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The Cal men’s basketball team had seen this movie before: Justin Cobbs dribbling up court in the final seconds, with a chance to put the Bears in front. SMU was in the lead, 64-62. There were 20 seconds, then 19, then 18. In possibly the senior’s final college contest, it
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Here’s a situation that happens to me not irregularly. (conversation turns to housing) “Where do you live?” “Cedar and Milvia,” I say. “Where’s that?” “You know where Cheese Board is?” “What? How do you live that far away?” And so on. I’m well aware there are people who live even
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There were 20 minutes until tipoff and the band members outnumbered the people in the stands. There were no students in the overflow section. A man in an A’s shirt sitting alone in the very back row glanced up and down at his phone. Half the courtside seats were empty.
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It feels like so long ago that it’s hard to believe it ever happened, but I promise, these Bears were, once upon a time, legitimately good. The date was Jan. 18, and the Cal men’s basketball team was one of the biggest surprises in the country. Thanks primarily to a
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They’re playing a game Wednesday, and maybe even a few more after that, but for all intents and purposes, the Cal men’s basketball season is over. Thinking back on where these guys were just weeks ago, it’s pretty crazy they’re preparing to host a first-round NIT game against Utah Valley.
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There’s no more important time of the year for college basketball teams than the home stretch of conference play. The nonconference games of the previous year are distant memories. The results of early-season conference tilts can be deemed flukes or slow starts. But those late-season matchups are played under the
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It had certainly been a long, long time since Chet Monkawa actually felt lucky. At a lottery earlier that day, he and Earl Worthing — a resident from the San Francisco boarding house Monkawa runs — entered a raffle for a modern American phenomenon: a brand-new television. Miraculously, they had
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The Bears were teetering on the precipice, and nobody was willing to steady the ship. A fast start gave the Cal men’s basketball team an early edge, but the Utes closed the gap quickly, eventually taking the lead. Down two with seconds ticking down before the halftime buzzer, Cal guard
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To say Arizona State forward Jonathan Gilling is a 3-point specialist would be an understatement. Gilling, a junior forward, takes more than 80 percent of his shots from 3-point land, a percentage that ranks among the highest in the country. So when the junior started dropping floaters and knocking down
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Aaron Gordon scooped up the loose ball and coasted down the court. Jogging half-heartedly toward the cup, Gordon glanced behind him to ensure his path was clear. Richard Solomon was in pursuit but had no chance of catching the streaking Gordon. Secure with the space behind him, the freshman sensation
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