OMG! Unbelievable... congrats on their first conference win...and many more

That was a great effort by the Golden Bears.

GoCalBears said:

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OMG! Unbelievable... congrats on their first conference win...and many more

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I feel great for the players to finally taste victory. Losing sucks, so this is great for them.

Hard stop.

GO BEARS!!!

Glad it didn't matter but I just watched that overturned call about 5 more times and I still can't see how in the world that was overturned. Can only assume the PAC-12 general counsel was involved again.

HoopDreams said:

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Cal has more wins over top 25 teams than UW has

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And I imagine UW also owns the worst lost of the season?

The players believe in themselves
Great seeing them celebrate and have fun

A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

Great win! So happy for the team!

stu said:

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A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

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Though I'm a season ticket holder who still actually uses my tickets, I have hardly ever checked the conference standings this season... because I always knew we were in last place. So, driving out to the game, I was kind of shocked to hear the radio guys say that UW was 13-1 in conference. Whoa, really?!? I mean, I knew they were in first place, but, 13-1?

And we beat 'em. We played well, but they didn't look like any great shakes, by any means. 13-1?!? Well, 13-2, now. What a conference.

Big C said:

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stu said:

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A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

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Though I'm a season ticket holder who still actually uses my tickets, I have hardly ever checked the conference standings this season... because I always knew we were in last place. So, driving out to the game, I was kind of shocked to hear the radio guys say that UW was 13-1 in conference. Whoa, really?!? I mean, I knew they were in first place, but, 13-1?

And we beat 'em. We played well, but they didn't look like any great shakes, by any means. 13-1?!? Well, 13-2, now. What a conference.

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

calumnus said:

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Big C said:

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stu said:

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A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

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Though I'm a season ticket holder who still actually uses my tickets, I have hardly ever checked the conference standings this season... because I always knew we were in last place. So, driving out to the game, I was kind of shocked to hear the radio guys say that UW was 13-1 in conference. Whoa, really?!? I mean, I knew they were in first place, but, 13-1?

And we beat 'em. We played well, but they didn't look like any great shakes, by any means. 13-1?!? Well, 13-2, now. What a conference.

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

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Yeah, about that entirely possible outlook... you forget in that awful conference, we've won, you know, one game. Just for the absolute hillariousness of it I would love to see us run the tourney table. It would be glorious.

Love the very happy players. Go Bears.

TheFiatLux said:

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calumnus said:

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Big C said:

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stu said:

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A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

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Though I'm a season ticket holder who still actually uses my tickets, I have hardly ever checked the conference standings this season... because I always knew we were in last place. So, driving out to the game, I was kind of shocked to hear the radio guys say that UW was 13-1 in conference. Whoa, really?!? I mean, I knew they were in first place, but, 13-1?

And we beat 'em. We played well, but they didn't look like any great shakes, by any means. 13-1?!? Well, 13-2, now. What a conference.

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

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Yeah, about that entirely possible outlook... you forget in that awful conference, we've won, you know, one game. Just for the absolute hillariousness of it I would love to see us run the tourney table. It would be glorious.

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It would be 4 games in 4 nights, would it not? Obviously impossible... I think.

But then it happens and, of course, we go on to make some noise in the NCAA Tournament and... can you tell I'm taking advantage of the fact that weed is legal here now?

Whoa... go bears...

You're f-*!?/* kidding me?

Grit no quit in our players. Watching game and when we won two 60 something year olds and my mom 85 were standing and hopping around our living room. So thrilled for our players, coaching staff and loyal fans. Keep up the momentum..

calumnus said:

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

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Would that get us a play-in game?

stu said:

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A few observations:

The crowd looked to be about 3000, comparable to a good crowd at a women's game. As the game wore on the mood went from resigned to hopeful to enthusiastic. A real treat for those few who bothered to attend.

In the first half both teams were really hot from outside. I was surprised to see UW stay in their zone in the second, but we did struggle against it. With about 6 or 8 minutes remaining we had 3 consecutive turnovers and lost our lead, but our players didn't fold and we began scoring again.

I was also surprised at how bad UW's bigs looked. Anticevich and especially Vanover decisively outplayed them. And our perimeter players, especially Sueing, came through gaping holes in their zone to crash the boards. If I had been coaching UW I would have gone five out and played man defense.

Is UW the best the Pac-12 can offer? Sheesh!

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The PAC12 is not a power conference.

If they had made that miracle heave w 1.2 seconds left I would have come completely unglued. That was total bull crap they overturned that out of bounds play. It should be referred to the Pac-12 office. (Not that that would do any good)

Nice win for the Bears. Happy for them. Must be such a relief.

Can't help but note that Cal Bear 80 is nowhere to be seen now that the losing streak is broken. That guy sucks big time and is not a true fan no matter what he says.

Troll On You Bears said:

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Nice win for the Bears. Happy for them. Must be such a relief.

Can't help but note that Cal Bear 80 is nowhere to be seen now that the losing streak is broken. That guy sucks big time and is not a true fan no matter what he says.

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He is most likely some teen kid craving attention. Hopefully we've heard the last of him.

bluesaxe said:

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calumnus said:

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

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Would that get us a play-in game?

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Hmmm.... it would be an historic first, a power conference team in the 16 seed play-in game. Hell, a power conference team with anything worse than a 12 seed is probably historic.

We can't be in the "other" play-in games, those are for at-large teams, so we'd need to be bottom 4 of all the teams that get in. I'm guessing we wouldn't quite be down there. With upsets in other crappy conferences, by the time we, uh, run the table and have our sterling 12-22 record, there will probably be 4 teams ranked below us. But maybe not.

If the Bears win the conference tourney, however, the NCAA tourney will likely be canceled anyway due to the apocalypse.

Cal8285 said:

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bluesaxe said:

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calumnus said:

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Which just means winning 4 games in the PAC-12 Tournament (and being the official "PAC-12 Champs" with the autobid) is entirely possible.

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Would that get us a play-in game?

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Hmmm.... it would be an historic first, a power conference team in the 16 seed play-in game. Hell, a power conference team with anything worse than a 12 seed is probably historic.

We can't be in the "other" play-in games, those are for at-large teams, so we'd need to be bottom 4 of all the teams that get in. I'm guessing we wouldn't quite be down there. With upsets in other crappy conferences, by the time we, uh, run the table and have our sterling 12-22 record, there will probably be 4 teams ranked below us. But maybe not.

If the Bears win the conference tourney, however, the NCAA tourney will likely be canceled anyway due to the apocalypse.

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For the mere fact that we're a power conference team, I'd guess we wouldn't be worse than a 14 seed. Plus we have a solid win over UW that most 15/16 seeds aren't going to have.

EricBear said:

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Thanks for sharing a great post game locker room celebration - well deserved. These young men have not quit, coaches are pushing them and teaching them and they have been in most games until late 2nd half before just plain wearing down. Congrats team!

calfanz said:

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If they had made that miracle heave w 1.2 seconds left I would have come completely unglued. That was total bull crap they overturned that out of bounds play. It should be referred to the Pac-12 office. (Not that that would do any good)

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So happy for everyone in the program. We almost came completely unglued even before that reversal of the call on the court. Darius missed a one and one to win the game, then UW missed a shot, and JHD had a rebound right in his bread basket and just let it get away. But it doesn't matter anymore. We won!

Very happy for the players. I can only imagine what a relief that was to taste victory again.

Personally, I find this win to be one of the most gratifying in a long time. If you're having sex twice a week (or sometimes just once because you're on the road), you may start to get used to it and lose the appreciation you have for it. But when you haven't had sex in well over a year and not only get to finally have it, but do so with a very pretty girl with a top 25 coaches poll ranking, it feels remarkably awesome and exciting. It definitely makes me want to do it again this weekend even though she's not as highly regarded as a potential lover.

EricBear said:

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Oh the power of positive thinking and its effect on the human spirit. Go Bears.