That’s Masoli. M-A-S-O-L-I.

It’s always something.

I think we are definitely going to need a big game out of Markhuri here. I’m not as confident that Max Zhang, especially coming off of a collapsed lung, will be what we need.

is going to have to step up.

Great. ANOTHER program that Chip Kelly has lost control over.

Geesh…

LeonPowe, I greatly respect your basketball acumen, what do you think this suspension will mean for Cal?

…or is it?

Glass half-empty: We lose our most athletic big guy. Could have serious match-up issues if Boykin gets in foul trouble. MSF has been playing much better, but still has a tendency to be slower on defensive rotations(and foul) when he gets winded. Max can hold his own against the relatively weak Pac-10 bigs, but Samuels has the bulk and athleticism to really cause trouble. This type of distraction can be unsettling for team chemistry. If we can’t move the ball well enough to deal with their press and aggressive defense, this one will be ugly.

Glass half-full: Starting lineup doesn’t mean much. It’s the finishing lineup. Monty’s go-to finishing lineup has been Randle, PC, Theo, Boykin, and Jorge. Pretty good chance he’d plan on playing that group as much as possible anyway. MSF can hold his own long enough to give Boykin a rest. Monty will use Max to deny the ball to their big guy instead of trying to hold position/defend. This team has had to deal with people being out all year, so they’re used to adversity. Instead of being a distraction, they’ll use this as a rallying point and come out playing loose, confident, and hungry. We take care of the ball. We’re the better shooting team. Game on.

But his name means sunrise and he was born in the evening…?

I agree with everything Kodiak wrote. I think Louisville will overlook us and play at 9:45pm EST is a big advantage. And really, I just don’t see Randle, Boykin, Theo, and PC coming out flat. Those guys will determine what happens on Friday and perhaps Sunday. I think another upside is that Monty will be forced to play Max more, which I think is a good thing. His physical presence alone disrupts guards when they penetrate the lane.

Finally, and I’m being serious here, what’s the street value of a used laptop, iPod, or cellphone? Unless it’s a Mac, for which people will pay irrational prices, I can’t imagine someone paying more than $50 for any of those things.

This is actually good for Cal. Anything to make our guys more complacent bodes well for you. In general, the weaker the opponent, the worse we play. Like many of my fellow Card fans, I’d rather play Duke in the first round.

Wow, that was some bad news. Depending on how the team respond to it, I still think we have a decent shot on Friday. With our lack of depth, it’ll take some Herculian effort from everyone for us to survive until week 2.

This sucks for the team and I am shocked that Amoke would be this dumb to risk his future on something so stupid.

it’s nice to see Amoke playing some D and picking up some steals.

So I’m guessing that, barring foul trouble (which would be disastrous) the four seniors and Jorge each log 35+ minutes. That leaves 25 minutes or less to be picked up by:

Max, MSF and Seeley. 5 to 8 minutes each?

Of course, in my dream world Jerome, PChris and Theo go 12-15 from three and Cal rides the bench to a 15 point lead. I put the chances of that at about the same odds as Arkansas Pine-Bluff knocking off the Dookies.