This is one of the deepest teams that we've had in years.

This team will surprise people and I'm projecting an 18 - 13 record (9-11 in conference play).

Cal will go 9-2 in the non-con schedule with the other loss being AT Missouri.

Need to find a way to win 2 more. A tourney appearance would be marvelous.

JF, I give you credit for having the guts to make a prediction.

That being said, it still feels like its too early to know for sure. As long as we stay competitive I'm happy. Also there's a chance that at some point in the season an 11th player gets some spot time in the rotation. It will be interesting to see.

RedlessWardrobe said:

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JF, I give you credit for having the guts to make a prediction.

That being said, it still feels like its too early to know for sure. As long as we stay competitive I'm happy. Also there's a chance that at some point in the season an 11th player gets some spot time in the rotation. It will be interesting to see.

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Larsen might get some time if one of the bigs goes down. But huge drop off.

I trust Madsen and am happy if we have some non-zero probability of making THE tournament.

I cringe when thinking of facing the ACC with the Fox-team of two years ago.






GO BEARS!!!

calbearinamaze said:

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I trust Madsen and am happy if we have some non-zero probability of making THE tournament.

I cringe when thinking of facing the ACC with the Fox-team of two years ago.

Hopeful for at least nit but that is also noteasy.






GO BEARS!!!

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Why have we never been able to defend against the 3? I feel like our turnover margin will improve over time as the team gels a bit more, but it has seriously been my entire life that we haven't been able to guard against the 3, or at least as long as I can remember. Sometimes we get lucky and teams just go cold there, but we are masters at giving opponents WIDE OPEN looks from beyond the arc, and I don't see any improvement with the Madsen regime. Outside of that, there is little to argue with from Mad Dog, and I hope he has a plan to clean that up. If we keep playing more fundamental ball as the season goes on, and find a way to stop open looks from 3, I really do think we have the potential to be a tournament team THIS year. Would be amazing.