time for a big road win. not only do we need to shoot some 3's we need to hit them. if we get the upset it will get our fans and team thinking positive for the rest of the season.

None Nada

Did the Cal team stay in the higher altitudes of Utah and Colorado since Thursday or did they return home between games? If they stayed in the mountains, they should be acclimatized and have more endurance in tomorrow's game. So the game might be closer than normally expected.

Three days is not long enough to get much of an increase in rd blood cells. That takes a couple of weeks.

Bearprof;842069917 said:

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Three days is not long enough to get much of an increase in rd blood cells. That takes a couple of weeks.

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Unless you are Lance Armstrong

Bearprof;842069917 said:

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Three days is not long enough to get much of an increase in rd blood cells. That takes a couple of weeks.

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True.

One small advantage this year over the last couple years is that we've had a little more experience playing at altitude. The players will get winded as easily, but it won't be as disorienting as when we got stomped in the NIT 2 years ago.

We played at Denver back in November and Utah on Thursday. Hopefully that helps, although I'd still crudely estimate only about a 25% chance of winning in Boulder tomorrow.

Roberson with 20 boards vs Stanford?!!!

Not sure who's going keep him off the glass

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Roberson with 20 boards vs Stanford?!!!

Not sure who's going keep him off the glass

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Bak

When I was the players' age I regularly went from sea level to 10,000 feet elevation and in one day was able to hike 20 miles or climb a 13,000 foot peak. A lot of it has to do with modifying one's breathing pattern, longer and deeper breaths.

I was wondering how long it would take before Booker got called for carrying the ball. A star can get away with that in the NBA.

Couple of steals keeping us in the game - it sure seems like the other team always has way more open threes than we do. At least Roberson got two quick fouls but then Kravish picked up a cheap second also...

Brandon comes in - three turnovers in about three minutes - fell down again twice...

Both teams fumbling the ball around - no points scored by either team in the last four minutes so still 14-7 Colorado. Cobbs back in for Brandon. Powers in for Bak.

How many shots can we miss. I have never seen anything like this...okay maybe I have.

Colorado 4-5 from three, we're 0-3. Seen this movie before..

Midway through the first half we are shooting less then 20% and getting out rebounded 16 for colo to our 7 . Great!

I don't understand how a team with Kravish, Cobbs, Wallace, and Crabbe (all decent to good shooters) consistently goes on these types of draughts.

This team just flat out sucks.

If we lose this game, and it doesn't look good at present, we can look back at the 16 minutes left in the first half to 10 minutes left in the first half. Colorado up 14-7 goes six minutes without scoring, commits 8 turnovers and we get 2 ...
Shooting 18% - pitiful!

Open shooters constantly pass the open shot and actually move into the defender than throw up an off balance fall-away. Almost the whole team moves into pressure and over passes.

No on the floor leadership, no toughness with very little team chemistry. Bunch of players just moving around, seemingly aimlessly

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If we lose this game, and it doesn't look good at present, we can look back at the 16 minutes left in the first half to 10 minutes left in the first half. Colorado up 14-7 goes six minutes without scoring, commits 8 turnovers and we get 2 ...
Shooting 18% - pitiful!

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yes, was amazing during that stretch Cal couldn't cut into that lead hardly at all....simply unbelievable

Cobbs passed up an open three - we end up with a contested two from Brandon. Not sure why Cobbs won't shoot from 3 - he's lost confidence in his outside shot that's for sure

And all the while Colorado's and the pac12 leading rebounder was on the bench. And we still can't get it done.

Monty needs to yell at the team and get them out of their zombie state like Rex Walters yelled at his team during the USF v Gonzaga game yesterday. The Dons had laid down like dogs and were going to lose by 40 but Rex snapped them out of it and it was competitive in the second half.

I now publicly retract my poor sportsmanship allegations of yesterday regarding Cal's 176-0 rugby victory over Furd. We need some of that to counterbalance sh#t like this.

Done with this. Enjoy the rest. Don't care if we win. CU has at least 4 guys who can create their own shot. We have NO ONE. Even Crabbe, for all the accolades, needs screens, bumbs, etc. cause he can not take his guy off the bounce.

And yes, F YOU all you Pete Newell worshippers. Our recruiting has SUCKED and I don't give a BLEEP that Mike Montgomery supposedly can teach cause CU's guy OWNS HIM.

Cobbs blowing the open dunk tells you all you need about this first half - Wallace needs to work on his free throws especially since he's a guard

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Done with this. Enjoy the rest. Don't care if we win. CU has at least 4 guys who can create their own shot. We have NO ONE. Even Crabbe, for all the accolades, needs screens, bumbs, etc. cause he can not take his guy off the bounce.

And yes, F YOU all you Pete Newell worshippers. Our recruiting has SUCKED and I don't give a BLEEP that Mike Montgomery supposedly can teach cause CU's guy OWNS HIM.

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It has been proven that repressing your emotions is bad for your blood pressure and your heart. You should not mince your words. You should say what you really mean. By the way, which pick in the first round of the NBA draft do you think Crabbe will be?

Crabbe is forcing his game terribly....easily guarded. Cobbs can't even dunk......Wallace seems like the only guy doing anything remotely well consistently in this one.

Yep, time to move on to something a bit more appealing for my sunday afternoon, hopefully granpa can channel some Tedford and the bears can 'win' the 2nd half. Moral victories.....hoo-f'n-ray

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This team just flat out sucks.

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^this

bearister;842070338 said:

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It has been proven that repressing your emotions is bad for your blood pressure and your heart. You should not mince your words. You should say what you really mean. By the way, which pick in the first round of the NBA draft do you think Crabbe will be?

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I had to turn it off. I can't watch that kind of "effort" without screaming at my TV. Better to do something that doesn't drive me crazy.

Pretty much unwatchable. Cal basketball is now Cal football. Fun.

socaltownie;842070330 said:

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Done with this. Enjoy the rest. Don't care if we win. CU has at least 4 guys who can create their own shot. We have NO ONE.

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Colorado playing good, tough defense, and you're right in that we need guys to create their own shots at times against that. Cobbs and Crabbe can and do create shots, but they aren't the ones they practice regularly. They're shooting just 4 of 17 combined so far. Maybe next year, with increased depth, our starters will get to practice against some real pressure defense.

It'll be even tougher with Roberson back in the 2nd half.

It'll be interesting seeing how Cal adjusts (or tries to).

Momentum can swing and the shooting percentages can reverse. Big hole to try and dig out of though.

Speaking of Cobbs, is he hurt or just a bad slump?

socaltownie;842070347 said:

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I had to turn it off. I can't watch that kind of "effort" without screaming at my TV. Better to do something that doesn't drive me crazy.

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I watched the Santa Clara, St.Mary's, and USF games yesterday. All those teams play harder than we do. What's with that?

7-0 run...cuts it to a single digit lead.