of veterans guiding a squad through Read More…
No. 1: California (20-6, 10-3) The Bears picked the right time to complete their first road sweep of the Pac-12 season. They had fallen from their first-place perch after falling to Arizona at home. Given the state of the Pac-12, winning the conference is Cal’s best chance at making the Read More…
This was the way it was supposed to be the first time. After defeating USC by only four points just before New Year’s, the Cal men’s basketball team on Thursday night made the Trojans look like a team that has won only once since the start of the year. The Read More…
There are 344 teams in Division I men’s basketball. They span 49 states and 32 conferences. USC, of course, is one of those squads, playing in the Pac-12, a so-called “Big Six” conference. Three hundred forty-four teams, and 340 score more points than the Trojans. There are only three teams Read More…
“Arguably” is a funny word. You can tack it on to just about any point of view because, well, you need only try to back it up. A good argument is not an actual prerequisite. So let’s get this out of the way: No road trip in the Pac-12 is Read More…
No. 1: Washington (16-7, 9-2) Washington has shot 47.4 percent through its past five games, all wins. This is not a superlative statistic, but in their two conference losses, the Huskies shot 37.5 percent (at Colorado) and 40.6 percent (vs. Cal). If they play up to their potential, they might Read More…
After a Bay Area sweep, can Arizona run the table? Following a narrow home loss to Washington on Jan. 28, the Wildcats flew up to the Bay Area and blew up. First, a four-point win over Cal on Thursday for the Bears’ first home loss of the season. Then, Arizona Read More…
There wasn’t much surprise when Jordan Bachynski, who at 7-foot-2 is the tallest basketball player in Arizona State history, used his five-inch advantage to win the opening tip against Cal’s David Kravish. And as the ball sailed back toward those black and gold uniforms, hope hung in the Haas Pavilion Read More…
