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demand the ball, michelle!!!! (berkeley's only +1 athletic basketball player)#

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for ELITE skateboarders)

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michelle is interning with premium sales & sat with me for 10 minutes at the game, tole her she's my favorite women's basketball player of all time (along with gennifer brandon who she does not know) with her unreal +1 athleticism & mega watt smile

to reach her untapped potential michelle gotta stay outta foul trouble, tole her would like to see her not body up opponents 15+ feet from the basket but rather keep a foot or two of space that she can quickly close with her quick twitch reflexes

onyiah is in great physical shape for the 2024/2025 season & is a big fan of incoming froshie point guard zahra king from brooklyn who is a highlight reel with her east coast moves in the preseason practices

michelle in addition to being a skateboard junkie might be the smartest bear of them all with her current grad work studies in nuclear hydration bioscience of phosphate compounds or something

and yeah we both luv lindsay gottlieb & michelle confirmed that lindsay has inquired the last 2 offseasons about transferring to usc

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Make 👏 her 👏 work 👏 Michelle 👏
And-☝️ pic.twitter.com/aOrFiBB3QZ

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) March 7, 2024

michelle, tonite at 6:00 pm is the opening game tip off for ur 5th & final year of collegiate basketball, r u ready to roll?

u tole me something at the football game that wuz very disturbing, u said u think a lotta of ur foul problems r because the refs are treating u unfairly

michelle, in all honestly that is 100% NOT TRUE, there is not a single women's basketball ref on planet earth that got an agenda against u, got it?

no wonder u have led the nation in fouling out during ur career, blaming others (the refs) for ur dumb decisions is gonna lead to a **** situation again and again and again and again and again

r u tired of watching that movie??

ur my favorite basketball player (shocky got zero interest in the nba), michelle but plz don't be a dumb azz!!



shoes (and blaming other for our actions/not taking accountability) r for losers#

wvitbear said:

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Lulu's back in town.

I once thought I should have a song for each Cal player. Lulu's back in town was easy as is Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

Anyhow, coming into the season, I felt Lulu could have a big year. Although she shot poorly from 3 point land last year, she did have games where she was hot. I expected her to be like Lelani, in that she would improve every season. She also goes strong to the hoop.

I like our starting five. If Michele can stay out of foul trouble (and it looks good so far). And the freshmen look good but raw. They need playing time and they will get it.

I'm heading off to Sequoia National Park today so you all will have to hold down the fort. I'll hug the two bigfest trees in the world (General Sherman and General Grant trees).

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Enjoy your time at Sequoia.

It's nice to have quality depth. It might take a while to mold the three parts (returners, transfers and freshmen) into a cohesive unit, but you could see glimpses of it towards the end of the game. Charmin seems confident that she can get quality minutes from anyone coming off the bench at any stage of a game. Refreshing.

Go Bears!!

I see Kamryn taking Marta's spot. Zahra raking Kayla's spot and Gabrielle taking Michele's spot. And Lola being the all purpose sub who pays multiple positions.

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> I'm heading off to Sequoia National Park today so you all will have to hold down the fort. I'll hug the two bigfest trees in the world (General Sherman and General Grant trees).

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confidential to wvitbear - congrats. my better half's family built a primitive cabin in wilsonia ~100 years ago, handed down to the kid's kids, so for a while it used to be a summertime home away from home. just in case you're at loose ends, go back up the hill from GenGrant tree to the Wilsonia visitor center then take the pretty good narrow paved dead-end road to the lightly visited ridge aptly called Panoramic Point, for long views east, um, esp when fresno smog blows the other way. tmi - once upon a time we skied to PanPoint from the visitor center, midwinter, and ended up literally crashing back down in total darkness.
# goood times
[ also, sorry, visitors are asked not to walk too close to redwoods, since it damages their roots ]
#gobears

wvitbear said:

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Lulu's back in town.

I once thought I should have a song for each Cal player. Lulu's back in town was easy as is Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

Anyhow, coming into the season, I felt Lulu could have a big year. Although she shot poorly from 3 point land last year, she did have games where she was hot. I expected her to be like Lelani, in that she would improve every season. She also goes strong to the hoop.

I like our starting five. If Michele can stay out of foul trouble (and it looks good so far). And the freshmen look good but raw. They need playing time and they will get it.

I'm heading off to Sequoia National Park today so you all will have to hold down the fort. I'll hug the two bigfest trees in the world (General Sherman and General Grant trees).

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The name Lulu reminds me of this all time classic:

Favorite highlight from the 3rd quarter 📽️ 🍿 pic.twitter.com/2mK1JhcYPc

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) November 9, 2024

california golden bears 82
san jose state spartans 53

ugonne foul watch: 2 fouls (both unnecessary tryna defend entry passes to a post player with limited mobility) in 16 minutes (along with a master of the house dominating 10 rebounds) along with yet another moving screen early in the 3 quarter that wuz not called by the refs (initiating the bears offense with onyiah setting screens 20 feet from the top of the key needs to be deleted from the playbook by the staff)

fun fact: as highlighted by the above bucket, michelle runs the floor as athletically as any big in the united state of america & its territories including ibiza!

bears depth/playing rotation is a work in progress: the starting big 5 of michelle onyiah, quick release ionna krimili (18 points on 6 of 12 field goals), the speedy/unselfish kayla williams (16 points on an efficient 6 of 11 field goals), my favorite australian (along with lachlan wilson) lu lu twisdale (14 points on 3 of 6 three pointers), & marta suarez (10 points but zero assists, needs to work on sharing the ball/better court vision) are solid but other than the experienced natalia ackerman (8 points & 7 boards in 13 minutes) nobody has developed yet into the 7th/8th player until clauida langarita returns from her injury

turnover watch: significant improvement: 8 turnovers will win a lotta games in the acc!!

https://instagr.am/p/DBKMiZEsev6

(left to right) lulu, marta, kayla, ionna, jayda & natalia

california golden bears 86
gonzaga bulldogs 65

potential championship building win tonite on the road in spokane by 21 points!!

ugonne foul watch: 2 early fouls sidelined her most of the 1st half & then 2 moving screen fouls early in the 2nd half sidelined her again...michelle needs to take accountability, at the same time coach charmin & the staff need to immediately discontinue the bears offense starting with ugonne setting a screen 20 feet from the basket, this should be kinda obvious after her leading the nation in moving screen fouls each of the last several seasons...the key to the 2024/25 season is michelle staying out of foul trouble!!

kayla williams: 25 points on 9 of 12 field goals & 4 of 6 three balls along with 6 assists & only 2 turnovers...the usc transfer is both crafty & composed!!

WHAT??! BUZZER BEATER AGAIN?!?! YES INDEED!!!😎 pic.twitter.com/Vfy4LfM3QU

— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) November 15, 2024

lulu twidale (gotta good ponytail): 18 points on 6 of 11 field goals & 3 of 7 three balls, the australian is always smiling even on the biggest stages as she delivers ice in her veins moneyballs from the great barrier reef!!

ionna krimili: 17 points on 5 of 10 field goals & 3 of 6 three balls, gotta ridiculously quick release...but her best stat of the nite wuz zero turnovers!!

marta suarez: 14 points on 6 of 12 field goals despite playing with 4 fouls

turnover watch: only 12 on the road, that's taking care of the ball/valuing possessions

experienced leadership: other than lulu, the bears 7 deep rotation are all battle tested in their final year of eligibility



the time is NOW for everything!!#

spoke with michelle today at the football game, congratulated her on the team's exciting 4-0 start!!

tole her again that the biggest key to the 2024/25 season will be contingent upon her staying outta foul trouble, onyiah tole me she understands that & that's she tryna stay outta foul trouble

tole her that she's doing a better job of not bodying up on opposing bigs when they're over 15 feet from the hoop, onyiah agrees it's better to let posts shoot the long range jumper rather than risk a ticky tack foul in tryna block a low percentage perimeter shot

we also talked at length about the 2 moving screen fouls that started the 3rd quarter at gonzaga, she says its the team offensive scheme for her to set screens for guards/wings

note to coach charmin & the staff: after multiple years of michelle leading the nation is moving screen fouls, now is the time to be adaptive & discontinue any schemes that have onyiah tryna set screens further afar from the basket, got it??

https://instagr.am/p/DBW-VJGJekW

All our bigs got into foul trouble.. Ackerman fouled out and Marta had four. Our offense is the best under Charmin since she has been here and you want to discontinue it. Go figure.

wvit, the fact that all the bigs got into foul trouble is a very troubling sign for future acc results & is a byproduct of poor coaching, the bears are NOT gonna make almost 50% of their 3 pointers in the future to bail them out

well they didn't get in foul trouble the rest of the games. so maybe the refs had something to do with it.

https://instagr.am/p/DCKsMwqsTy5
players (yeah talking to u michelle) & fans (their is ZERO chance the refs wuz protecting the zags star post player) who think women's collegiate basketball refs are biased (either for or against certain players/teams) are wildly PARANOID & DELUSIONAL!!

there's no sports book betting for wbb, the refs are just calling the games as they see them & sure they make their share of bad calls but that's just part of the game

but some players like kristine anigwe think the refs are always against them & it undermined her efforts to become a better player

attended a sun angel football donor dinner event back in the day & then asu head basketball coach charli wuz one of the guest speakers...she wuz asked why asu always beats cal despite the bears having more talent on paper than the sun devils...charli (very street smart stanford grad) just laughed & said that she knows anigwe is PARANOID & that by instructing her post players to bang/body up on her that she would thinks the refs weren't protecting her and that would result in her lashing out with pushes/shoves & ultimately foul trouble which impacted the outcomes of the games...that's great coaching!!

and yeah the high potential trajectory of the bears 2024/25 season will be contingent upon ugonne staying out of foul trouble & allowing her quick twitch +1 athleticism to dominate the boards & interior paint defensively while scoring buckets in cal victories

not accepting personal accountability for ur own fouls is for losers#

https://instagr.am/p/Cm4nv1MP6Tg
ashfield, did u know that michelle made a point of sitting by me at my 50 yard line perch at this fall's 1st football game & then gave me a big smile & fist bump when we talked yesterday about strategies for avoiding moving screen fouls??

shocky tole michelle she's his favorite women's basketball player of all time!!

https://instagr.am/p/C9k43IjpsCx
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (for those that are problem solving adaptive to external factors & mentally limitless)

^ this is the kinda small minded/intolerant mentality that has resulted in the cal women's basketball program NOT growing the fanbase which has resulted in gamedays crowds smaller than the local costco on sunday afternoons

^ the problem with this intolerant small minded non inclusive mentality is that it's NOT financially feasible/sustainable to operate a women's basketball program with the following financials:
https://calbears.com/documents/2024/1/25/FY23_UCB_Athletics_SRE_Website_Copy.pdf

2023/24 fiscal year:
operating revenues total $616,184
operating costs total $5,053,245
operating deficit is $4,437,060

keep in mind that the total operating deficit for the 2024/25 will be well over $5,000,000+ with the new acc east coast travel & the numerous new positions within the women's basketball program including director of creative content, director of graphic design and director of brand development

the total gameday ticket revenues for this time period wuz only $189,223 for an entire season which is absolutely pathetic given that the national popularity of women's basketball is at an all time high & that nearly every professional sports organization has exited the east bay sports marketspace but the truth of the matter is that markeisha everett is a lazy azz non innovative arrogant worthless bureaucrat when it comes to building fanbases/selling tickets so it's gonna take a grassroots effort to grow cal's women's basketball

cal's women's basketball needs to be branded as a FUN affordable family focused value play for golden state valkyries fans

The best fans in the game – period.

20,000 season ticket deposits and another day closer to tip-off at Chase Center. Let’s keep making history together. #JointheAscent pic.twitter.com/vMOlRc6qk3

— Golden State Valkyries (@wnbagoldenstate) November 12, 2024

and this needs to happen now, this season's special group of bears includes 6 of the top 7 players in the current playing rotation other than lulu departing berkeley after the final game, next season's team will be a total rebuild that will struggle to make buckets in the highly competitive acc...the time is now for everything!!

it's gonna take a BIG TENT to create a legit homecourt advantage for michelle and her teammates!!

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Well we ARE obsessed but if one finds a particular poster annoying for whatever reason the blocking feature makes for a smoother experience. Personal choice it would seem eh?

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I block all sorts of people, both here and on Nextdoor.

I also keep in mind that I don't want to waste time arguing with strangers on social media, especially not this year. As I just told my favorite political humor blog (Andy Borowitz, of New Yorker fame, now runs his Borowitz Report at https://www.borowitzreport.com/), late-medieval history, literary crime novels and women's basketball have all been keeping me sane. Thank you, Cal Gals, and fellow Bear Insiders.

What is a literary crime novel?

I knew a Scandinavian would known the answer. I read about two novels a week that re usually mysteries. I just don't know if I have enough class to verify the latter.

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What is a literary crime novel?

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wvitbear said:

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What is a literary crime novel?

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Tana French writes literary crime novels, as succinctly defined by Finnish Oski, six of them police procedurals; Lawrence Block is famous for something closer to the traditional private-investigator series, but they are both fine writers.

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players (yeah talking to u michelle) & fans (their is ZERO chance the refs wuz protecting the zags star post player) who think women's collegiate basketball refs are biased (either for or against certain players/teams) are wildly PARANOID & DELUSIONAL!!

there's no sports book betting for wbb, the refs are just calling the games as they see them & sure they make their share of bad calls but that's just part of the game

but some players like kristine anigwe think the refs are always against them & it undermined her efforts to become a better player

attended a sun angel football donor dinner event back in the day & then asu head basketball coach charli wuz one of the guest speakers...she wuz asked why asu always beats cal despite the bears having more talent on paper than the sun devils...charli (very street smart stanford grad) just laughed & said that she knows anigwe is PARANOID & that by instructing her post players to bang/body up on her that she would thinks the refs weren't protecting her and that would result in her lashing out with pushes/shoves & ultimately foul trouble which impacted the outcomes of the games...that's great coaching!!

and yeah the high potential trajectory of the bears 2024/25 season will be contingent upon ugonne staying out of foul trouble & allowing her quick twitch +1 athleticism to dominate the boards & interior paint defensively while scoring buckets in cal victories

not accepting personal accountability for ur own fouls is for losers#

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