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It appeared as if the Cal men’s basketball team had finally started a game off on the right foot. With a 7-0 run to begin the game, it looked as if the Bears would enact revenge for its loss to USC on Jan. 22, the Trojans’ only Pac-12 win to
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The Cal men’s basketball team has turned starting out slowly into a twice weekly pattern. But now, the Bears are ready to kick the habit. “We’re gonna come out and be aggressive,” said Cal point guard Justin Cobbs. “The main thing is to come out with energy.” Unfortunately for Cobbs,
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The Cal men’s basketball team’s tendency to start games slowly is not an aberration nor an anomaly. It’s now clear that starting games with early deficits is the Bears’ modus operandi — as routine for the team as showing up for games at all. The Bears fell to an early
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It’s the stretch run for the Cal men’s basketball team, and it’s doing its very best not to trip over itself before the finish line. Lately, it hasn’t done the greatest job of doing so. After a blistering 5-0 start to conference play, the Bears (16-8, 7-4 Pac-12) dropped four
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With 17 ticks remaining on the game clock Saturday night, Cal guard Tyrone Wallace soared to snatch a defensive rebound, giving the Bears the opportunity to break the 58-58 stalemate against the No. 1 team in the nation. On the ensuing play, a high-pick set by Richard Solomon freed up
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With the score tied 58-58, Justin Cobbs dribbled the ball down the court with 15 seconds remaining against No. 1 Arizona on Saturday night. He looked poised as Richard Solomon set the high screen. For Cobbs, it looked like it could have been any other play — not the chance
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Like a skydiving Tom Petty, the Cal men’s basketball team is in the midst of an epic free fall. After starting conference play with an unblemished 5-0 record, the Bears have dropped their last three games in a spectacularly frustrating fashion. First, a loss to then-winless USC, likely the worst
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It looked like someone picked the ball out of mid-air and decided it would be funny to hold it there. The thing hung for an eternity on the rim. And then it bounced and bounced again. Finally, it dropped through the netting, and the crowd at Haas Pavilion erupted in
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The Cal men’s basketball team returns from Los Angeles looking to recover. The Bears’ 5-0 conference start has devolved into two straight losses, including one against a team that might be the worst in the Pac-12. When Arizona State (15-5, 4-3 Pac-12) travels to UC Berkeley to take on the
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The game was on the verge of slipping away when a David Kravish jumper clanked off the rim. Kyle Anderson grabbed the rebound and trotted up the court, doing great justice to his “Slow-Mo” nickname. He dribbled behind the entire Cal men’s basketball defense, somehow reaching half court with nary
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