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Even after the Bears’ electrifying 74-73 win over No. 12 Arizona, nobody quite knows what to make of this year’s rendition of the Cal men’s basketball team (14-6, 4-3 Pac-12). The team has seen its fair share of both ups and downs in a season peppered with winning streaks, losing
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Backpedaling from a three-game losing streak compounded by the loss of its starting point guard and leading scorer Tyrone Wallace, the Cal men’s basketball team needed an easy win against lowly Arizona State to keep from falling off the cliff. Although it wasn’t the blowout they were looking for, the
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On a night when the Oregon men’s basketball team learned that it was losing redshirt senior guard Dylan Ennis for the rest of the season, the Ducks out-hustled Cal in Eugene, Ore., on Wednesday. Despite one of freshman forward Jaylen Brown’s best statistical games of his still young career, Oregon
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The Golden State Warriors are not the only team in the East Bay that’s undefeated on their home floor. With Cal men’s basketball’s 71-58 victory over Utah, the Bears improved to 11-0 at Haas Pavilion while earning their second conference victory to start 2-0 in the Pac-12. After a disappointing
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Down 47-21, Davidson guard Brian Sullivan raced down the court with just one defender in his path, looking for anything that could energize his team’s languid first-half performance. But not even this seemingly sure-fire play would go the Wildcats’ way Monday night. Cal guard Tyrone Wallace made an impressive block
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Since suffering its first loss of the year to San Diego State on Thanksgiving, the Cal men’s basketball team’s start to the holiday season has been far from uplifting. In their last three outings, the Bears (5-2) have registered an unsightly pair of losses that were only offset by a
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Guard Tyrone Wallace held the ball at triple threat and probed the defense to start the second half. Realizing Sam Houston State’s perimeter defenders were wary of post-ups and drives to the rim, Wallace fired a cross-court pass to guard Jordan Mathews spotting up in the left corner, who proceeded
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The first half wasn’t even over when the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team found itself in desperation mode at Haas Pavilion. Tinkering with a zone defense just 10 minutes into the first frame, the Gauchos were searching for anything in their arsenal to stop the onslaught that had driven
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Ivan Rabb settled into his chair and waited for the press conference to begin after his first official collegiate game. In front of more than 10,000 expectant fans in the newly renovated Haas Pavilion on Friday, the No. 14 Bears had just notched a 97-65 win over overmatched Rice in
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As the shot clock wound down for Rice, its guards continued to call for on-ball screens, surveying the court for small cracks of open space they could use to attack the basket. But the Owls’ incessant screening and rescreening proved futile, as the Bears proved long and quick enough at
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