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Golden Bears Alone At The Top, Clinch Pac-10 Outright, Sweep the furd

Today's a day of firsts (HT ragnarok) for the California Golden Bears.

  • Cal clinches the outright Pac-10 title in one of the three major sports (football, basketball, baseball) for the first time in fifty years.
  • Cal sweeps the Furd for the first time since 1993
  • Cal sweeps the Furd in football and basketball for the first time since 1982-83.
  • Cal's in first place to end the regular season. That's a first for us covering Cal sports on this site!

Revel tonight. Worry about the tourneys tomorrow. And hope that this is the start of a trend for our teams. Pac-10 champions.

As always, here are your 5 questions:

1.  The turning point of the game was when:

2. The award for best player goes to:  The award for best supporting player goes to:

3. How much will you 'miss' Landry Fields, Drew Shiller, et. al.?  Bonus points for condescending, sarcastic answers!

4. Now that the Pac-10 regular season is over, how satisfied are you about Cal's performance in conference?

5. Predict as much as you want about the Pac-10 tournament.  Eventual champion?  Dark Horse contenders?  Team you don't want Cal to face?  Bonus points for good USC jokes!

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Hearing that chant was awesome

as well as Pac-10 Champions and California (clap clap clapclapclap)

by GeoFreak on Mar 6, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

There is nothing sweeter than hearing Cal chants at the Furd — except hearing Cal chants at the Furd when we are winning the Pac-10 Championship!

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Would so love to rush their court, cut down their f-ing nets, and throw that crap in their face today.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

We have been doing a lot of celebrating down there lately.

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

rec’d

FREE BUSTER POSEY

by djp4cal on Mar 6, 2010 5:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Let’s face it: THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD IS BEAR TERRITORY!!!!!

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions  

ew, can we leave foster city to stanfurd? or maybe sf state territory?

Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!

by GoldBlooded on Mar 6, 2010 11:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Golden Gator Territory!

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
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by AERose on Mar 7, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I think he balded just a little more tonight. And that makes me smile.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Pac-10 Tournament

I’ll be negative. Someone other than Cal is going to win it and that will be especially true if we get Oregon State at some point.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 6, 2010 5:10 PM PST reply actions  

I am not so sure about that – I think we are playing pretty good ball right now. We will likely have to play OSU – but honestly, I think that is a real character game for us.

by Tedfordisgod on Mar 6, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I think it would really do the guys some good to face OSU again and kick their asses.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

You think OSU beats UW?

Not happening. Apparently, no one ELSE in the league has as hard a time with the 1-3-1 as we do…….

Not that I want to face the Dawgs, either. Those two are my least two teams I want to take on.

I’m mostly really happy with how Cal did in conference, except that crap last second OT loss to Ucla and that CRAPPY game at OSU (I swear I’m boycotting Gill so they will win…..). Take those two away (or win them and lose to UA or USC since it’s lame to say I like the season if…..we’d just won more gamess….) and I’m happy.

I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.

by BTown85 on Mar 7, 2010 9:57 PM PST up reply actions  

I agree, we are still a flawed team with limited depth. Winning 3 games in four (?) days is a huge challenge.

by chowder on Mar 6, 2010 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

But it’s just a big a challenge for everybody else as it is for us.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

IWith our limited depth, it is a greater challenge.

by chowder on Mar 6, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I don’t even know if its a bad thing to lose the tourny. A part of me wants another pac-10 team in the dance, no matter the cost. Also, Gutierrez could use some rest, I hope they don’t even try to play him in the PX tourny.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 6, 2010 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Any word on Max’s status?

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

He’s single?

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by atomsareenough on Mar 6, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

He’s bi-lingual and ready to mingle?

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

So the answer is: no, no one knows Max’s status?

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Recovery typically takes 1-2 weeks…but that’s for just normal activity. I have no idea how long it would take to resume high-level athletics. Also, you’re not supposed to fly until fully recovered. My guess is no Max for the Pac-10 tournament. He might get cleared for the tournament, but I’m not sure that his conditioning will be good enough for him to make a difference.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, that what I was saying, even if he’s cleared to play, he’s got to be a little out of shape.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Mar 6, 2010 8:03 PM PST up reply actions  

There's no rest

It would be three games in three days if we get to the finals.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 6, 2010 6:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m fine with it. Then we’ll have 2 teams in the tourney… ASU is cutting it really close right now

Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.

by Thoroughbred on Mar 6, 2010 6:40 PM PST up reply actions  

I’d like to get a least a couple of wins so that we have a chance at avoiding a collision course with a #1 seed.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions  

I think that would probably take us winning the tournament

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m disappointed that we have 5 losses. I think we should’ve beaten UCLA, won that game at Arizona and beaten USC.

Hmm, disappointed might be too strong. Mildly upset?

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions  

Leon, we won the outright Pac-10 Championship in a major sport for the first time since 1960. Just revel in it.

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

That UCLA game at home really shouldn’t have been dropped. We’re bound to lose some close games on the road and that was Arizona and USC.

by LEastCoastBears on Mar 6, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Flagged

For even implying you might be upset with the undisputed Pac-10 champs

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Alright alright alright.

I’m just looking at what might’ve been.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

I would have liked to have beaten Kansas on their home court and Syracuse and Ohio State but, that’s just not the team we have. We have the Pac-10 champs! So I’m glad for that.

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m hoping that we’re saving our signature win against a quality team for the dance.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Like we might have won the Pac10 outright and gotten the #1 seed in the Pac10 tournament?

Oh. Wait.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Leon, please take two tequilas and call us in the am.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

All the more reason to get started on that tequila. :)

It wouldn’t be Cal if we didn’t have at least 1 inexplicable ugly loss where we vomited defeat from the jaws of victory.

Considering our ridiculous limitations, I’m still amazed that the guys pulled it off.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I believe LeonPowe is kidding y’alls.

Leon Powe is probably sad his team didn’t clinch it a few years back.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Not just him

How did we NOT win when we had Kidd and Murray? Those guys were awesome!

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Hell, I’m still sad they didn’t clinch it a few years back. Or with Kidd and Murray.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

or with Carsile and Kilgore.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

NIT champs, baby!

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Arizona, who won the conference by one game over us in 1993-94, was really really good in Kidd’s/Murray’s 2nd (and final) year together. They made it to the Final Four that year.

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Rocky63215, is that you?

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Just bringing a little euphoric levity to your euphoric kidding around.

I am a Vereenian.

by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

That’s waaaaay too many multi-syllable words to be tossing around during a revelry.
It’s scotch-time, friend.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions  

I AM NOT CALUMBUS BEAR!!!

I am a Vereenian.

by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry. Between sleep-deprivation, the so-called vacation from hell, and I’ve-lost-track-of-how-many-bombay-and-tonics, my brain function is probably a little less than stellar right now.

Still, even if you look don’t look alike, that’s no reason to waste a perfectly good opportunity to revel.

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions  

DONT BE HATTIN YO

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Answers

1. Patrick Christopher got hot. Honorable mention was Jorge’s last play, which flummoxed Fields and gave Cal gthe ball.

2. Christopher. MSF gets best supporting player.

3. We’re going to miss those guys a lot, aside from Fields, because their incoming class is supposed to be quite good. This was a Stanford team we could beat, even in Maples.

4. Very satisfied. Perfectly satisfied. We won the Pac-10 conference. You can’t do any better than that, and we haven’t in any version of this conference in 50 years.

5. If I had to predict someone for the tournament, I would pick Washington. But it’s a crapshoot. We know Monty doesn’t care about it, so I would be really surprised if Cal wins it. Arizona State could, of course. I don’t think anyone else will, but haven’t given the stupid tournament much thought.

The confetti was last week, and it was fun. But it didn’t feel right to me. Today feels right, and I’m very happy.

by bear88 on Mar 6, 2010 5:17 PM PST reply actions  

Hey! I am no longer the only person on this site who can say that Cal won a Pac-10 Basketball Championship in my lifetime.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:21 PM PST reply actions  

Um…Congrats, I think? And isn’t it cool all the stuff we have these days? Like fire, and color?

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 5:24 PM PST up reply actions  

It must have sucked to live life with out color. I’m glad they finally invented it.

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I was in junior high school before we got a color TV. Suddenly everything looked so . . . colorful.

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

See below

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Rec’d for Calvin & Hobbes reference.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions  

The Cal Athletic Department has no doubts that we’re in: I just got an email about the new Cal March Madness t-shirt for sale.

Snobby Chick - Senior Division

by CalBear81 on Mar 6, 2010 5:31 PM PST reply actions  

We’re in now. It’s just a matter of where.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Good news everyone!

Roxy says Jorge is ok

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 5:40 PM PST reply actions  

I thought the Farnsworth greeting had become a mini-meme already

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by norcalnick on Mar 6, 2010 10:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Arizona State

They needed to sweep at home for their own reasons, but I’m glad they did. Winning the conference because another team lost would have felt anticlimactic. It was great to win it on the court, on the road, against Stanford.

by bear88 on Mar 6, 2010 5:48 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd

I am rooting for ASU as well. I would love it if three Pac-10 teams got in let alone two. As long as we won the title out right that is.

by yorzepol on Mar 6, 2010 5:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Flagged for spelling it rong
It was great to win it on the court, on the road, against Stanford Stanfurd

FIXED

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by CruzinBears on Mar 6, 2010 8:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Wow
Cal clinches the outright Pac-10 title in one of the three major sports (football, basketball, baseball) for the first time in fifty years.

I’m not sure whether this nugget excites me or depresses me.

Cal sweeps the Furd in football and basketball for the first time since 1982-83.

That’s more like it!

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".

carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"

by natteringnabob on Mar 6, 2010 5:50 PM PST reply actions  

rec'd

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".

carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"

by natteringnabob on Mar 6, 2010 8:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Just wondering….Is baseball really a “major” sport in college. I say nay.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 6, 2010 8:31 PM PST up reply actions  

I figure if it has a major post-season tournament that is televised on ESPN et al, its getting pretty big.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Thats funny, I was feeling like its getting smaller.

Doesn’t Lacrosse have a post season tournament thats on ESPN, and soccer too.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 6, 2010 8:38 PM PST up reply actions  

It is for all the other Pac-10 schools

and now that the NBA drafts high schoolers college baseball doesn’t look so odd.

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".

carp (paraphrased): "117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"

by natteringnabob on Mar 6, 2010 9:46 PM PST up reply actions  

If only she could do something about Twist.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 6:04 PM PST up reply actions  

“I cannae work miracles, Captain!”

by Kodiak on Mar 6, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Cal sweeps the Furd in football and basketball for the first time since 1982-83.

The football game in the 1982-83 scenario was, shall we say, memorable.

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 8:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I would also add MSF right to start the 2nd half had 3 good possessions in a row where he scored or got fouled.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions  

rec’d except for the part about douchey Drew’s….

Ryan Drew was pretty cool in my book.

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by CruzinBears on Mar 6, 2010 8:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Does Jrue count in the douche category as well? He didn’t seem that bad.

by nickle on Mar 6, 2010 8:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Don’t mention that over at BruinsNation.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I came in here

for the $c* jokes… Where are they?

EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM

by Bruins102NCAA on Mar 6, 2010 6:22 PM PST reply actions  

I guess

they are the same place as SC – missing.

We just won the Pac-10, so we’re just too distracted for Trojan-bashing.

by bear88 on Mar 6, 2010 6:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Q: What’s the difference between a USC fan and a carp?

A: One is a bottom-feeding, scum sucker, and the other is a fish.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 6:29 PM PST up reply actions  

A: One is a bottom-feeding, scum sucker, and the other is a fishloves NSFW pics.

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Mar 7, 2010 12:38 AM PST up reply actions  

USC jokes didn't we beat your Ruins 3 straight in hoops, and next year will not be any different.

LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.

by so.cal.native1952 on Mar 8, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions  

So if I understand everything correctly, if UDub and Oregon hold on to their respective leads against Oregon St. and Wazzu, the tournament bracket will look like this:

1.) Cal
8.) (Stanfurd/Wazzu)

4.) Zona
5.) UCLA

2.) ASU
7.) Oregon

3.) UDub
6.) Oregon St.

Shit, let’s do this.

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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Mar 6, 2010 6:43 PM PST reply actions  

Don't think so

If Oregon beats WSU, it’s an Oregon/WSU rematch for the 8/9 game.

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:45 PM PST up reply actions  

I fear WSU much more than Oregon, bc if Klay Thompson can get really hot, that team can be very dangerous.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Since our game vs. WSU when Klay was en fuego, he has shot 50% or higher once. And he’s 4 of 17 so far tonight.

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 6:50 PM PST up reply actions  

I did notice that he was much colder recently, but it doesnt mean he wont get hot again. I dont think oregon has anybody quite of that level.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Garrett Sim is 2 for 2 from the floor tonight. 2 FOR 2!! ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!!

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 6, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Updates around the country that might affect our RPI/random metrics tourney people use

Murray State tied in their title game. I think they get in even with a loss.
Iowa State upset #5 K-State in Manhattan
Kansas savaged Colorado
Syracuse upset in Louisville

Oregon State losing to UDub. Washington clinches the 3rd seed and OSU would be on the other side of the bracket if this result stands.
Oregon stuffing Wazzu. Ohio Bear is correct about the rematch thing.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 6:49 PM PST reply actions  

Not unexpected, but apparently Ernie Kent already fired.


ccording to the source, Kent’s dismissal takes effect after the basketball team has finished its season, whenever that may be.

The source also told KVAL Sports that Kent was dismissed after meeting with Oregon Athletic Director Mike Bellotti the Monday following the Ducks home losses to California and Stanford. In addition, Kent’s entire staff will be replaced, with the possible exception of assistant Kenny Payne.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 7:05 PM PST reply actions  

Well, that ended worse than the Ernie Kent era at Oregon

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Pac 10 player of the year

from the game summary


An intriguing subplot to the game was the competition between Fields and Randle for the conference player of the year award. Fields got the best of Randle this game, with Randle being held to 11 points on 2-for-10 shooting. But Cal’s outright title might be enough to give Randle the award.

“That stuff is not in my control,” Fields said. “I’m just going to go out and play. If I had a vote, it would be for Randle. He’s one of the top players on the top team. I don’t see why he would not get it.”

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 7:56 PM PST reply actions  

block quote fail. But randle said he’d give it to Fields.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 7:57 PM PST up reply actions  

But who would say ‘oh me, definitely me. I made [other guy] look like a PUNK-ASS’.

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by AndBears on Mar 6, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Desean Jackson.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 8:37 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I love DJax. But he’s a cocky cocky cocky man.

by LeonPowe on Mar 6, 2010 8:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, you have no idea how much credit I take for this blog. Everyone behind the scenes HATES me. Esp. Hydro.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 9:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Is that why you always state your blog name is “BearsNecessity” on Monday Night Blogging???

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 9:55 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

WOO Pac-10 Champs!

It’s nice to know that when Cal plays mediocre ball on the road and Stanfurd plays good ball at home Cal still wins by 10. Now let’s take the momentum down to Staples!

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by norcalnick on Mar 6, 2010 8:09 PM PST reply actions  

Lunardi still hasn't "Locked" us

He just released another update and we are still not in according to him. I guess we need another win but I think we are in regardless

by YleeXOtee on Mar 6, 2010 8:44 PM PST reply actions  

His counterpart Gottlieb says we’ll be presently surprised with our seeding. So whatever.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 9:41 PM PST up reply actions  

In no world is the Pac10 champion not a lock. We might not be the highest seed out there, but we’re in.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 6, 2010 9:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, now let’s not go tempting fate. In Cal’s world lots of things that shouldn’t happen happen.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 10:04 PM PST up reply actions  

We were definitely in the Rose Bowl in 2004

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Mar 7, 2010 12:40 AM PST up reply actions  

We need to win at least a game, IMO. Losing to a last-place Pac-10 team would put us in a pretty dicey situation.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 6, 2010 10:14 PM PST up reply actions  

It would bump us to an awful seed, but it wouldn’t knock us out.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Postseason conference tournaments

I will be surprised if they matter much. The selection committee seems to understand this, too, and discounts it. I can’t remember how many conference champs with “shocking” first round losses in their conference’s annual money grabs ended up as first or second seeds in their bracket.

Cal is in, based on being conference champs. A first-round loss might hurt our seeding, although I’m not sure where we’d go if no postseason tournament existed. I would like to avoid the killer 8/9 seed, and ideally the 7/10 seed too.

by bear88 on Mar 7, 2010 12:03 AM PST up reply actions  

And the 6/5/4/3/2 seeds as well.

Good points all around.

by nickle on Mar 7, 2010 3:19 AM PST up reply actions  

Well, it rarely hurts major conference tournament winners

But I’m not sure the Pac-10 deserves to be treated like a major conference this year. Plenty of mid-major conference champions have been kept out of the tournament because they lost to a terrible team in their conference tournament.

Conference tournaments don’t count for much because they’re only 1-4 games in a 30-35 game schedule. But for teams on the bubble, it can be the difference.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 7, 2010 8:09 AM PST up reply actions  

The Pac-10 DESERVES to be treated like a major conference,but we won’t be because of LEast coast bias. The big ten was once ranked in the same position as we are (8th) in terms of conference rankings. Think anyone talked about them being a one bid conference – Nope. They got 3 teams in.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:18 AM PST up reply actions  

Whats weird is that he knocked ASU out now, after having them in last night. They only won their game on Saturday against a traditional power UCLA. What? You say UCLA sucks this year. Well that didn’t prevent everyone washing Duke’s balls over beating a crappy North Carolina yesterday.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:24 AM PST up reply actions  

Lunardi

That dude is on crack. He bumped up Kansas State from a two seed to a one seed after they were owned by Kansas. Duke lost, but they lost on the road to Maryland and both of those teams won the ACC title.

Right now, he has Arizona State in and Washington as his first team out. I just don’t see it.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 6, 2010 10:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Are you sure you have your sequence right there on the K St. Duke stuff? Besides, getting owned by Kansas has happened to most teams this year. Lunardi’s not perfect but he’s typically pretty solid.

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by norcalnick on Mar 6, 2010 10:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes

I agree with you on all accounts and I know my sequence is right on that Duke and Kansas State thing. Fourth-ranked Duke lost to Maryland on the same night that fifth-ranked Kansas State lost to Kansas. He basically switched Duke and Kansas State since he called Kansas State a one seed.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 6, 2010 10:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, if you ignore margin of victory of the two games (which is probably true of the selection committee), a road loss to Kansas is a better loss than a road loss to Maryland. So I don’t think that the switch is really all that crazy.

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by norcalnick on Mar 6, 2010 10:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, they lost to Iowa St. So that ends all that.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 7, 2010 1:27 AM PST up reply actions  

Disagree

Losing to Maryland — a ranked team — on the road in a competitive game is better than getting blown out on the road to Kansas. Plus, Duke was ranked higher going in. That would give them the edge.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 7, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions  

I have no problem with your opinion

The thing is that Lunardi is trying to predict stuff. You’re citing a bunch of stuff the selection committee doesn’t consider. Margin of victory and media and coaches polls are irrelevant to the selection committee and those who attempt to predict their decisions.

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by norcalnick on Mar 7, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions  

That's strange

On Wednesday, Lunardi had us as a lock on a teleconference with media.

Lunardi last Wednesday:

On Cal’s tournament status: "I seem to be in the minority on this, but I have thought since New Year’s that the regular-season champion of the Pac-10 was going to go to the tournament regardless of their performance in the Pac-10 tournament. There’s a lot of history with any league ranked as high as the Pac-10 _ and I realize `ranked as high as the Pac-10′ this year is a bit of a red herring,. But I haven’t found a single regular-season champion in that range that’s been left out ever since the field was expanded in 1985. I do believe they’re in the field. As bad as the Pac-10 has been, historically it’s still in the top quarter of leagues. I just don’t see how that champion isn’t going to go to the tournament."

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 7, 2010 5:07 AM PST up reply actions  

This isn’t his true “lock” status. This is just his opinion that we should be in, but its not his guarantee. The lock status shows up in his bracketology.

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:08 AM PST up reply actions  

As of this morning, with a new update, we are still not lock status. He only “locks” us to a NIT bid! That bastard!

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Hah, yes, we are at the very least guaranteed an NIT bid, due to winning the regular season conference title.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 7, 2010 8:27 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh, and one more first for the Bears

We’re 21-9 on the season, but this was our first 4-game winning streak of the season.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 6, 2010 10:15 PM PST reply actions  

I believe that was the first 4-game winning streak for ANYONE in the Pac-10.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 6, 2010 10:30 PM PST up reply actions  

nah

ASU has won 4 games in a row 4 times this season, including twice in conference play. USC won 8 games in a row earlier this year.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 7, 2010 8:11 AM PST up reply actions  

Avi meant in the Pac-10. This was the first 4 game streak in conference by anybody

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:15 AM PST up reply actions  

And I pointed out that ASU has already had two 4-game conference winning streaks, and USC has had one as well.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Mar 7, 2010 8:26 AM PST up reply actions  

My bad, thats what I get for listening to Belloumini (sp?). Did anyone else notice he was about 10 seconds behind the game several times? I kept wondering if they were announcing the game by remote instead of being there. It was odd how they didn’t notice the most obvious calls a couple of times

by YleeXOtee on Mar 7, 2010 8:29 AM PST up reply actions  

Er, I believe the game was announced by Barry Tompkins.

by Scootie on Mar 7, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions  

Damn our game Thursday is at 2:30...

I have a very important class 3:30 to 5. I need to get myself a netbook.

by racsan on Mar 7, 2010 2:32 AM PST reply actions  

Definitely a berkeley student.

by nickle on Mar 7, 2010 3:20 AM PST up reply actions  

Questions and answers

1. The turning point of the game was Theo Robertson’s 3-point play to break the 44-all tie. stanfurd had just tied it and felt pretty good about themselves. The crowd was threatening to get interested. The Robertson 3-point play restored some order. True, stanfurd got to within 3 later, but Robertson’s play was huge.

2. Best player: Patrick Christopher. Stepped it up huge. The dagger 3 was tremendous!

Best supporting player: Theo Robertson. Seemed to be johnny on the spot.

3. I won’t miss Landry Fields. I don’t mind seeing good players leave the furd program. Drew Shiller I will miss because I wanted to see how old the dude would look next year.

Incidentally, how does Jack Trotter have a scholarship to play basketball for a Division I, Big 6 conference program? How?

4. Outright championship with a 13-5 conference record? Yes please. I’m pretty friggin satisfied. I would’ve liked to have swept Ucla, but I’m not going to thumb my nose at an outright title featuring our best conference record since Jason Kidd’s last year in the program.

5. No predictions here, though I have a funny feeling that Washington might step up its game to win this thing. Dark horse? Maybe Zona. They gots talent. Oregon State is the obvious “don’t want Cal to face” answer, but since we can’t play them until the championship game, I totes wouldn’t mind facing them again. (IT MEANS WE’D BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!) As far as teams in our bracket, I don’t really relish the idea of playing Arizona again.

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by Ohio Bear on Mar 7, 2010 12:47 PM PST reply actions  

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