SAN JOSE — Allen Crabbe clapped his hands, pointed to the crowd and pulled up his jersey, biting the top of it so the “California” on his chest was visible for all to see. Four days after Crabbe talked about the Cal men’s basketball team’s opportunity to put its name Read More…
Hall-of-Fame center Bill Walton may be the only human being on Earth capable of dispersing John Wooden’s life lessons and contemplating the metaphorical significance of Robin Williams’ movies on a tangent. In a speech Wednesday afternoon at Haas Pavilion, scheduled as part of his tour of all of the Pac-12 Read More…
Cal basketball senior Robert Thurman talks about his nickname “The Thurminator.” Fellow basketball players Bak Bak and Brandon Smith sing about leaving Berkeley. Read more about Thurman here.
The Wednesday 8 p.m. gane against Stanford at Haas Pavilion is crucial for the Bears if they want to earn even a share of the Pac-12 championship. Find out what’s looming on the horizon for this late blossoming team. Read More…
Robert Thurman comes off the bench for the Cal men’s basketball team in nearly every game. When he is on the court, he is not graceful but forceful; he plays like someone who knows exactly what his specific role is. For Thurman, it’s the “garbage guy,” the player who gets Read More…
A sports team’s peak is the point at which it is playing its best. Peak too soon — as the Cal men’s basketball team did last year — and championships are lost and postseasons shortened. Peak too late, and a championship and postseason may not even be options. This year’s Read More…
After his game-winner at Oregon, Justin Cobbs once again had the confidence to take another dagger shot at Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday. With 37 seconds left to go and the Cal men’s basketball team leading 60-59 over Oregon State, Cobbs held onto the ball for 20-odd seconds by the midcourt Read More…
A night after two big upsets in the Pac-12, it seemed like Haas Pavilion would be the site of a third. The Cal men’s basketball team trailed last-place Oregon State by as many as 12 points on Thursday night, but the Bears regrouped in the second half to win, 71-68. Read More…
The Cal men’s basketball team came out Saturday looking just like the team that dropped an ugly 62-47 contest with Washington on Wednesday night, still plagued by turnovers and poor box outs. Luckily for the Bears, their opponents were even worse. Despite surrendering 21 offensive rebounds, Cal held on to Read More…
Heading into Wednesday night’s matchup with the Cal men’s basketball team, Washington ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in rebounding — eight slots behind its opponents. Yet the Bears made them look like one of the best rebounding teams in in the country, surrendering 20 offensive boards en route to a Read More…