After toppling No. 7 Arizona in Tucson, the Cal men’s basketball team faces its next test in UCLA on Thursday evening. After a slow start to the season, the Bears have rallied with significant wins in the last two weeks, giving them an outside chance at an at-large bid for Read More…
From Gay Talese to Paul Lukas, sports and fashion have a long, intertwined history. Naturally, I’m just another sportswriter with a vested interest in the sartorial art itself. There’s just nothing like wearing a crisp, tailored suit everywhere you go, from your Monday 8 a.m. discussion to the weekly run Read More…
Is Oregon the Pac-12’s best team? After three weeks of conference play, the Ducks are undoubtedly the cream of the crop in the Pac-12. A 6-0 record has them atop the standings, and their No. 16 ranking is second only to Arizona at No. 6. But Oregon (17-2) beat the Read More…
A lot can change in three possessions. Midway through the second half of Saturday’s clash against No. 16 Creighton, the Cal men’s basketball was closing in. After a miserable first half, guard Allen Crabbe had scored two baskets, and the Bears had narrowed the score to 46-43. Then came the Read More…
With five seconds remaining in Sunday’s first half, Justin Cobbs dribbled past half court, went around a screen and promptly dribbled off his foot before he could hoist a 3-pointer. It was that kind of game for the Cal men’s basketball team. The 25 points the Badgers scored off 23 Read More…
1. Arizona The Pac-12 renaissance has arrived. With it comes the resurgence of Arizona (3-0). Last year the Wildcats fell uncharacteristically short of an NCAA berth and lost in the first round of the NIT. The program also lost leading scorer Kyle Fogg to graduation. Yet the team hauled in Read More…
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The season is only two weeks old, but the Cal men’s basketball team has already won twice as many games as the football team did in all of 2012. And by defeating three quality nonconference opponents to win the DirecTV Classic this weekend, Mike Montgomery’s club has Read More…
The Cal men’s basketball team has advanced to the championship game of the DirectTV Classic against Pacific, but coach Mike Montgomery is downplaying expectations. “I think of all the teams, Pacific has played the best,” Montgomery said after the Bears‘ 68-57 victory Friday over Georgia Tech. “In some people’s minds Read More…
In preseason polls, both the Cal men’s basketball team and Denver were picked to finish third in the Pac-12 and the WAC conferences, respectively. There’s a chasm of difference between the predicted finishes — starting with the schedule. The Bears (2-0) head to Magness Arena in Denver, Colo., off back-to-back Read More…
Three minutes into the second half on Tuesday night, the Cal men’s basketball team found itself in a two-possession game with Pepperdine. The Waves were on a 7-0 stretch that saw the Bears playing sloppy offense and missing assignments on defense. That’s when Allen Crabbe came to Cal’s rescue. The Read More…
