Hope our OCC schedule is "cupcake city."

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Ccajon2
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We have nothing to prove early on in the season. It's gonna be a long walk down tobacco road this year. (We play away @ Duke, NC, and final four NC State, fer x-sake. ) May I suggest a early OOC schedule with mostly 20 loss teams? I would ideally like to see us play mostly teams ranked higher then 150 RPI. I wouldn't even mind replaying some of the teams we lost to last year. (Revenge factor). Also none of that 4 teams in the Virgin islands type of tournament. We usually have to play a ball buster program like Marquette that always beats us. And, please no UCLA or USC on the schedule. I suspect we'll have a couple of ex Pac 12 teams on there. We really need to load up on wins early, cuz later where are they going to come from?
Actual schedule so far: Opponent (w-l last yr) Massey rating last yr.
USC. (15-18) #78 @US
Cornell (0-0) #148
Sds. (26-11) #25 @Sharktank
Cal py. (14-18) #227
Cal Bako (13-19) #254
NE st. (9-23) #325
Missouri (8-24) #146
Air For. (9-22) #251
Sac. St. (10-24) #308)
Mercy. 1st year Div 1 #330
Vandy. (9-23) #143 @Nashville
10 Cupcakes!!
Too bad subbing K-state for Cornhole. They've had some decent teams though.
Johnfox
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We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC
parentswerebears
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Johnfox said:

We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC

Cupcake city!
Ccajon2
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Johnfox said:

We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC


Where was this posted JF?
RedlessWardrobe
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Johnfox said:

We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC
Hopefully these games are scheduled later in the OOC schedule so that the players can get a little extra time to play together before facing these two.
oskidunker
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The Usc game is the first game of the Season. This was posted somewhere a few weeks ago.Go figure, although suc is also rebuilding d no one goes to games there
Bring back It’s It’s to Haas Pavillion!
BeachedBear
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RedlessWardrobe said:

Johnfox said:

We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC
Hopefully these games are scheduled later in the OOC schedule so that the players can get a little extra time to play together before facing these two.
From a coaching perspective, I'd rather have them spread out evenly with a lean to earlier. Gives more time to adapt and adjust.

As a coach, pretty frustrating to work on something, only to find out TOO LATE that it doesn't work. Would rather know that sooner than later.

calumnus
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Apart from cupcake, no cupcake, I hope we focus the OOC schedule on West Coast teams (Bay Area even) to reduce travel and maintain rivalries. There will be enough travel during conference play.
bluehenbear
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Any chance of the team getting a summertime overseas trip? Any extra practice together would help.
oskidunker
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bluehenbear said:

Any chance of the team getting a summertime overseas trip? Any extra practice together would help.


No
Bring back It’s It’s to Haas Pavillion!
brevity
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Ccajon2 said:

Johnfox said:

We're going to be on the road at Kansas State and USC


Where was this posted JF?




oskidunker said:

bluehenbear said:

Any chance of the team getting a summertime overseas trip? Any extra practice together would help.


No

Yeah, the short answer is no, not until 2026.

I wrote a much longer and detailed answer just yesterday in the 2024-25 Roster Tracker thread.
barsad
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I'm in the .500 club, I would consider that a successful season. But really I just want to see good, airtight basketball with full effort given every night.
Last year I saw some winnable games lost because of fixable "leaks" in the team. I trust Madsen will have time this summer to get this squad ready on Day 1, no excuses made about "well this is a transfer team so bad on-court chemistry is to be expected."
Start winning in November and don't look back.
Johnfox
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I hope we can join the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii. Pretty easy teams in the tourney and should be a good tune up
Johnfox
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Add San Diego State to that list
Cal88
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Anyone know when the ACC and OOC schedule will be announced? I'm thinking road trips here...
brevity
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Cal Poly on November 7. Possibly the season opener?



Johnfox said:

Add San Diego State to that list



Cal88 said:

Anyone know when the ACC and OOC schedule will be announced? I'm thinking road trips here...

If it helps, last year the Cal Bears announced their nonconference schedule on August 9, and the ACC announced its conference schedule on September 26.
Cal88
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Thanks!
calumnus
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brevity said:

Cal Poly on November 7. Possibly the season opener?



Johnfox said:

Add San Diego State to that list



Cal88 said:

Anyone know when the ACC and OOC schedule will be announced? I'm thinking road trips here...

If it helps, last year the Cal Bears announced their nonconference schedule on August 9, and the ACC announced its conference schedule on September 26.


I wonder what is the logic of playing in San Jose?
Basketball Bear
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Would love to see us playing in the Southern California challenge again this year in San Juan Capistrano.Everyone of those games was winnable
Big C
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One thing we've proved the past seven seasons is that we can lose to anybody. I mean, we have lost to schools where a Kuchen team would've been emptying the bench at the end.

And now we're about to almost completely blend a dozen new guys. It's up to us to play decently.
MinotStateBeav
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with the way transfers are happening ..look at us? We were the cupcake one year and a tougher team the next. A lot of schools are going to have these wild ebbs and flows where you think they're bad but then become pretty good within 1 year because 2 transfers can change a team.
BeachedBear
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calumnus said:

brevity said:

Cal Poly on November 7. Possibly the season opener?



Johnfox said:

Add San Diego State to that list



Cal88 said:

Anyone know when the ACC and OOC schedule will be announced? I'm thinking road trips here...

If it helps, last year the Cal Bears announced their nonconference schedule on August 9, and the ACC announced its conference schedule on September 26.


I wonder what is the logic of playing in San Jose?
I'm guessing this was driven by SAP center to fill a vacancy. They probably reached out to a number of west coast schools and Cal and SDSU were first to agree. Recent SDSU success catering to Bay Area fanbase and easy road trip for Cal (probably bus, no lodging, etc).
RedlessWardrobe
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Big C said:


One thing we've proved the past seven seasons is that we can lose to anybody. I mean, we have lost to schools where a Kuchen team would've been emptying the bench at the end.

And now we're about to almost completely blend a dozen new guys. It's up to us to play decently.
Please don't pick on Coach Kuchen. If you have the chance to edit, be kind enough to change it to Fox team.
BearSD
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BeachedBear said:

calumnus said:

brevity said:

Cal Poly on November 7. Possibly the season opener?



Johnfox said:

Add San Diego State to that list



Cal88 said:

Anyone know when the ACC and OOC schedule will be announced? I'm thinking road trips here...

If it helps, last year the Cal Bears announced their nonconference schedule on August 9, and the ACC announced its conference schedule on September 26.


I wonder what is the logic of playing in San Jose?
I'm guessing this was driven by SAP center to fill a vacancy. They probably reached out to a number of west coast schools and Cal and SDSU were first to agree. Recent SDSU success catering to Bay Area fanbase and easy road trip for Cal (probably bus, no lodging, etc).
This Cal-SDSU game is probably part of a two game deal including last season's "neutral site" game in San Juan Capistrano in Orange County.

Maybe there are sponsorship dollars going to the teams as an incentive to schedule the games this way instead of playing at the home arenas?
Big C
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RedlessWardrobe said:

Big C said:


One thing we've proved the past seven seasons is that we can lose to anybody. I mean, we have lost to schools where a Kuchen team would've been emptying the bench at the end.

And now we're about to almost completely blend a dozen new guys. It's up to us to play decently.
Please don't pick on Coach Kuchen. If you have the chance to edit, be kind enough to change it to Fox team.

Can't... because in case I wasn't clear, I was saying the Fox teams (and the Jones teams and last season's OOC Madsen team) would lose to the Kuchen teams (most of them).

For the record, I knew Kuch a tiny little bit. He's a good guy. Didn't quite get it done at Cal, but I enjoyed his six seasons as our coach.
RedlessWardrobe
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Got it. Now I understand!
brevity
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Cal will play CSU Bakersfield, possibly as the season opener:

parentswerebears
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Bakersfield, huh? Dangerous.
RedlessWardrobe
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Within recent years one thing has become clear. Every game is dangerous.
BTownsend
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BTownsend
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Northwestern St. at home on 12/14
brevity
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Cal plays Northwestern State in December. They're a school based in Louisiana, and they play for the Southland Conference.



Back in the 2006 NCAA Tournament, they were a 14 seed that beat 3 seed Iowa in the first round. The YouTube videos are of poor quality and not worth embedding, but this TikTok video from March Madness Best Moments is crystal clear.

NSU has a 10-year anniversary article from 2016 about the Demons of Destiny.
Ccajon2
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parentswerebears said:

Bakersfield, huh? Dangerous.


We were their cupcake for sure.
glutton
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Are these schedule announcements from Made For March official? The only 2024-2025 game showing on Calbears.com is a 12/3 game at Mizzou. I'm trying to plan some other Fall/Winter activities and try not to have conflicts with Cal home games, but it's tricky when there isn't an official men's baskeball schedule. At least the WBB team has their non-conference schedule posted.
brevity
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glutton said:

Are these schedule announcements from Made For March official? The only 2024-2025 game showing on Calbears.com is a 12/3 game at Mizzou. I'm trying to plan some other Fall/Winter activities and try not to have conflicts with Cal home games, but it's tricky when there isn't an official men's baskeball schedule. At least the WBB team has their non-conference schedule posted.
The Cal-Missouri game was announced by the ACC and SEC conferences, so that one is official.

Nothing else is official until the school puts out a schedule, but these social media posts (usually from Made for March, or Rocco Miller, or Jon Rothstein) come from a place of knowledge. They're talking to the athletic departments of one or both teams. Maybe the venue, if it's a neutral site.

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