DBD 3.6.09 Sorry, carp, I can't wait any longer for you

Men beat Arizona:

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)—Jerome Randle made 8-of-11 3-pointers, 6-of-7 in the second half, for a career-high 31 points Thursday and California spoiled a night honoring Hall of Fame ex-coach Lute Olson with a 83-77 victory over Arizona.

The Bears (22-8, 11-6 Pac-10), the top 3-point shooting team in the nation, made a season-high 16 3s in 30 attempts to hand the Wildcats a loss that severely damages Arizona’s hopes for a 25th consecutive NCAA tournament berth.

Chase Budinger scored a season-high 28 and Jordan Hill 24 for Arizona (18-12, 8-9) in the Wildcats’ first loss at home to Cal since 1995.

Theo Robertson added 24 points for the Bears.

Randle made five 3-pointers in a 4:02 span late in the game. The last was a 26-footer as the shot clock expired to put California ahead 71-66 with 1:51 to play.

Jamelle Horne’s 3-pointer and Hill’s tip-in cut it to 76-73 with 26 seconds to go, but the Bears put it away with free throws.

Olson, honored at halftime, posted a 589-187 record in 24 years at Arizona and was 780-280 in 34 seasons as an NCAA Division I coach. His last 23 teams made the NCAA tournament.

Womens Tennis takes on SacSt:

THIS WEEK: The No. 7-ranked California women’s tennis team (7-1, 2-0 Pac-10) will split matches at home and on the road this weekend as the Golden Bears host No. 42 Sacramento State (7-3, 2-0 Big Sky) at the Hellman Tennis Complex on Friday (March 6) at 1:30 p.m. before they head down to The Farm to face rival No. 13 Stanford (8-2, 2-0 Pac-10) at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on Saturday (March 7) at noon in the first of two meetings this season (only the second meeting counts towards Pac-10 standings). No. 5 Baylor (5-3) comes to town just a couple of days later in a Bears vs. Bears matchup at Hellman Tennis Complex at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10. Live video for the home matches will be available via CalBears.com and live scoring and video for the match at Stanford will be available at GoStanford.com.

LAST WEEK: The Bears opened up Pac-10 play with two resounding victories over Washington and Washington State. Without sophomore star Marina Cossou available, Cal shuffled its doubles lineups against the No. 38-ranked Huskies and still emerged with three victories. Playing at No. 1 doubles for the first time, sophomore Mari Andersson and freshman Jana Juricova clinched the point for the Bears as they defeated No. 28-ranked Venise Chan and Denise Dy. In a little bit of a déjà vu moment, Chan and Dy got their revenge in singles matches as No. 53-ranked Chan took out No. 16 Juricova on the top court and No. 61 Dy claimed two sets from No. 32 senior Claire Ilcinkas on court two. Chan and Dy did the same thing to the Bears when the two teams last met at the end of January in the ITA Kick-Off weekend. Cal had enough firepower down the line however and took the other four singles matches to walk away with another 5-2 victory over Washington. The Bears wasted little time settling in against the No. 58-ranked Cougars as freshman Stephany Chang and senior Marion Ravelojaona clinched the doubles point with an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles over Marina Nicolas and Bianca Selaru. Cal continued to roll in singles play as they claimed two-set wins on all but one court to come away with a 7-0 win over Washington State.

Baseball takes on Arkansas and Oklahoma:

Fri., March 6 at Arkansas Baum Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. 6:35 p.m. CT
Sat., March 7 at Arkansas Baum Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. 2:05 p.m. CT
Sun., March 8 at Arkansas Baum Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. 1:05 p.m. CT
Mon., March 9 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Park, Norman, Okla. 1:00 p.m. CT

BEAR NOTES: Cal (7-2), winners of six straight games, visits two ranked teams – No. 21-ranked Arkansas in a three-game series in Fayetteville and No. 16 Oklahoma Monday in a single game in Norman. Junior center fielder Brett Jackson, a first-team preseason All-American in Baseball America, leads Cal with a .462 average (18-for-39, 3rd in Pac-10) with six doubles (1st in Pac-10) and eight RBI. Freshman left fielder Danny Oh, who hit a two-run homer in his first college at-bat, is second on the team with a .433 average (5th in Pac-10) with a double, triple, home run and eight RBI. Another hot hitter is sophomore first baseman/outfielder Mark Canha, who was the March 3 Pac-10 Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 (.450) in Cal’s wins over Vanderbilt (4-3), at Santa Clara (12-2) and three-game sweep at Long Beach State. He added seven runs, two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. Canha is batting .429 (6th in Pac-10) and, along with Jackson, has hit safely in all nine games. The Bears are first in the Pac-10 with a .336 team batting average and fourth with a 3.78 team ERA. Freshman right-hander Erik Johnson has recorded four saves (1st in Pac-10) in Cal’s first nine games. Johnson also has a win and seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings. In the first two outings of his college career, freshman right-hander Matt Flemer earned a win and a save. Flemer started his first game Feb. 25 at Santa Clara, pitching 6.2 innings with four hits, two runs, no walks and 13 strikeouts. He gave a home run against the first batter he faced, then retired 19 of the next 20 batters with 13 strikeouts. Flemer picked up a save March 1 at Long Beach State to secure the Bears’ sweep of the 49ers, throwing 2.0 innings with no runs, no hits, no walks and three strikeouts. Nine of Cal’s opponents this season were 2008 NCAA Regional participants, including Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the Bears’ 2009 schedule is considered the nation’s third toughest by Boyd’s World.

Mens swimming kicking butt:

LONG BEACH, CALIF. – Cal sophomores Nathan Adrian and Martti Aljand both were phenomenal during the second day of the 2009 Pac-10 Swimming Championships at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach. Adrian won the 50 free in a Pac-10 and American record time of 18.82, while Aljand captured the 200 IM in a conference record time of 1:43.59. After seven events, the No. 6-ranked Golden Bears sit in second place behind top-ranked Stanford, 328.5-260. Defending 2008 national champion Arizona is in third place (216), followed by USC (123), Arizona State (120.5) and Washington (116).

Adrian’s time in the 50 free topped his own school of 18.94 set in December, and also broke the Pac-10 meet record of 19.11 set by Cal Olympian Anthony Ervin in 2002. Bear sophomore Graeme Moore finished fifth in the 50 free with a time of 19.40, senior Bennett Clark was ninth (19.64) and sophomore Josh Daniels placed 16th (20.08).

In the 200 IM, Cal finished 1-2 with Aljand’s record-breaking time of 1:43.59 and freshman Nolan Koon placing second with a mark of 1:44.10. Both Aljand’s and Koon’s time broke the old Bear record of 1:44.30 set by Joe Bruckart in 2003. Freshman Martin Liivamagi also had a strong swim in the 200 IM, placing fourth with a time of 1:44.57, while senior Ian Lentz was sixth (1:45.45) and junior Sean Mahoney placed 12th (1:46.37).

Rugby to crush SacSt:

BERKELEY – The meeting between California and Sacramento State originally scheduled for Feb. 18 will take place Wed., March 11, at 6:30 p.m. on Witter Rugby Field.

Sac State is a much-improved team, currently 4-3 in local play entering this weekend at Nevada with a 32-24 victory in hand over Stanford. The Hornets are coached by former Cal All-American Chris Miller.

Funny site, a little addictive (sadly), but take it with a handful of salt – you know 83% of those stories are fake.

Also, it’s kinda a fun opposite to grouphug.us, which is awesome in a different way.

Also, on an unrelated note, if you’re hungry for breakfast, visit http://www.oatmealforabuck.com ; you can buy real steel-cut oatmeal from Jamba Juice for $1 until the end of the month, which is an awesome deal.

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Brett Jackson got a heavy dose of Golden Bear blue and gold while growing up in the shadows of the University of California-Berkeley,

The prestigious school that San Francisco Bay Area locals call Cal holds a deep affection for Jackson and his family, too. In fact, Cal’s junior center fielder was almost preordained to be a Golden Bear.

Jackson’s father, Peter, played for the men’s soccer team and graduated from the school in 1980. Four cousins attended Cal, as did their parents, and Jackson’s younger sister is a freshman this year.

“I grew up around Berkeley, so I was definitely opened up to the spirit of Cal,” said Jackson, the Bears’ leading hitter entering this weekend’s series at Arkansas. “I wasn’t forced to come here, but it just felt right for me. We have a lot of tradition.”

Musberger’s fascinated by it.

http://kenpom.com/team.php?y=2009&team=California

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His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama will make a historic visit to the University of California, Berkeley on April 25, 2009 – 2:00 p.m. Doors to the Greek Theatre will open at 12 noon.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a lecture entitled

“Peace Through Compassion”

Backstory: I was looking to settle an argument with a coworker on whether milk is good after the expiration date or not. So I google’d it and came across this gem:

The smell and taste will give you a clew.

WHAT?

And the OP’s response?

make since

UGH. How do people get so dumb?

I’m a fan but the game was just not pleasant to see. Not the way I expected my last game in Haas as a student to go.

They say operations will be uninterrupted but yknow GM said that too. And there are a lot of similarities between the world’s 2nd largest multinational carmaker and a single privately owned racetrack. Few are escaping these times of wont and woe.

I had to wait for the salvation army guys to come pick up my shit (which they took all of…I thought it might be a close call on a few items). How about we coordinate a time for me to do a DBD sometime next week? I’ll have it up by 7:30 AM (or earlier if you want).

Where has everybody gone?!

I sure am enjoying my Friday off from state work…it’s much better than getting paid that last 9.6 percent of my salary!

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Is it me, or should they have lost more scholarships than that?

What has been the punishment in similar cases?