NEW ORLEANS — My first memory of the Cal women’s basketball team was me anxiously waiting in the Haas Club Room to hear first-year coach Lindsay Gottlieb and the players speak before the 2011 season started 18 months ago. As Gottlieb walked to the podium, I remember thinking how she Read More…
NEW ORLEANS — Perhaps the Cal women’s basketball team tempted fate one too many times. After taking a 10-point lead over Louisville (29-8) heading into halftime in the New Orleans Arena Sunday afternoon, the Bears slowly fell apart in the second half. They eventually succumbed to the Cardinals, 64-57, in Read More…
The Cal women’s basketball team’s season ended Sunday evening with a 64-57 loss to Louisville in the national semifinal. The loss ends a historic season for the Bears, in which they advanced to their first Final Four in season history. Full recap to follow.
On Sunday, two titans will clash in New Orleans for a shot at the NCAA women’s basketball championship game. The Cal-Louisville matchup at 3:36 p.m. is not that battle. Both No. 1 seeds, white-hot UConn and Notre Dame blistered their respective opponents in previous rounds. Sunday’s 5:30 p.m. tilt has Read More…
As if they weren’t having a busy enough week, the Lady Bears took time to recreate their own version of Drake’s “Started from the Bottom” while on the road for their next game. Not only are these women totally owning in their respective sport, but they also seem to have hidden Read More…
As we descend into the month of madness, we can only fill out our brackets and hope that our basketball teams defy the seemingly insurmountable odds and beat the myriad of teams with the same heightened aspirations. However, one of our teams is not without official support. Barack Obama – Read More…
When Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who graduated from Brown with a political science degree, heard President Barack Obama picked her team to go to the Final Four, she knew she had to call her dad. “I said, ‘Sorry, it’s late but I want to tell you something,” Gottlieb Read More…