Eugene, OR – The Oregon Ducks came into this afternoon’s game against Cal as winners of ten of their last eleven games and figured to have a relatively easy game against a Cal Bears team that was 3-11 in Pac-12 games. That’s not how things turned out as the Ducks reverted to their early season […]
Oregon State Survives Scare Against Cal
Corvallis, OR – In their second meeting of this season Oregon State and California faced off for the 155 time. The Beavers won their last contest in November 71-63. Cal was coming off a Thursday 82-69 loss to Oregon and were seeking its first Pac-12 conference victory. The game was tied at 63-63 with just […]
Duarte Leads Late Surge as Oregon Tops Cal
Eugene, OR – The Oregon Ducks faced the Cal Bears on Thursday night. Oregon was riding a six-game winning streak while Cal won their last three games after losing three in a row. In a game that was closer than many anticipated, Oregon pulled away late for a 82-69 win behind Eugene Omoruyi’s 26 points […]
College Basketball is Back! Oregon State Tops Cal
Corvallis, OR – A different type of college basketball season opened today. I was one of ten media allowed into Gill Coliseum to watch California play Oregon State in a non-conference game. The contest was scheduled after Colorado State dropped out of the MTE event here. Originally both Cal and the Beavers were scheduled to […]
Pac-12 Tournament First Day Recap
Las Vegas, NV – The first day of the Pac-12 conference tournament championship took place at T-Mobile Arena with four opening round games. The first game was a thriller as No. 8-seeded Oregon State came back from a 14-point second half deficit to defeat No. 9-seeded Utah 71-69. Freshman shooting guard Jarod Lucas (12 points) […]
Hot Shooting Leads Oregon To Easy Win Over California
Eugene, OR – The No. 13-ranked Oregon Ducks looked to seal their third regular season title in the past six seasons with a sweep of the Bay Area schools. They still would need a UCLA loss to win the outright title. First up was the California, who came in to the contest having swept Utah […]
Cal’s Late Surge Lifts Them Past Stanford
Berkeley, CA – 9,168 were in attendance for an afternoon showdown at Haas Pavilion between rivals Cal and Stanford. The game ended the way it started with a surge from the Bears as they escaped with a 52-50 upset win. California leaped out the blocks early going on a 7-0 run lead on a quick […]
Bradley leads Cal past Washington State
Berkeley, CA – California came back from a 14-point first half deficit to defeat Washington State 73-66 in Pac-12 action on Thursday night. The Cougars were coming off a thrilling home overtime victory 79-71 over UCLA while Cal lost its conference opener at Stanford 68-52. This was a very competitive, well played game in which […]
Basketball Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic
San Francisco, CA – The first Basketball Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic, held at San Francisco’s Chase Center, featured four games. Schools from the Pac-12, WCC, ACC, Big East, and Mountain West produced some exciting games throughout the day. Stanford opened the first game with a victory over San Diego 62-59 in a very […]
