bearsandgiants said:
He's back next year. Let's give him some talent with basketball IQ. Can we find that?
These are mostly guys who have played for these coaches previously. No excuses.
bearsandgiants said:
He's back next year. Let's give him some talent with basketball IQ. Can we find that?
calumnus said:bearsandgiants said:
He's back next year. Let's give him some talent with basketball IQ. Can we find that?
These are mostly guys who have played for these coaches previously. No excuses.
Ran out of gas. Good argument for depth but Madsen didn't have the time and resources to build a full roster.Cal88 said:
Loss of focus after building a big lead.
Tough way to end a pretty decent season.
Due to the distance they probably won't.bluehenbear said:
Dear ACC: please do not hire any P12 refs. They suck. They can go officiate in the B1G and WCC
stu said:
Free throws: Stanford 29, Cal 4.
Cal88 said:
Loss of focus after building a big lead.
Tough way to end a pretty decent season.
Bearly Clad said:
It was still a big step for us this season. I'm glad that Madsen changed the culture, guys where high-giving fans courtside and staying late to show love to the student section after the games. There was energy, purpose, and excitement around the program this year and that's a great change of pace and atmosphere.
The FT and foul disparity tonight was disgusting. The way the offense just stagnated in the second half where guys weren't moving and running screens and weaves like the first was concerning like they just tried to dribble out 12 minutes of game time. That's something that happened a few times this year and needs to change moving forward. I need Madisen's squads to play full games no matter the score without letting up or playing the clock instead of the opponent.
This big question mark now is the talent on the team. Madsen did great in the portal last year but we're losing Tyson and Aimaq, at the very least, and he'll have to restock and improve through the portal again but I also need to see him pull in a high level HS player or two to prove that he can.
We'll see what he comes back with next year as a follow-up and how he does building a program instead of just pulling it out of the depths. I'm cautiously optimistic but the travel and quality of opponent means the next few years will bring bigger challenges ahead. I hope he's the savior we all hope he can be but there's still a lot of really big unanswered questions and a lot of uncertainty for next season
prospeCt said:
And boy, how hard those grad schools are to get into at Stanfurd? Over and over Ted....Get your nose out of Trees backside.calgldnbear said:
Cal scored a total of 32 points in the second half AND overtime
Ted Robinson is happy ….. what a joke
Lasy year Madsen faced the task of recruiting the portal while hiring a staff, re recruiting the current roster, trying to engage a donor group that had mix feelings regarding his hire. Some wanted Pasternak, some (including me) were in the Amir Abdur-Rahim camp. And yet he culled together a highly rated transfer group. On3 had them 9th and 24/7 had the transfer class at 21.RedlessWardrobe said:
Like many of you I was at last night's game and had to suffer through the horrible collapse. Gonna try to keep this short. In a nutshell, last night's game was a summary of the entire season. Delete the overtime, the regulation session displayed the same strengths, weaknesses and inconsistencies that was on display all year. As I've mentioned before, by mid January, as fans, we all pretty much knew what this team was. Last night gave us more of the same.
My take, the Madsen extension was a good move. While I don't agree with some of the posts here that immediately linked last night's catastrophe to giving MM 2 more years, I understand that those responses had to be based more on emotion than objectively. The typical "prisoner of the moment" response.
Moving forward I'm cautiously optimistic that MM will move Cal basketball in the right direction. Although his immediate task of putting a roster together is similar to the one he faced last year, this time around it won't have that same "rush job" feel. Go Bears!
Exactly. Just a basket or two or call or two more and it's ballgame.blungld said:
Tyson has been so clutch. It was strange his inability to take over or at least make a key basket or get fouled. I didn't count but there were numerous drives where he failed to score or draw a foul or lost the ball for no reason. His passes were risky and telegraphed. The last 10 minutes were far below his standard and that cost us the game. Not his fault, but a typical Tyosn makes the Furd comeback impossible. Of course, the refs did swallow their whistle on A LOT of contact he drew...but still.
yes, my point exactlyJohnfox said:
Aziz Bandaogo is a defensive minded center that is really athletic. Would love to get him to Cal. Has offensive potential also.
Maxime Raynaud was bothered by Reuben Chinyelu all night with his athleticism.