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Why is Cal women's basketball so much better this season? These stats are revealing

Cal women's basketball combined to go 56-80 the past five seasons. The ACC coaches' preseason poll ranked the Bears 14th, and they hadn't been in the AP Top 25 poll since early 2019 until Monday.
This year has been different, though, in look and feel of the games and statistically. But why is Cal so much better this season? Head coach Charmin Smith has done work in the transfer portal the past two seasons and recruited one of the top classes in the country to create an offensive juggernaut that can get stops.

Mostly, according to the analytics, this version of Cal (11-1, No. 24 in the country) is extremely productive. Their 54.9% effective field-goal percentage a team's field-goal percentage that weighs 3-pointers more, via CBBAnalytics is 15th in the country.

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Here's a gift link to the full article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/cal-women-s-basketball-much-better-season-19974976.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3Nwb3J0cy9jb2xsZWdlL2FydGljbGUvY2FsLXdvbWVuLXMtYmFza2V0YmFsbC1tdWNoLWJldHRlci1zZWFzb24tMTk5NzQ5NzYucGhw&time=MTczNDUzNzI1NDA3NQ%3D%3D&rid=MDAyMjUwYmQtNGY5Ni00OWJkLThkODgtYTNiMDBlNTNkMWI2&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D

This is the kind of local press coverage the team needs. Get the word out to the general public.

More please, SF Chronicle.

sf chronicle byline reads Marisa Ingemi

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STAFF WRITER, WOMEN'S SPORTS
Marisa Ingemi covers the Golden State Valkyries, Bay FC, Stanf*rd women's basketball and more women's sports enterprise for the San Francisco Chronicle. She also covers the San Jose Sharks and other hockey after multiple stints as an NHL beat reporter. Ingemi graduated from Boston University in 2017 and has been recognized by APSE in 2023 and The Best American Sports Writing in 2022. She serves on the board for the Association for Women in Sports Media and is a voter in the AP women's basketball poll.

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Her Hoops Stat Newsletter: ACC BI-Weekly Roundup, Games played 12/4-12/17

is very informative, and includes Cal WBB 11-1 record......The Author has much

to say about Cal, ranked #24 in the AP Poll, and it's opportunity to play in the NCAA Tournament.

There are areas which need to see improvement in ACC games, which are noteworthy.

The Newletter is free, and is emailed to subsribers.

> The Newletter is free, and is emailed to subsribers.
thanks.. https://herhoopstats.com/
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