Cal Women's Basketball At Cal Poly: WNIT Gamethread

by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 6:30 PM PDT in California Golden Bears Women's Basketball

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The Bears start another WNIT journey against the Mustangs of Cal Poly, the regular season co-champions of the Big West conference. It’s tough to compare the two teams, though for what it’s worth Cal performed better against common opponents and certainly had a more difficult schedule. As you would expect in a matchup with a smaller conference school, Cal will have a solid size advantage as Cal Poly only has one rotation player taller than 6’0’’.

The Mustangs are led by Big West player of the year Rachel Clancy, who averages nearly 17 points per game, mostly on the strength of her excellent 3 point shooting. She’ll launch six or seven 3s a game, more if given the time and space, and she shoots at a 42% clip from behind the arc. Cal’s 3 point shooting defense is amongst the best in the nation, but this could be a stern test.

Abby Bloetscher is their main post player, leading rebounder and second leading scorer. Like most bigs she can be prone to foul trouble, but considering Cal’s size advantage keeping her on the court as much as possible is a necessity for Cal Poly’s chances.

Like most Cal games the Bears should hold a sizable-to-huge lead in rebounding but their opponents take better care of the ball. If Cal can force enough turnovers to keep things even in the battle for ball possession they’ll probably be OK.

Keys to the game

Control Clancy, especially behind the arc

Eliza Pierre hasn’t been getting consistent playing time because of her offensive limitations, but if there’s ever a game that the Bears can live with that it’s this one. Clancy makes the Mustangs go, and if Eliza can take her out of her game then the Bears will be in great shape, even if they are playing 4 on 5 offense on the other end.

Domination on the offensive glass

While glancing at the numbers it doesn’t really look like Cal Poly has a player that can compete with Talia Caldwell on the glass – Talia has more offensive rebounds than any Mustang has defensive rebounds.

Hit a few shots, especially early

Duh, that’s the game of basketball. But it sure does feel like the Bears play much better when they hit a couple of early shot and get into a good offensive flow. Seeing Lindsay Sherbert or Mikayla Lyles come out with a good 3 point stroke would do wonders. The only way I see Cal losing is if they have a horrid night from the field or if Cal Poly goes nuts from behind the arc.

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Evidently this is Cal Poly’s first post-season game ever.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:01 PM PDT reply actions

Let’s hope they are intimidated!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

How many more games would the Bears have won this year if they could just make layups and free throws? Sigh.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

. . . and not turn the ball over so much.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

6-2 Cal Poly

ugly start with the turnovers.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:10 PM PDT reply actions

8-2.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions

8-6

Foo and Pierre getting things done

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

8-2 Cal Poly

Bears have three turnovers already…

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

How are you following the game Dan?

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait. His first name isn’t Paleo?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Sheesh. Everyone knows that traditional Asians say the surname first.

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by Kodiak on Mar 17, 2011 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Not everybody can be as sensitive to Asian culture as ucla students, you know.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions

You really need to get out of the library sometime, ma’am.

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by Kodiak on Mar 17, 2011 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Terrible internet radio stream…

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions

all-access?

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Right. The sound is turned all the way up, but the radio is really quiet.

Do you think I should have had to pay for this game?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Nah, I was just wondering why you seemed to be behind the rest of us.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Bad at internet.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

[He’s just a little slow, nick. But don’t mention it. He’s sensitive.]

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions

[Should I also not mention that his wife is kicking butt in the CGB tourney challenge?]

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions

[Only if you are sensitive.]

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

What’s with all the blank comments?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Must be a problem with SB Nation. I’m sure nick or Dr. K will report it.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I reported it first.

[Ha ha!]

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by Kodiak on Mar 17, 2011 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions

[I thought nick was the competitive one?]

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by Kodiak on Mar 17, 2011 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I think all the women’s basketball games should be streamed by Cal for free, to encourage people to listen.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Tie game – defense has tightened up significantly

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:15 PM PDT reply actions

So if the Bears win this game, we would play Colorado next? It would be odd to have both the men and the women playing Colorado in the second round of the NIT.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:16 PM PDT reply actions

Bears get their first lead! 10-8.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:17 PM PDT reply actions

12-10 Mustangs with 11:11 to go in the first half.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:21 PM PDT reply actions

Layshia for 3333333

First lead of the game!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

We’re winning by 3333335???

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Or by 3.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Clarendon gets Cal’s first 3. Followed by Pierre layup. 17-14 Bears.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:26 PM PDT reply actions

Huh, I figured we’d dominate the offensive glass, but I didn’t think Eliza would be the one doing it.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:26 PM PDT reply actions

She’s the MSF of the women’s team!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Now I wish we had an Eliza angry-face picture!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Clancy is actually from Ireland? That seems unfair.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

Either she betrayed her heritage, or she plays really well while drunk.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

I won’t post something really late again, but here is my comment I was composing when your’s popped up on my computer

OK, wait…

Clancy is actually Irish? On Saint Patricks’ Day?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Does it disturb you to know that we had the same thought at the same moment?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

It will only be disturbing if I start thinking in grainy black and white photographs.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Or rodents.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions

“[Fill in name of Cal player] can’t finish.” This could be the theme of the second half of the Bears season. :(

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:34 PM PDT reply actions

I kid you not: google image search for 'Can't finish turnover'

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions

23-23 with 3:50 to go in the first half.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:37 PM PDT reply actions

Guess who the Bears’ leading score is?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:39 PM PDT reply actions

scorer

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Is she also the leading rebounder?

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Tied with 6 rebounds. Leads with 8 points.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Mooooooch

28-23 lead!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:39 PM PDT reply actions

Those Cal Poly bastards are playing All Right Now!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:40 PM PDT reply actions

It sounded like they have about six band members – but it still sounded better than furd.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions

OK. You all are just too fast with the commenting.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Stupid “All Right Now.”

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

Nice 9-0 run to get a lead

Not so nice 5-0 Cal Poly run to keep it close.

Bears up 4 at the half 32-28

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:43 PM PDT reply actions

Eliza ends the half with ten points!

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions

The Bears’ leading scorer. I’m not sure whether I am happy about this or horrified.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions

32-28 Bears at the half. But not a great finish, letting them cut the lead down from 9 points at the end.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:43 PM PDT reply actions

Well, I gave up on the terrible internet radio stream. It was tinny and annoying. But because we live in awesome Oakland(!!!) we’re now listening to the game on AM 960 on my alarm clock.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:46 PM PDT reply actions

You’re listening to the radio?!?!? Next you will be looking at grainy black-and-white photographs of the game!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m getting older by the minute.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

free video stream from Cal Poly

http://www.fansonly.com/schools/bigw/allaccess/?media=237492

by ctomita75 on Mar 17, 2011 7:48 PM PDT reply actions

YOU. ARE. AWESOME.

I spent a good hour trying to find one because a link on the Cal Poly site said ‘video.’ But it didn’t seem to link anywhere and I gave up.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow! That's great. Thanks!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions

thanks go to Schroeder71 who posted it on The Bear Insider

by ctomita75 on Mar 17, 2011 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Wooo that person! Awesome.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

A free mediocre live stream out of Cal Poly here--tiny but free.

http://www.fansonly.com/schools/bigw/allaccess/?media=237492

And if the announcer says “Lay-sha Clair rin’ don” one more fucking* time, I shall drive down there and throttle him myself. He manages to pronounce Foo’s name more or less correctly. Weird.

*Pardon my French, as my dear late mother would say.

Now settle down, Bears!

by BearBint on Mar 17, 2011 7:49 PM PDT reply actions

In that case, I believe I will mute their sound and listen to the Cal audio. Thanks.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

That system works for us.

Thank you for the kind words, NCN.

(And I love it that both Eliza and Talia have 7 rebounds!)

by BearBint on Mar 17, 2011 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

You are also awesome!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

And he just said Lay-sha Clair rin’ don. CalNet and I are lol’ing over here.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Misplace one syllable accent and you sound silly. reminds me of when an announcer pronounced Ayinde Ubaka’s name OOO bu ku.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmm, sounds like the Colorado matchup might not be a sure thing yet (if Cal wins).

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:53 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, good. I was worried that link was only a streaming video of a tiny, empty gym.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 7:55 PM PDT reply actions

I’m not sure what to make of the fact we have more comments here than in the NCAA thread.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 17, 2011 7:57 PM PDT reply actions

We are Bears?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Women’s basketball is fun and interesting?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

A player 5' 7"

(who looks like Little Richard) is threatening to produce a double-double?

by BearBint on Mar 17, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions

GOP-oly? Why are the Cal Poly cheerleaders advertising a Republican version of Monopoly?

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 7:58 PM PDT reply actions

Lindsay for 3!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

Cal comes out shooting well! 39-33 Bears.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:02 PM PDT reply actions

I can hear Joanne Boyle screaming like she’s being murdered!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

woo 3 point barrage! 9 point lead!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

And then… stupid “Luck of the Irish.”

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Pro camera control there, Cal Poly.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:05 PM PDT reply actions

We can’t be too snarky, considering Cal has stopped providing any video for home games.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

???!!!

Really? They could at least show the video board stream…

Good thing season tickets are only $99.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes. This year they started charging for the games and stopped showing video.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

44-36 Bears with 15:57 left in the game.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than to be good!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:08 PM PDT reply actions

Cal Poly announcer sounding demoralized.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:08 PM PDT reply actions

AWESOME, I love it when Cal is demoralizing another team.

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions

He sounds immoral to me.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions

WOW ELIZA

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WOW LINDSAY

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Go Bears!!!

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by Kodiak on Mar 17, 2011 8:09 PM PDT reply actions

51-42 Bears

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:10 PM PDT reply actions

Poly helping out by blowing a few layups

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Interesting that Clarendon has been guarding their stud so much. Maybe they’d rather have Eliza on a player that’s easy to get steals off of?

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:14 PM PDT reply actions

Now that was a nice layup.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:14 PM PDT reply actions

Afure's layup, or the pretty 2 on 1 fast break?

It’s raining buckets!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I was commenting on Afure’s layup, but there’s been so much good it’s hard to keep up.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Afure’s surge over the last 5 games or so is a really good sign for next year. 5-6 with 10 points already today, in just 17 minutes.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions

What? The Irish lady’s terrible reverse layup that went three feet over the basket?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

That was sweet, too. A bit too much of the Irish?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Is that like putting a drunken spin on the basketball?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

How was that not a foul on Clarendon?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

But she comes back on the next possession and scores. Cal’s biggest lead: 55-42

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

13 point Bear lead!

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:16 PM PDT reply actions

14 point Bear lead!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

The Mustangs are losing this game, as much as Cal is winning.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:22 PM PDT reply actions

I’ll take it.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

We’re probably the best defensive team they’ve seen since Arizona St, at least with the way we’re playing right now.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Like, for example, when Cal Poly had a fast break and they threw it completely out of bounds for no reason.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

They were intimidated!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh gee. A real surprise that Mooch blew that layup.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:22 PM PDT reply actions

And again. Geez.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Relax. She’s a senior.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

And then the airball from Layshia! Luckily we can laugh those off when we’re up 15.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

16 point Bear lead!

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:28 PM PDT reply actions

But now it’s down to 11. No. More. Turnovers.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

66-51! The Bears keep alternating between possession where they blow easy layups and beautiful possession where they make great passes and offensive rebounds.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

Good thing Cal Poly is blowing the easy layups, too.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Great rebound by Caldwell!

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

I think this one is over

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

And you call yourself a Cal fan.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!!!!

You’ve jinxed it!

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions

At least Cal Poly has blown more layups than we have.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:36 PM PDT reply actions

Oh Nick! Did I beat her this time on your computer?

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You ARE competitive, aren’t you?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I think anyone who goes to Cal has to be.

BTW, it seems that if we sat next to each other at a Cal women’s basketball game, we would have the exact same thing to say at the exact same time.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Same time stamp. As far as I can tell it’s a tie.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Dammit. A tie is no good.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Tie goes to the person with seniority.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Tie goes to the person with least seniority.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

My compliments, guys--

This site is so much more fun than the Cal Poly commentary. Dave Lewis is also a plus; wish that 960 had him on-line as well.

by BearBint on Mar 17, 2011 8:38 PM PDT reply actions

P.S. UCLA men self destructing on national TV

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

Score?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions

UCLA up 3 going to the line with 40 seconds left.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions

they were up 23 with 8 minutes left.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

HAHAHA!

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions

If they lose this one, it has to go down as one of the all-time choke jobs. They were up by like 24 at one point.

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

CalNet is watching the UCLA game on mute. She picked Sparty in her bracket.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

As did I. The bracket is almost beside the point right now though.

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL, UCLA by 1 with 4.4 left.

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

UCLOLA

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VICTORY BRING ON THE BUFFALOS

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

Wait, do the women play CU next as well?

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes. Odd, isn’t it?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup. Dunno about venue yet.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

No, they’re saying for sure Boulder on the radio.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Not surprising.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

It seems strange to not know about the venue…

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions

How they decide the venue in the WNIT is one of the great mysteries of life.

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

No mystery at all:

The host site for each game is selected by the WNIT committee based on several factors such as fan base, host bids, facility availability, tournament seed, travel constraints, etc. A team’s desire or ability to host or not to host has absolutely no bearing on that team being chosen for the 64-team field.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Clear as mud. What was I thinking?

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by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

CU looks to be a higher seed, I guess. When’s the game?

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess we have no real idea, but Cal should be the higher seed. Better RPI, better record, better performance vs. common opponents – it’s pretty clearly a stronger resume.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Why don’t they have seeds on the bracket?

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by atomsareenough on Mar 17, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Probably a combo of wanting to keep teams in regions but avoiding rematches plus the fact that nobody really cares.

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by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions

The game's on Monday,

at 6 p.m., PDT (although I would recheck this on game day). In bloody Colorado, of course. Unfair—I want to see female Bears in Haas again this season!

by BearBint on Mar 17, 2011 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

They should play it tonight in Colorado at 6 PM. DOUBLE GAME!

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by TwistNHook on Mar 18, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

GO BEARS!

I have accepted Twist's unconditional surrender.

by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

WOOOOOOOOO!!! BEARS WIN!!!

CGB trip to Boulder!

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:45 PM PDT reply actions

74-60 final score.

I have accepted Twist's unconditional surrender.

by CalBear81 on Mar 17, 2011 8:46 PM PDT reply actions

4 players in double figures, 6 on the board in all. Nice.

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS

by norcalnick on Mar 17, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Great game by the Bears. Terrible game by Cal Poly.

by paleodan on Mar 17, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

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