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A Comprehensive College Basketball Tournament
by ragnarok on Mar 11, 2010 3:00 AM PST
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This time of year, everyone is focused on the upcoming NCAA tournament. And they should be. It's a great tournament, in which any team can get hot for a couple games and make a name for themselves. It's enduring popularity is attested by the untold millions of man-hours that are wasted by basketball fans slacking off at work or playing hooky so they can take in the tournament's first few crazy days.
But before we can get to that, we have to select the 64 (ok, 65) teams that are given bids to this tournament. Some teams will play their way in through their conference tournament, while others will be given at-large bids based on their play over the course of the season. And everyone's concerned about seeding -- who you play, and where you play, and which teams you get to avoid until later rounds. In some room somewhere, some group of people figure all this out, and the results are mostly fair. A few teams every year get left out that most people thought should be in, but it's always a case of one team with a marginal résumé being selected over another with an equally marginal résumé.
Still, there's always the arguments that fans of their teams will have...what if our team was just given a chance, or perhaps an opening game that wasn't against a No. 1 seed in an area 8 miles from their campus? What if everybody stood on equal footing? And there's always the nuts (usually fans of perennial bubble teams) that say, "Maybe we should expand the NCAA Tournament again. What about 96 teams?" What about it, indeed. While we're on the subject, what about 128? Or 256? OK, when you start extending the logic ad absuritum, you start to see how such a premise not only strains the NCAA's powers of orgnization (the logistical nightmares of a tournament that is already three weeks long can only multiply by extending it another week, and that doesn't even account for finding places for all these teams to play), but also its bottom line (how many tickets can you sell for a No. 1 vs. No. 64 seed opening game? or, for that matter, No. 19 vs. No. 46?).
No, I think we should keep the tournament at its current size (actually, I think we should lose the play-in game and the last at-large bid -- hardly anyone will miss either one). However, I think I've got a better idea:
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Cal Pro Day
by CaliforniaEternal on Mar 11, 2010 12:28 AM PST
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I went to Cal Pro Day at Memorial Stadium today. The weather in Strawberry Canyon was just fantastic so that made for a pleasant morning. JO made a list of participants. Jahvid did not participate in any of the activities. They started with the 40 yard dash. The scouts were using stopwatches to time everything, and several spectators in the crowd were also timing with their phones and comparing times. A whole lot less accurate than the slow motion video the NFL combine uses for the official times. After the 40 they split up into different drills like the shuttle run, cone drills, and various position drills. I took this little video of Syd'Quan Thompson running the 40. I also have a few pictures from the event and some SAHPC construction shots as well.
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Another 45 minutes of Golden Blogs podcast awesomeness. Mostly college basketball. Can Ernie Kent take his team to the NCAA National Championship while reportedly fired? Tune in to find out!
about 5 hours ago
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Pac10 Tournament Open Thread: Oregon-WSU
by TwistNHook on Mar 10, 2010 7:24 PM PST
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Well, it is not the hottest match up ever, but it is the start of the Pac10 Tournament. Here is the broadcast information:
Wednesday, March 10 | 8:10 p.m. PST Fox Sports Net
That is CSN Bay Area for those of us in the local region here. The official site and Gametracker is here.
The winner of this match up faces Cal tomorrow at 2:30 PM. Personally, I would rather Cal face Oregon. WSU plays Cal much tougher and if Klay Thompson gets hot, he can definitely wreak havoc. I don't believe Oregon has a player at that level that could cause Cal that level of concern.
Read more about the game here and after the jump check out some more information.
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Golden Nuggets: Pac-10 Media Survey
by Berkelium97 on Mar 10, 2010 5:00 PM PST
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Thirty-one writers who regularly cover the Pac-10 participated in a survey on a variety of topics. Here's a list of many answers given to the questions. There are some pretty entertaining answers in there.
Cal fared well in writers' opinions:
Your choice for Pac-10 player of the year:
1. Jerome Randle, Cal 13 votes, 2. Landry Fields, Stanford 12, 3. Quincy Pondexter, Washington 6
Your five-man all-conference team: 1 tie. Landry Fields, Stanford 31, Quincy Pondexter, Washington 31, Jerome Randle, Cal 31, 4. Derrick Williams, Arizona 22, 5. Patrick Christopher, Cal 13,
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The Pac-10's most entertaining player:
1. Jerome Randle, Cal 14, 2. Isaiah Thomas, Washington 6, 3. Venoy Overton, Washington 2
Also: Michael Dunigan, Oregon, Landry Fields, Stanford, Jorge Gutierrez, Cal, Quincy Pondexter, Washington, Tajuan Porter, Oregon, Klay Thompson, Washington St., Max Zhang, Cal, 1 each.
The Pac-10 coach of the year:
1. Herb Sendek, Arizona St. 18, 2. Mike Montgomery, Cal 8, 3. Kevin O'Neill, USC 3
A couple writers had a pretty good sense of humor.
If Oregon makes a change, your choice for the Ducks' next coach:
1. Mark Few 7, 2 tie. Steve Alford 2, Cameron Dollar 2, Scott Drew 2, Mike Dunlap 2, Bob Knight 2, Paul Westhead 2
Also: Randy Bennett, Todd Bozeman, Jamie Dixon, Tim Floyd, Steve Lavin, Mike Montgomery, Chris Mooney, Josh Pastner, Tony Rodham (Hillary's brother), Dave Rose, Reggie Theus.Which Pac-10 player will be the best NBA player in five years?
1. Derrick Williams, Arizona 8, 2. Tyler Honeycutt, UCLA 7, 3. Klay Thompson, Washington St. 6
Also: Landry Fields, Stanford 3; Abdul Gaddy, Washington, Quincy Pondexter, Washington 2 each; Jayne Appel, Alex Stepheson, No one, 1 each.
After the jump we have more on the Pac-10 survey, the 2010 Big Game moves two weeks earlier, Monty talks Pac-10 tourney, Wilner looks ahead to the Pac-10 tourney, Braun congratulates Randle, and Gary Franklin Jr continues to shine.
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Men's Pac-10 Tournament Preview
by norcalnick on Mar 10, 2010 12:00 PM PST
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Ah, the Pac-10 Men’s tournament. Thrilling, season altering finale to the conference season or unnecessary sacrifice to our television network overlords that dilutes the regular season round robin? Cal has had some of their best, most exciting games in recent memory in the tournament, from Leon Powe’s Herculean performance against Oregon in 2006 to Cal’s shock upset of eventual final four participant UCLA in 2007.
Here's the schedule:
| Matchup | Time | TV | Result |
| First Round: Wednesday, March 10 | |||
| #8 Oregon vs. #9 Washington St. | 8 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 11 | |||
| #4 Arizona vs. #5 UCLA | 12 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| #1 Cal vs. Oregon/Washington St. | 2:30 pm. PT | FSN | |
| #2 Arizona State vs. #7 Stanford | 6 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| #3 Washington vs. #6 Oregon State | 8:30 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| Semifinals: Friday, March 12 | |||
| Semifinal 1 | 6 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| Semifinal 2 | 8:30 p.m. PT | FSN | |
| Championship Game: Saturday, March 13 | |||
| Championship Game | 3 p.m. PT | CBS | |
But this will be a tournament like no other. Only Cal has any reasonable claim to an at-large tournament berth, and only Arizona St. and Washington will be able to watch the selection show with anything resembling hope. Perennial powers Arizona and UCLA know that their hopes end with a loss. As much as traditionalists (justifiably) complain about the conference tournament, it’s here to stay and has added relevance this year. So with that in mind, who can actually win this thing? Let’s take a look:
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LINK: Jerome Randle on KNBR (Razor and Mr. T show)
Jerome Randle interviewed on KNRB by Razor and Mr. T (Ralph Barbieri and Tom Tolbert)
Speaks frankly about his maturation as a player, thoughts about leaving Cal after Braun departure, and progression into the player he is now with Montgomery.
about 18 hours ago
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Spring Practice Preview
by solarise on Mar 10, 2010 7:02 AM PST
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Put it on my shoulders
California Bears Spring Practice
Begins - Thursday, March 11
Ends - Saturday, April 24
The Bears opens the 2010 Spring Practice with some injury issues -
Shane Vereen - torn meniscus, shoulder, ribs (limited)
Mychal Kendricks - shoulder (out)
Michael Calvin - knee (probable)
Vereen's injuries are more worrisome. He gave his all after Jahvid went down. Opposing coaches this season will be scheming against Shane the same way they prepped against Jahvid. If we are going to be competitive in the Pac-10 we are going to need Vereen's grit and emotion.
After the jump, we'll look at the issues the Bears will be addressing starting tomorrow.
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