Cal basketball

What Cal has now, one year into the destructive wake of Martin’s tanking of that game, is its worst overall record since the late 1970s.

On an ugly, mistake-filled afternoon that saw Cal fall back into its old ways, Washington walked away with a 17-point win, stomping the Bears on their home court like so many others have this season, 68-51.

It’s more that he has figured out his individual recipe for success — which has made him one of the leading scorers on the Cal men’s basketball team as just a freshman forward — and it has rarely failed him.

After this earth-shattering move, however drastic it may have been at the time, King began to place the first brick in a long and winding road that would lead him to a destination that few, including King himself, thought he would reach.

The Daily Californian's Justice delos Santos and Sophie Goethals and The Daily's Cody Tyo discuss Cal's matchup with Washington.

The Cal men’s basketball team couldn’t complete the series sweep of Stanford in a bitter 77-73 loss at Haas Pavilion, but for a team preparing for the long-term future, Sunday night generated plenty of excitement.

Cal found itself in the midst of a historically bad skid after the electrifying victory, dropping its next nine games by an average margin of 16.6 points.

Cal’s 77-43 loss to Utah wasn’t just another blowout loss which exceeded 20 points — the team has suffered seven losses of that variety for those who are counting — but definitely its worst offensive performance of the season

When adversity hit the Bears, they turned to their leaders to guide them to a victory. The trio of junior guard Asha Thomas, junior forward Kristine Anigwe and senior guard Mikayla Cowling combined to score 49 of Cal’s 78 points — enough to help Cal squeeze out a much-needed victory.