Cal picked to finish 14th out of 18 in ACC pre-season poll. (link)

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Schroeder71
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3:07p, 10/15/24
Notre Dame Picked as Conference Favorite, Hidalgo Named Preseason Player of the Year - Atlantic Coast Conference (theacc.com)

Stanford was selected 7th in the conference. Clemson, Cal & Boston College are bunched tightly in spots 13, 14 & 15. GO BEARS!
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5:20p, 10/15/24
umm, thanks?
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10:25p, 10/15/24
I am in the camp that you cannot be certain about a team in the portal era until they step out on the court. But clearly our five-year record has not been impressive to others.

I am surprised that Louisville is ranked so highly since they will have an amazing nine freshmen on their roster this year. But they do have the #6 ranked recruiting class, and Walz gets the benefit of the doubt based on his own long-time winning record.
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In reply to Schroeder71 • 9:33p, 10/16/24
Schroeder71 said:
Notre Dame Picked as Conference Favorite, Hidalgo Named Preseason Player of the Year - Atlantic Coast Conference (theacc.com)

Stanford was selected 7th in the conference. Clemson, Cal & Boston College are bunched tightly in spots 13, 14 & 15. GO BEARS!
what's new with the womens team. sounds like we have heard this before. hopefully they do better.
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6:41a, 10/17/24
Stanford is very likely going to struggle. Their recruits are not up to their previous standards and they lost two elite post players. Cal could easily finish ahead of them.
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In reply to ClayK • 9:26a, 10/17/24
ClayK said:
Stanford is very likely going to struggle. Their recruits are not up to their previous standards and they lost two elite post players. Cal could easily finish ahead of them.
Not to mention losing their coach.
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10:08a, 10/17/24
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Cal could easily finish ahead of them.
From your lips to Oski's ears.
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In reply to annarborbear • 12:46p, 10/17/24
Agreed. The portal is a new variable that we don't fully understand yet. An early couple of metrics to use while gauging a coach's portal success will be win totals and do high contributors return for a second season rather than return to portal.

So wins will be the focus (as well as overall quality of play, teamwork, etc. in all games) until the next PortalPalooza.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
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12:49p, 10/19/24
If we finish in the bottom of the conference not to mention 14th or below then its time for a new coach.
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8:20a, 10/20/24
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If we finish in the bottom of the conference not to mention 14th or below then its time for a new coach.
Hold on there, buddy, the season hasn't even started. That's February talk.
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4:13p, 10/22/24
One of the best predictors of the immediate future is the near past. Here is how the current coaching staff has performed in conference play:

. 2019-2020: last place, 3-15
. 2020-2021: last place,1-12
. 2021-2022: next to the last place, 2-10
. 2022-2023: two spots above the last place, 4-14
. 2023-2024: four spots above the last place, 7-11

Average: 1.5 spots above the last place, 3-12

That means finishing around 16th place in the 18 team ACC.

Of course, optimists could point to last year's improvement and hope for better than 16th place, maybe 14th or 12th or even 10th place finish in the 18 team conference.

Will any of you be happy with finishing in the 16th place in the 18 team conference? How about with finishing in the 14th or 12th or even 10th place in the 18 team conference? If you are satisfied with that, you must be Jim Knowlton.

Go Bears!
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5:43p, 10/22/24
What will make yu happey. /where is your season ticket this year. I'll come and visit you.
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In reply to wvitbear • 5:47p, 10/22/24
hey wvit, sorry, but fwiw some of us have no idea who you're talking to
# shave and hair cut.. two cents
muting more than 300 handles, turnaround is fair play
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5:58p, 10/22/24
Cal Bear 80. He's got season tickets to all of Ca's winning teams.
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In reply to wvitbear • 5:02a, 10/23/24
wvitbear said:
What will make yu happey. /where is your season ticket this year. I'll come and visit you.

A simple .500 overall conference record is the minimum for being mediocre. The current overall conference record is 17-62 (78% losing, 22% winning).

Go Bears!
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