A win would be nice. The team could use a morale boost.

Sagarin has us as a 3.17 point favorite.
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/2020/conference/
ESPN gives us a 49.7% chance of victory.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401170621

Should be a good game, win or lose.

Fresno State, the school that used to filch Cal's players.

Good God, who do we have that matches up well with a proficient stretch-four?

Hyder and Robinson are both good freshmen....Hyder can shoot it and take it to the hole...tough match-up for us....Robinson is very athletic for a big guy and can probably dominate the paint against us....I don't see this being anything other than a dogfight if we are going to win...on the other hand, I won't be surprised if we get blown out....

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Good God, who do we have that matches up well with a proficient stretch-four?

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Yeah, exactly. I guess you see how Grant does against him. Maybe we see some zone? Juhwan or Jacobi? Juhwan probably lacks the size but could make up in quickness. Grimes won't be the best stretch-four the Bears see this year, so best to experiment now.

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I've seen maybe two minutes of Kuany (maybe his nickname should be K2 as in Kuany-Squared), but he seems athletic. I'd give him a few minutes - tell him to focus on defense and rebounding and he can earn more time.

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NathanAllen said:

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Good God, who do we have that matches up well with a proficient stretch-four?

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Yeah, exactly. I guess you see how Grant does against him. Maybe we see some zone? Juhwan or Jacobi? Juhwan probably lacks the size but could make up in quickness. Grimes won't be the best stretch-four the Bears see this year, so best to experiment now.

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I've seen maybe two minutes of Kuany (maybe his nickname should be K2 (as in Kuany-Squared), but he seems athletic. I'd give him a few minutes - tell him to focus on defense and rebounding and he can earn more time.

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Problem is, Fox puts in "K2", tells him to guard, say #44. K2 goes over to guard #3 and Fox pulls him right out and sits him down. Or something like that. Hard to tell exactly what's going on.

I'd worry more about Grimes if he was a bigger post who got most of his points inside. That's what we've had trouble stopping. Pretty much any of our forwards can deny him shots from outside and make him drive.

He's only shooting 35.5% from 3, up from 23.5% last year (on a measly 17 attempts). He didn't take any 3s his first two seasons.
He only scores 13.0 per game.
He does get 9.9 rebounds per game, including 3.5 offensive boards, which will be annoying when their other players are bricking shots from outside.

We're not great either. This is still a toss-up in my book.

home cookin and hit some 3's could result in a w.

Is this game televised? I can't find it on PAC12 Networks as they are showing an Arizona State game at the same time.

FourWins said:

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Is this game televised? I can't find it on PAC12 Networks as they are showing an Arizona State game at the same time.

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I believe it's only on PAC-12 Bay Area. Listed as such on calbears.conm with Haberman and Monty.

Thanks!

Here is the link to streaming:

https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/event/2019/12/11/fresno-state-california

Looks like standing room only. I plead guilty. I stiffed'em.

Thank you!

sonofabear51 said:

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Thank you!

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You don't get PAC 12 Network? Shame on you.

We do, They are showing the ASU game down here.