Pittstop said:

---

There's only eight players in that photo. A couple of them are at least as tall as MM, and he's 6'9".

---

I thought that too but look where their feet are. Madsen is standing the furthest back. Celestine looks taller than him but we know he's not 6'9.

3Cats4CAL said:

---

From left to right: the players are Wrenn, Jack,Devin, ND, Grant, Monty, Joshua, and Jaden with coaches in between

---

correct, the current 5 returning scholly players & the 3 walk ons

mad dog with his arm around monty bowser is a clear signal that he's on board with him returning for his senior season

Shocky1 said:

---

3Cats4CAL said:

---

From left to right: the players are Wrenn, Jack,Devin, ND, Grant, Monty, Joshua, and Jaden with coaches in between

---

correct, the current 5 returning scholly players & the 3 walk ons

mad dog with his arm around monty bowser is a clear signal that he's on board with him returning for his senior season

---

academic senior but athletics-wise redshirt Junior season right? So maybe either becomes a breakout contributor, depth piece, and then either grad transfers after next season or stays on as a rotation guy if both Coach and player see the fit.

Mac D AA Tyrin Lawrence chose Vandy -home- over CAL and Stanford..Zags I believe were late drop by him

Now in portal,7th ranked(behind Vanover? really?)

Fox lost out 2 yrs ago as a finalist , 14th ranked playa out of HS... came on big later last yr as 2 guard/wing for a good Stackhouse team.

Rumors?
or the MM Center rim protector also ranked in portal ?

Which part? The fact that he visited again or when he decides. I guess either way, he's likely not coming here.

Shocky1 said:

---

https://instagr.am/p/CgnrydaPqWx
back in the day shocky visited tara iti (north of auckland, world top 25 course, tom doak design) as part of my new course opening ratings/rankings responsibilities & played/hosted with the club's founder billionaire ric kayne from beverly hills & his good friend (and silent partner at tara it) larry sheakley
https://bearinsider.com/forums/8/topics/28431/50

sheakley asks me during the cookout on the beach if i wanna play again that week but i tell him i gotta get back to the states for cal's season opener...sheakley laughs & tells me he's also an ardent college basketball fan and that he's read cal's monster class which is kinda amazing to me but not totally shocking given the millions of views it had received at that time

larry (who is a fun non pretentious guy, kayne teases him the whole round about still primarily living in the midwest) owns the cincinnati reds baseball team (which he does not mention to me, our shared caddie tells me this after the round) & is the university of cincy's #1 booster/donor, he can literally pay whatever nil number bandaogo wants & then double (or triple it) it to get the deal done

---

got invited this evening back to tara iti (if shocky ever lived in another country it would be new zealand) to play the new tom doak and coore & crenshaw new north & south courses, will visit in february in 2024 once they're fully grown in & ready for architectural ratings

larry has met with aziz & expects a decision in the next 24-48 hours unless a cal nil donor emerges with a $1,000,000+ offer, he's been told that bandaogo's only visits have been to cincinnati at this time & that he's the necessary piece of the puzzle to competing for a national championship

so it's very unlikely that aziz bandaogo is gonna be a california golden program which is kinda sad considering his very close relationship to coach masden & his staff and the fact he's also the necessary defensive disruptor to a national championship run in berkeley

so who's gonna be the 13th & final scholly offer then?

trey woodbury is still the #1 target, not gonna mention his specific nil requirements (but will state he's willing to play for his former utah valley coach for less money) but more nil dollars needs to be raised very quickly in berkeley for this to happen

shocky got walked to his car when cal's monster class got terminated & that love has gone elsewhere, reality is that my annual animal advocacy fundraising here in maricopa county is more than the current cal nil dollars for football & basketball combined...yeah shocky is unstoppable in protecting the most vulnerable



cincinnati's monster class#

Maybe Mad Dog can arrange a group yoga class for Shocky and the Lakers Girls to facilitate healing

Shocky1 said:

---

Shocky1 said:

---

https://instagr.am/p/CgnrydaPqWx
back in the day shocky visited tara iti (north of auckland, world top 25 course, tom doak design) as part of my new course opening ratings/rankings responsibilities & played/hosted with the club's founder billionaire ric kayne from beverly hills & his good friend (and silent partner at tara it) larry sheakley
https://bearinsider.com/forums/8/topics/28431/50

sheakley asks me during the cookout on the beach if i wanna play again that week but i tell him i gotta get back to the states for cal's season opener...sheakley laughs & tells me he's also an ardent college basketball fan and that he's read cal's monster class which is kinda amazing to me but not totally shocking given the millions of views it had received at that time

larry (who is a fun non pretentious guy, kayne teases him the whole round about still primarily living in the midwest) owns the cincinnati reds baseball team (which he does not mention to me, our shared caddie tells me this after the round) & is the university of cincy's #1 booster/donor, he can literally pay whatever nil number bandaogo wants & then double (or triple it) it to get the deal done

---

got invited this evening back to tara iti (if shocky ever lived in another country it would be new zealand) to play the new tom doak and coore & crenshaw new north & south courses, will visit in february in 2024 once they're fully grown in & ready for architectural ratings

larry has met with aziz & expects a decision in the next 24-48 hours unless a cal nil donor emerges with a $1,000,000+ offer, he's been told that bandaogo's only visits have been to cincinnati at this time & that he's the necessary piece of the puzzle to competing for a national championship

so it's very unlikely that aziz bandaogo is gonna be a california golden program which is kinda sad considering his very close relationship to coach masden & his staff and the fact he's also the necessary defensive disruptor to a national championship run in berkeley

so who's gonna be the 13th & final scholly offer then?

trey woodbury is still the #1 target, not gonna mention his specific nil requirements (but will state he's willing to play for his former utah valley coach for less money) but more nil dollars needs to be raised very quickly in berkeley for this to happen

shocky got walked to his car when cal's monster class got terminated & that love has gone elsewhere, reality is that my annual animal advocacy fundraising here in maricopa county is more than the current cal nil dollars for football & basketball combined...yeah shocky is unstoppable in protecting the most vulnerable

---

If they can't land Trey, what's the plan?

Shocky1 said:

---

Shocky1 said:

---

https://instagr.am/p/CgnrydaPqWx
back in the day shocky visited tara iti (north of auckland, world top 25 course, tom doak design) as part of my new course opening ratings/rankings responsibilities & played/hosted with the club's founder billionaire ric kayne from beverly hills & his good friend (and silent partner at tara it) larry sheakley
https://bearinsider.com/forums/8/topics/28431/50

sheakley asks me during the cookout on the beach if i wanna play again that week but i tell him i gotta get back to the states for cal's season opener...sheakley laughs & tells me he's also an ardent college basketball fan and that he's read cal's monster class which is kinda amazing to me but not totally shocking given the millions of views it had received at that time

larry (who is a fun non pretentious guy, kayne teases him the whole round about still primarily living in the midwest) owns the cincinnati reds baseball team (which he does not mention to me, our shared caddie tells me this after the round) & is the university of cincy's #1 booster/donor, he can literally pay whatever nil number bandaogo wants & then double (or triple it) it to get the deal done

---

got invited this evening back to tara iti (if shocky ever lived in another country it would be new zealand) to play the new tom doak and coore & crenshaw new north & south courses, will visit in february in 2024 once they're fully grown in & ready for architectural ratings

larry has met with aziz & expects a decision in the next 24-48 hours unless a cal nil donor emerges with a $1,000,000+ offer, he's been told that bandaogo's only visits have been to cincinnati at this time & that he's the necessary piece of the puzzle to competing for a national championship

so it's very unlikely that aziz bandaogo is gonna be a california golden program which is kinda sad considering his very close relationship to coach masden & his staff and the fact he's also the necessary defensive disruptor to a national championship run in berkeley

so who's gonna be the 13th & final scholly offer then?

trey woodbury is still the #1 target, not gonna mention his specific nil requirements (but will state he's willing to play for his former utah valley coach for less money) but more nil dollars needs to be raised very quickly in berkeley for this to happen

shocky got walked to his car when cal's monster class got terminated & that love has gone elsewhere, reality is that my annual animal advocacy fundraising here in maricopa county is more than the current cal nil dollars for football & basketball combined...yeah shocky is unstoppable in protecting the most vulnerable



cincinnati's monster class#

---

Love can be rekindled Shockster. I will walk you back into the Haas of Pain for Opponents to your court side seat if you can direct about a mill quickly to the Cal NIL efforts. I'll even recreate my nacho cheese spill fiasco in Haas for your amusement

parentswerebears said:

---

Which part? The fact that he visited again or when he decides. I guess either way, he's likely not coming here.

---

Both. He and the Big Maple were never realistically going to share the court together.

Coach Madsen with the scouting report on his entire roster

Madsen has a lot to say about the transfers he has brought inhttps://t.co/eaipxj7XLO

— Cal Sports Report (@jakecurtis53) May 20, 2023

HoopDreams said:

---

Coach Madsen with the scouting report on his entire roster

Madsen has a lot to say about the transfers he has brought inhttps://t.co/eaipxj7XLO

— Cal Sports Report (@jakecurtis53) May 20, 2023

---

Thanks for posting!

Quote:

---

It’s safe to say Grant Nelson will be a hot commodity in the transfer portal.

pic.twitter.com/9t6rmLbC80 https://t.co/1XNP5wvWZ7

— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) May 2, 2023

the cal staff is reaching out to north dakota state 6'9" 235 lbs elite unicorn grant nelson from tiny devil lakes nd, he is also in the nba draft evaluation process along with the transfer portal with 2 years of remaining eligiblity

17.9 ppg including 43% on 3 pointers & 9.3 rpg this season, grant is receiving interest from all the major basketball factories along with the nba...his gf soraya is on the track team & loves cali

https://instagr.am/p/CrwFHt1OX5o
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including the peace garden state)

update: there's a near zero chance nelson is gonna end up in berkeley, right now he's 100% focused on the nba draft process (he can still withdraw his name) & doing individual workouts with multiple nba organizations

his back up plan (which is 100% managed by his 15 year older bro justin who is an insurance broker in bismarck) is his concurrently listing his availability in the transfer portal...grant got several options including kentucky in the aziz nil range ($1,000,000+) so this isn't gonna happen

the #1 priority on the staff's big board is still trey woodbury, he still needs ncca eligibility approval for his appeal on the earlier denial of a 6th year) but more critically a sufficient cal nil offer (trey will accept less money than the open marketplace to play for his former utah valley staff)

---

Grant Nelson, who put his name in the portal and also went through the NBA Draft process, will withdraw from the draft and focus on finding a new school, source told @Stadium.

The 6-foot-11 Nelson averaged 17.9 points and 9.3 rebounds for North Dakota State last season.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) May 30, 2023

mad dog don't just throw in the towel like the knowlton's handpicked last head coach (so ur saying there's a chance!)#

Quote:

---

Introducing our 2023 Draft Class🔥 #rizetoyourpotential #rizemanagement #nbadraft2023 pic.twitter.com/VmZ5OFAdIN

— Rize Management (@Rize_Management) May 20, 2023

a critical aspect of recruiting is connecting the dots, coach masden & his staff gotta lotta relationships that are involved behind the scenes in the successful 2023 reconstruction of the cal basketball roster

the monster sent an email to the director of basketball operations david ford a couple of weeks ago advising that it is critical for selling out haas again with 10,000+ fans on gamedays like it wuz during the cal's monster class era to bring in an asian player (whether it be on scholly or as a walk on) to energize the student/season tix fanbase...just winning games won't motivate tix sales on gamedays

right now there are conversations with dayton portal transfer mike sharavjamts (front row left) a highly skilled 6'8" combo guard/forward from ulaanbaatar mongolia who as a freshman last season made the atlantic 10 all rookie team...mike wuz born in phoenix & his dad sharavjamats wuz the 1st asian harlem globetrotter...he got 3 years of remaining eligibility & would be an instant fan favorite (with more branding/marketing nil opportunities than anywhere else in the usa in the culturally diverse san francisco bay area) along with being a multiple year starter in berkeley

also in play for the 13th & final scholly is uc riverside's zyon pullin (back row left) a dynamic combo guard with 18.3 ppg on a lethal 39.4% 3 point shooting along with a solid 4.2 assists per game...zyon got his name in the nba draft right now but if the feedback is that he gotta further his game to elevate his nba stock, it might make a lotta sense to develop/get coached up by mad dog & for the the pleasant hill native to return home to the bay

and yeah that's former cal's monster class recruit justice sueing jr (front row middle)
https://bearinsider.com/forums/8/topics/28431/83

elevate with rize management (intellectual capitalism)#

---

News: Mike Sharavjamts is withdrawing from the 2023 NBA Draft, he told ESPN. The Dayton transfer is in the portal and has narrowed down his school options to:

Indiana
Memphis
Pittsburgh
Nebraska
San Francisco

Will announce his decision in the next week. pic.twitter.com/XtKYLbNjdE

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) May 31, 2023

selling gameday tixs is kinda important#

apparently david ford's email isn't working, hopefully the new staff is more interested in building relationships with those that can help them than the last 2 staffs in berkeley that plied their trade in a near empty haas

HoopDreams said:

---

---

"Mark Madison". LOLz

Civil Bear said:

---

HoopDreams said:

---

---

"Mark Madison". LOLz

---

He's popular enough to run for President, TBH

zyon pullin
https://bearinsider.com/forums/2/topics/110786/replies/2177212

NEWS: Connor Vanover, a 7-foot-3 transfer from Oral Roberts, has committed to Missouri, he tells @On3sports.

Averaged 12.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.2 blocks per game this past season.

Began his career at Cal and spent two years at Arkansas.

Story: https://t.co/l8ThdKc8X0 pic.twitter.com/oJFiz6YA8w

— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) June 5, 2023

Hmmm these guys look familiar

Econ141 said:

---

NEWS: Connor Vanover, a 7-foot-3 transfer from Oral Roberts, has committed to Missouri, he tells @On3sports.

Averaged 12.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.2 blocks per game this past season.

Began his career at Cal and spent two years at Arkansas.

Story: https://t.co/l8ThdKc8X0 pic.twitter.com/oJFiz6YA8w

— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) June 5, 2023

Hmmm these guys look familiar

---

Nothing against Madsen, but what could have been…

2025 jordan scott
https://bearinsider.com/forums/2/topics/110786/0

parentswerebears said:

---

With the right coaching Vanover could have been a very interesting player, but seeing as how we didn't have a coach for two years and then he would have been injured all the time these last four years, he would be in worse shape here than anywhere he's been.

---

Not if we hired Dennis Gates instead of Mark Fox.

True, but we Wykinged and foxed over, so we got deep sixed.

parentswerebears said:

---

True, but we Wykinged and foxed over, so we got deep sixed.

---

Wyking recruited and signed Vanover. Gates was a candidate to replace Wyking 4 years ago. Vanover signed with Gates now. Ergo, if we had hired Gates instead of Fox 4 years ago…