Arizona State at California Men's Basketball Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 27, 2010 11:00 AM PST
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PrintArizona St. Sun Devils at California Golden Bears, Feb 27, 2010 12:00 PM PST
Time: Noon PST/3 PM EST
TV: FSN HD (CSN Bay Area regionally). Click here to see if your FSN cable affiliate is carrying the game.
Radio: KFRC 1550 AM
Streams: Post links in comments.
Injury report: Max Zhang (out with lung injury for two weeks, but is back on campus and should be alright).
Quote of the day: "We're going to take care of business." ~Leon Powe, talking about his Golden Bears.
Gametime. Let's go.
After the jump, take a look at some answers from House Of Sparky, SBN's ASU site.
1. Predict a final score.
I am an optimistic Sun Devil fan who believes in his team's ability to keep a game close against more talented teams (Duke, Baylor, BYU, etc). This is a huge game for both teams and I expect it to be a closely contested game. In the end, I want the Sun Devils to win, but I think the Bears will take it down to the tune of 85-77. Pretty similar to the last game, I guess.
If ASU can beef up their inner zone defense, they might have a good shot of it. Our zone keeps evolving and has done a good job stopping UA and Stanford. With the conference title on the line, Herb Sendek might pull out all the stops. Eric Boateng needs to have another huge game today if ASU is to have a chance - which is never an easy task against Cal.
3. Arizona State is projected to finish with the same record as Cal and share the conference title. Is this a satisfactory result even if you guys miss the tourney?
I can't imagine how a 22 win Pac-10 team could ever miss the tournament. Regardless, it has been a great year for us considering the talent we have had to replace. How can you make up for the loss of the 3rd overall pick? Ty Abbott has done an admirable job of being the go-to guy when he needs to be. I would have been happy with 17 wins this year - it's all gravy now.
4. Do you think ASU will get a tournament bid this season?
I really hope they do. If they win today, I say there's about a 75% chance of it. If they lose today, sweep the LA schools and win a game in the Pac-10 tournament, I say it's 50/50. It's a very week bubble year.
5. What should Cal fans expect from ASU on offense.
I wish I knew the answer to that. Ty Abbott drops 28 on Sunday, and barely even hits the scoresheet on Thursday. Abbott might try to take over the game, but the guy you need to watch is Derek Glasser. If he hits a couple threes early in the game, he will be composed and try to pick apart the Cal defense. In the end, it's all about shutting down the 3 ball.
Lately, ASU has been running the ball through Boateng in order to facilitate open threes from the post. It has been working pretty well, with some unintended results (Boateng unloading on Stanford). We might see something completely new today, but I won't be shocked if the first possession is Boateng's.
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Surprising number of people high up in the corners already 45 mins before tipoff.
PChris is wearing some crazy ass all yellow shoes. Look like duck feet. Bears are in white. Let’s hope they are as lucky as silver…
by Scootie on Feb 27, 2010 11:18 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I’m really nervous. First day I have taken off of work in a while, for this game. So nervous . . .
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Anybody watching this “Running with the Pac” show? They asked random Cal students on campus questions about the school, and man, most of them didn’t seem particularly bright.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Abbott
If he was arrested recently, why is he playing?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 12:16 PM PST reply actions
PChris
is the only one w/ Gold sneaks
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ASU AD
should only feature Tempe12. The rest is unnecessary.
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Wow
That’s lovely.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Good Defense
Still, Arizona State is shooting 56 percent from the floor.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 12:36 PM PST reply actions
Shooting Contest
But man, we would kill them in a shooting contest.
They’d kill us in a game, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 12:38 PM PST reply actions
Hopefully Randle finds his touch soon.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Well, he got one which is a nice start.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it was ugly, but it took a lot of strength to even get a shot off there.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I think that might be the case. Seems like it is only the out-of-towners on today.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Don McLean had one of the ugliest free throw routines ever. But he was a 90%+ guy so whatever works.
LOL rec’d.
My favorite parts were “Jet ski across Pacific Ocean” and “Kayak across Pacific Ocean” :)
by atomsareenough on Feb 27, 2010 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
I have always been quite partial to Rick Barry’s underhand FT technique.
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Notes from inside the arena
Scott Fujita is sitting courtside.
Jerome’s just out of it, until the last minute. He seems low energy. How many shots has he attempted (not many is my impression, but harder to keep track in person)?
I counted 32 empty seatback seats on the east side. Thanks, rich people.
Hardly any ASU fans at all.
by Scootie on Feb 27, 2010 1:01 PM PST via mobile reply actions
The boykin mid range jumper!
I will take all of the 3 pointers that ASU is throwing up. They don’t look like great shots.
Keep up the D
and we’ll surprise a few critics come March
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Lots of points in the paint by ASU.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
God, I don’t ask much. But can we have a blow out win to get the conference championship?
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 1:23 PM PST reply actions
I like Cal playing with the lead
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
Is that hand sign C really a thing?
I’m not sure if that’s really a thing. If you flashed that at some license-plate-alumni on the road would they know what you were doing?
Jorge with the layup? slam? laylam?
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Gutierrez
Wow, that was a crazy finish!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:28 PM PST reply actions
MSF is one of the best passing big men I can ever remember.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:28 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
True. I think Kamp is good on set plays – but MSF has really good court vision.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Passing Big Men
Aside from Arvydas Sabonis, the best one I’ve seen is Greg Monroe and he’s a sophomore for Georgetown. After that, I’d go with Vlade Divac.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting. I really didn’t mean best ever, I more meant best at Cal.
Chris Webber was almost too good at passing.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Odom
Eh, he’s more of a small forward if you ask me.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Big Men
By that, I meant power forwards and centers. I myself was only thinking of centers and I overlooked power forwards accidentally.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I think it gets a little blurred in the NBA. Some guys like Odom are so good with the ball that they play small forward despite their size.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Right
I also overlooked Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan. I think I was only thinking of centers.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he hit the rim. That’s a goal tending!
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 1:29 PM PST reply actions
Never really noticed Cal’s all blue warm up(?) suits some of the bench players are wearing, with the yellow block C logo on the chest. I like em.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
CBS
For something to watch during commercial breaks and after our game, check out top-ranked Kansas playing at Oklahoma State. It looks like a pretty good game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:35 PM PST reply actions
Amoke
Damn, I saw him limping.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:38 PM PST reply actions
Does all academic have any real significance when you’re at ASU?
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Ouch
That’s cold.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I think they are right though that there is no way we don’t make the tournament.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Us. yes. but all the way down to Washington, I don’t think so. His idea is that the Big 10 did it once with a low RPI but he is forgetting the east coast bias thing. Pac-10 gets no favors from anyone else
Yeah, there is no way that UW makes it with only one road win. (Unless of course they win the conference tournament.)
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Right, I agree there is no way we get three.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
We could have very well gotten 3 bids. Not by selection, but say ASU had won the pac10, we get a W against stanford next week, and some random team won the pac10 tournament.
Which of those 3 teams would you say wouldn’t make the tournament. I’d say all 3 get in.
Seriously
If we don’t win the tournament, I can see two. Other than that, the Pac-10 has absolutely not a chance in hell to put three teams in.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 27, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
He has been great – he wants the ball which is awesome.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I must calm down. I must calm down. I must calm down
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 1:47 PM PST reply actions
In the famous words of Chick Hearn
This game is in the refrigerator! The jello is jiggling, the eggs are cooling….
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Even the ladder is blue and gold!
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Such a great way for the Seniors to go out
Thank y’all!
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Naw man, we ain’t done. We go into the ’Furd and wreck shop there. Then .. . March.
by LeonPowe on Feb 27, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
WOW. This just doesn’t happen to us. Wow.
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 1:58 PM PST reply actions
Well, at worst we tie with ASU, but have the tiebreaker since we beat them twice. So, I declare it a championship either way.
by Tedfordisgod on Feb 27, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
tears come to my eyes
as I see these seniors cuttin’ them down
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
Hey Bear Fans
Just want to say congrats on winning the regular season in the Pac 10.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
Addicted to Quack
Great Job Bears!
After 50 long years, our Cal Bears have finally won the Pac-10 Basketball title!! Pete Newell would be so proud. Now about that Rose Bowl drought…
by The Trojan Bear on Feb 27, 2010 2:01 PM PST reply actions
Slow down there, fella. We’ll all spontaneously combust when we get to the Rose Bowl.
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Note Faraudo's game thread
3:26 2nd H: Cal leads 59-44 after layups by Boykin off feeds from Robertson and Gutierrez. Cal just gave a team jersey and game ball to official timer John Mahaffey, who has been part of things at Cal since his freshman year as a student — in 1952! Today is his final game. Tallk about your Senior Day.
by LeonPowe on Feb 27, 2010 2:02 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I have post game photos. Will post when I get home.
by Scootie on Feb 27, 2010 2:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions
PAC 10 CHAMPIONS!!!!!
Fuck the drought. We did it.
And another fuck you to the ones who said we’d fall apart and not meet the expectations.
GO BEARS!
Oh, how I used to hate Monty. Oh, how I LOVE Monty.
by BlackandOldGold on Feb 27, 2010 2:11 PM PST reply actions
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