pacific tigers 87
california golden bears 79

shocky's top 10 re: tonite's mysteries of love

1) jaylon tyson is even better than expected, he is the program's only +1 athletic true difference maker with quick twitch movements...played physical d unselfishly diving to the floor for loose balls, a game high soaring thru the haas airspace 11 boards & an offensively efficient 20 points on 7 of 11 field goals...jaylon also got a good handle for a wing as evidenced by only 1 turnover

2) my guy jalen cone got unreal hops, his shot selection still needs some work & his defensive intensity is significantly improved since watching him in person against asu in tempe last november...and most importantly jalen is a good dad to ivy faithe, planet earth needs more dads that are present in their children's lives in helping guide them in a safe space/zone towards their dreams

3) daws is a legit offensive threat with 18 points on 7 of 13 fields...his shooting stroke is clean & his shooting mechanics are solid so not sure why he knocked down only 4 of 9 free throws...defensively he don't got the foot speed to get in front of his man attacking the bucket, unfortunately his teammates gave him zero off ball help when he wuz burned off the dribble for uncontested buckets

4) jalen celestine got a beautiful shooting stoke ala j-mat & jabari bird...once that ugly azz & limiting leg brace is gone, jalen is gonna let it fly

5) tolstoy should be playing on the bears football special teams coverage units, this guy will **** you up in a sorta intellectual kinda way...yeah the supercuts on bancroft is closed

6) cal band is great & the students wuz loud...hopefully someday markeisha wakes the **** up & offers ALL students FREE admission to all basketball games at the #1 ranked public university in the world inclusively offering the opportunity to experience the magic of cal basketball for those from challenging socioeconomic background for whom the $125 student pass is not even remotely realistically affordable

7) cheer & dance way more tone (not in the same league as modern yoga but that's ok) than past squads, coach toler's fashionista choices tonite wuz on point too, she's a good leader

8) doing the hang with brenden glapion wuz fun, he noted that he could tell the guys hadn't played a lot with each other before tonite' game...team chemistry is critical & it's gonna take some time

9) the braised tofu with sauted mushrooms at the great wall of china with brenden pre game wuz fire

10) truly love each & every person shocky interacted with tonite...but let's be real here, benji aka scrappy doo wishes he could meet all of you too & make sure ur water dishes are full of water or something but unfortunately the magic of cal basketball is apparently not for doggys for reasons in the universe that are not clear at all to me & benji

Shocky, I appreciate the observations on our players. Keep it up as you get more data points. Don't forget Grant Newell, who was pretty quiet last night but should add some big contributions over the course of the year.

The team definitely needs a change in defensive scheme and some time to become more cohesive. Too bad we couldn't squeeze out a win against UoP even when we didn't play our best. I expected we'd be able to experiment a bit last night and still have enough to get the W. So this is a bump in the road....hey, aren't you always saying life is linear? Or do I have that wrong? (I'll go back through the Monster thread and figure that out).

Side note: I wish we'd had Mike Meadows last night. Having another instant offense guy might have really helped in the last 10 minutes last night when we were struggling (even though our bigger problem was probably on the defensive end).

I'm glad you had a great time last night between the game and all the peripheral game night activities. We need to regain our momentum and keep the fan base excited.

hey zony, wanted last nite's recap to convey a positive tone but the reality is that this collection of talent is not fundamentally sound defensively yet: fardaws lacks the lateral footspeed to defend against drives to the rim & there wuz no backside help when he wuz burned...jalen cone & devin askew are very slow in recognizing & closing out on 3 point shooters which is surprising given their experience levels...thus it's perhaps not surprising that coach madsen did not invoke any press schemes in the backcourt...and perhaps most importantly the defensive energy wuz not there, other than jaylon tatum playing like an alpha predator his teammates got out hustled by the tigers

defensive intensity under coach montgomery & coach martin won a lotta games, mark is an exceptional coach that relates well to his players so ima very optimistic that the d will reflect his exuberant personality, the question is when?

grant newell had a large brace on his leg, clearly he's not 100% yet physically but he's got a lotta upside as u point out

the real story last nite wuz that the reported attendance at haas on a friday nite wuz on a beautiful fall evening in the bay wuz only 3195...yeah knowlton's unilateral decision to extend the unlikeable fox another year on his contract only to buy him out after a 3-28 season deeply eroded the fanbase which had been built up during by cal's monster class...and markeisha's obstinate failure to offer all students FREE tixs is just dumb as ****, a really odd metric re: last nite's attendance of 3195 is that 90% of the crowd wuz either old blues over 50 years of age or students under 21...that's a disturbingly scary azz trend

cal basketball is not reaching those between 21-50 or those without a berkeley academic affiliation which is really a marketing/selling tixs blunder at the #1 public university in the world that should be inclusively marketing to a bay area fanbase that loves the game of basketball & that is financially priced out of golden state warrior tixs...and this board's premium basketball discussions & near zero recruiting info that can be read by prospects & their families, coaches & friends are hindering the upward energy/trajectory of the program

knowlton glad handed for a couple of minutes before tipoff & then left haas, wut athletic director in the united states of america honestly would not watch the whole game???...answer: the con artist

lastly spoke to the bears largest whale donor, lisa & doug goldman (levi strauss family)...asked him if he's on board with a lead donation for the basketball practice facility (during the monster era the goldmans had $10,000,000+ as a lead donation)...doug just looked at me & shook his head, tole me that project is not gonna move forward anytime soon

yeah the bull**** coming out of colorado springs in knowlton notes lacks vision, substance & transparent honesty

but don't worry, ur not gonna read any of this anywhere else, wut me worry?

https://instagr.am/p/CtZ4RJqOWGu

harebear said:

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Hey Shocky, one point of correction: I saw Knowlton standing near where I was sitting and it was late in the 4th quarter so he didn't leave the game early. I do notice that he doesn't usually look happy or animated at games. (Aren't sports supposed to be fun and aren't you supposed to ride the wave of good and bad plays?...Or are you supposed to look enervated and saturnine?)

Chancellor Christ was also at the game because I saw her walking out afterwards (after agreeing to take a selfie with a student) while I was literally trying to get someone (Bearwalk) to walk me to my car (no I was not fired from being a fan, it was just very late and somehow the close spots where I was supposed to park were oversold or something). Luckily two Haas grads who were parked in the same lot saw me and I was able to walk with them!

Sports is fun and this is the kind of energy we should see from our administrators and everyone who goes to games!

Last night, Utah Valley played its first-ever game on national TV.

The school's president, Dr. Astrid Tuminez:pic.twitter.com/odlR16qkG8

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) March 23, 2023

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Yeah, Knowlton was in the NE corner towards the end of the game... seemingly not cheering for Cal.

Shocky, did Tyson pretty much land at your feet on that dive? Hope he gets all better and soon.

Team needs some work. Things will get better and some time after they do, more fans will start showing up.

Congratulations to Fernando Mendoza for picking up his first dub as a college QB. Love his approach to the game on and off the field.

KenBurnski said:

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Congratulations to Fernando Mendoza for picking up his first dub as a college QB. Love his approach to the game on and off the field.

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REALLY want to congratulate him on his first Big Game win next!!!

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the greatest sports chant on planet earth (this **** gives me shivers)#

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cal's monster class fun facts:

*****brian driscoll is arguably the greatest touchdown scoring machine in the history of cal's monster offensive line & also a brilliant band conductor...driscoll has moved his attitude from la jolla to national city during the last year of development with coach bloesch...brian is the key to the continued upward trajectory of the trench workers & his dad tole me today that his son is gonna apply to law school & take the lsat this spring...it's possible he may go to law school next fall which means this could potentially be his final season of football...mr driscoll emphasized that brian will not enter the transfer portal, he will either play for them california golden bears or retire from football...if u tole me bd is gonna be an executive producer someday of the oscar winning star wars: return to barbieland i would believe in u

*****kaleb elarms orr & cade uluave are gonna both be 1st team all acc defensive standouts in 2024...bet

*****1000+ yard rusher jaydn ott got a 4.0 gpa last semester & his plan is to return to the cal football program in 2024 for his final year of college eligibility, this remarkable young man intends to earn his berkeley degreee in 3 years

*****outside linebacker myles jernigan is injured & done for the 2023 season

*****walked by sam jackson on crutches during the pre game warm ups, he's done for 2023 as is walk on qb tyler jensen who just left the football program, it's not clear whose gonna back up ben finley...let's not find out, ok?

*****coach sirmon innovatively played breakout apex predator edge defender david reese standing/lining up over the cougs center during his 4th quarter explosive passing rushes

*****coach madsen & the staff identified this morning 2 areas of focus moving forward: the lack of hydration resulted in the cramping of several players including alpha male jaylon tyson, this will be addressed moving forward

*****the other area of basketball focus is body language, last season's 3-29 fiasco scarred a couple of the returners & when the tigers went on a run last nite their body language got a kinda defeated vibe, that **** will be problem solved by maddog

*****coach madsen is supportive of all berkeley students getting FREE tickets to all basketball games, mark is also in favor of building more student seating in the walkways to the donor club room...when knowlton is asked about this he apparently just speaks in his usual worthless bureaucratic do nothing speech

*****coach walter chun signed 2 promising recruits this week including the #16 ranked junior player in the world ziqin zhou

*****the bears need the critical 2024 4th out of conference game to be a comfortable win to ensure bowl elgilbity during our 1st season in the acc...unfortunately our clueless as **** athletic director is sitting on signed contracts to schedule oregon state & washington state moving forward which will not happen until they drop their lawsuits with the departing pac 12 schools...james arthur knowlton does not get it & his continued efforts to wreak havoc with the revenue sports is unparalleled, he does not understand the value of the sec a-c-c-d scheduling

*****coach wilcox met with a potential $1,000,000+ nil donor before the game

them arizona state sun devils (3-7) stripper poled 17-7 the broken down sorry azz ucla bruins (6-4) at the rose bowl

baller j mike went off again for a dynamic 1 catch for 4 yards

pitch ur forks up (at modern yoga)#

What quarterback you know doing this??🥇15, the rookie and the vet💯 pic.twitter.com/wKO3GqXaHW

— Jaydn Ott🇼🇸 (@THEJAYDNOTT) November 12, 2023

The Big Game screams out for a player like Fernando!!! Emotion, tradition, keep the damn axe. Let's go!!!