Tom Aizenberg

Cal’s horrendous shooting made the turnover battle irrelevant, as the team shot a season-worst 34.5% from the field.

Both the Bears and the Cougars are winless in the 2021 calendar year and will be hungry to have a bounce-back performance in their Thursday night clash.

OSU’s run began as it put up nine consecutive points in under two minutes to cut Cal’s lead to two. The Bears were clearly and quite badly missing Bradley.

Cal’s biggest concern heading into this matchup is its ability to win on the road.

While down 17-5 in a game against a team it hadn’t beaten since 2008, Cal never gave up. Fox and his players fought all the way to the final buzzer.

When looking at this head-to-head matchup, it is difficult to point out the Dons’ biggest advantage over Cal, as they have so many to choose from.

The Bruins’ first-half offense was nothing shy of perfection, as they shot more than 69% from the field and 75% from deep.

The last time the Bears beat the Bruins was in 2016 when future NBA players Jaylen Brown, Jabari Bird and Ivan Rabb were on the roster.

The defending NBA champions could have run it back with the same team and probably felt pretty good about it. Instead, the Lakers decided they could get even better and did just that.

The Daryl Morey era has begun! The Sixers managed to get out of the Al Horford contract! Perhaps it is once again time to trust the process.