man's best friend (not talking about refs)#

cal's 3rd best free throw shooter#

[SIZE=5]Congrates to Caleb Swanigan for winning the CBSSports National Player of the Week
Caleb wanted to join Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown at Cal, but his guardian wanted him to play closer to home

Swanigan's has averaged 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists[/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]BIG props[/SIZE]

off to the races#

[SIZE=5]Pac 12 network showed a replay of the Cal vs St Mary's game
gave me another chance to see [COLOR="#000080"]Jabari Bird[/COLOR] with the game winning clutch shot[/SIZE]

HoopDreams;842660012 said:

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I think you are telling me to go to the bar.
What shall it be?
Beer?
Wine?
Well drink?

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[SIZE=5]Pac 12 network showed a replay of the Cal vs St Mary's game
gave me another chance to see [COLOR="#000080"]Jabari Bird[/COLOR] with the game winning clutch shot[/SIZE]

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I see a number of really nervous people, and then there's the blond who is already giving the 3-goggles sign!
Love it!

socaltownie;842659989 said:

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dorm beds. He is going to go to the nba over dorm beds :headbang (sarcasm)

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Bowles Hall used to have 7 footers in the 60s, and the whole freshmen football team was there.

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the cal staff is actively recruiting pj washington a 6'7" 220 lbs top 25 player in the 2017 class from frisco texas that is currently playing for findlay prep...coach wyking jones is the bears lead recruiter for las vegas & has a longtime relationship with the family dating back to his prior coaching position



washington is a power forward with a 7'1" wingspan

pj recently narrowed his collegiate finalists to: arizona, cal, texas, kentucky, michigan state, ucla, florida, unlv, north carolina, michigan, memphis, wake forest & texas am and told josh gershon that cal, texas & ucla are recruiting him the hardest

yeah, pj washington would be a valuable addition to cal's touch the sky class (2017), he's no lupe fiasco

[video=youtube;OvvspIhS6bg][/video]


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world (including the southwest)

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pj washington continues to be a key targeted prospect for the staff...with the pac 12 tournament at the mgm, there will be opportunities for the 2017 las vegas trio of pj washington, troy brown jr & charles o'bannon jr to check out the bears in person

last week pj made an unofficial visit to westwood to watch ucla lose 76-68 to oregon in front of an apathetic 6,578 fans at pauley pavilion...yeah, the bruins have hit hard times since the glory days of sam gilbert buying players for john wooden

coach martin has extended an actionable offer to 6'6" combo point guard troy brown jr of centennial high school in las vegas, the #8 ranked player in the 2017 class...coach jones is building relationships & responsible for recruiting las vegas

troy got a 3.7 gpa including ap & honors classes, basketball is not gonna define the future mcdonalds all american, he's not a dumb azz

the true student athlete unofficially visited cal & arizona (95%+ acceptance rate) last fall along with duke & kansas (sister jada plays for the jayhawks & writes a sports blog)

brown's centennial high school bulldogs season (24-4, coached up by todd allen with a high tempo, full court pressure playing style) ended in an epic 71-69 battle with them bishop gorman gaels led by current cal target charles o'bannon jr (21 points) & former cal recruit zach collins (24 points, 14 rebounds & 5 blocks)...troy took the game's final shot after battling for a rebound (shades of t-wall) but his 3 pointer was slightly off the mark & he finished with a multiple 19 points, 11 boards & 6 assists

yeah, troy brown jr would be an outstanding leader of cal's touch the sky class (2017), he's no lupe fiasco




the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including las vegas)

Shocky1;842580120 said:

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charles o'bannon jr, a 6'5" 190 lbs top 30 player in the 2017 class from bishop gorman high school & the las vegas prospects, has been offered by coach martin

o'bannon got serious length (and is still growing) along with lethal behind the 3 point line shooting skills along with a solid mid range game...charles is multiple like the guys in cal's diamonds are forever class (2015)...he's working this summer on both his d & ball handling skills

charles is a highly coveted national recruit with ucla (dad & uncle played there), arizona, kansas, uconn, unlv & louisville all targeting the articulate student athlete...but only the #1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world offers an elite combination of academics & basketball in a family environment along with ideal weather in the diverse & cosmopolitan bay area

yeah, o'bannon would be a strong fit with cal's touch the sky class (2017), he's no lupe fiasco that's for sure




chuck got an aau coach who is in his ear all the time re: the #1 public university in the world

yeah, that would be monty buckley

last time buckley recruited a kidd for the bears it turned out all right for everybody

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world (including las vegas)

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chuck has indicated that cal, texas, ucla & north carolina state are currently recruiting him the hardest...o'bannon recently took an unofficial visit to seattle to check out washington's struggling basketball program (the huskies have not made the ncca tnt the last 5 years)

yeah, them california golden bears like to travel in style...always good times when roger & brandon forget to bring their bowling shoes on road trips




trust me, the bears aren't gonna waste any $ in las vegas

cost containment/expense management#

Shocky1;842609435 said:

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the bears staff is actively recruiting 6'1" 155 lbs brandon williams the top ranked pg on the west coast in the 2018 class from crespi carmelite high school



williams has elite court speed & vision and can create for both his teammates & himself with jumpers off the dribble

the 2 schools on him the hardest at this time are cal & arizona

williams led crespi carmelite to a high school championship at haas pavilion last spring & then his parents joined him for an unofficial visit this november for the blue & gold scrimmage...he's already built a strong relationship with fellow los angeles guy, roman davis

brandon kinda wasted his academic talents as a freshman with a 2.5 gpa but is now very motivated to become mentally limitless, he's gpa this year is closer to 3.3...as his gpa continues to rise, the difference between an academically mediocre school like arizona with its 95% acceptance rate & the #1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world will become more of a factor when a decision is made down the road




cal's started at the bottom class (2018)#

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fresh off an unofficial visit to berkeley for cal's clownstomping victory over usc at haas pavilion, mr multiple brandon williams scored 20 points along with 10 boards as his crespi celts (24-9) out partied the dorsey dons 72-59 in the so cal state playoffs

Shocky1;842651225 said:

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so you're saying it's not over for creasy jr, jemarl baker, that there really is gonna be a sequel to man on fire?

who knew

losing a basketball game is kinda like getting dumped, you are emotionally damaged goods & you think about what you could've done differently to change the outcome...yeah the shockster was pretty upset after the arizona & virginia road games


but you gotta go forward, there's no point in looking backwards & sometimes the solution is right in front of you & then we're off to the races

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jemarl baker scored the epic game winning moneyball basket with 3 seconds left as them roosevelt mustangs (23-8) barely galloped 56-55 by the fairfax lions...big time players make big time plays in basketball games, it's really that simple

make no mistake about it, jemarl is the best pure shooter on the west coast in the 2017 class, he's gonna get buckets at haas pavillion

man on fire (creasy jr)#

"distinguish reality from the illusions that people make..."

-jaylen brown, noted philosopher & scholar


https://soundcloud.com/the-tribe-akashic/keep-me-company-feat-master-wendu-tae-haru

johnny dawkins led his stanford cardinals (15-15/8-10) to another non ncca selection season (7 out of his 8 years in palo alto) in losing 91-68 due to 3 of 21 3 point shooting to washington (18-13/9-9)

colorado (22-10/10-8) behind the pac 12's most improved player george king's 21 points smoked washington state (9-22/1-17) 80-56

rapist enabler steve alford's ucla bruins (15-17/6-12) finished a disastrous season of playing zero defense in getting their azzs kicked 95-71 for the 3rd time to cross town rival usc (21-11/9-9) which disgraces the proud tradition of ucla basketball of sam gilbert buying players for john wooden

oregon state (19-11/9-9) played 10 guys but forced gary payton ii to log 37 minutes in defeating arizona state (15-17/5-13) despite bobby hurley complaining about every call for 40 minutes

Shocky1;842651084 said:

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jemarl baker's junior season is over after scoring 10 points due to foul trouble as his roosevelt mustangs (21-7) lost a heartbreaker 56-54 to redondo union in the southern section open division playoffs

check out the video below of jemarl's desperation 3 pointer that came up just a little bit short...big time players wanna take big time shots in big time games, baker is a ******* big time player

jemarl is considered the best long range 3 point shooter on the west coast in the 2017 class, check out the perfect shooting motion with squared up shoulders & flip of the wrist on the release, who does that remind you of?...yeah, jemarl baker is a lot like joradan mathews, he's creasy junior...but sometimes the shot doesn't go in & the breaking bad narco terrorists get to kill you in a trade for the innocent, no shame in that & you are going home

jemarl baker & alec hickman are outstanding early commits to cal's touch the sky class (2017), they are no lupe fiascos that's for sure...bears fans can't wait for those bad azzs to ball out at haas pavilion

http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-roosevelt-redondo-20160220-column.html



the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world (including eastvale)

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jemarl baker aka j mat jr aka creasy jr redeemed himself with 16 points & a game winning moneyball to send everyone in eastvale home safely
http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-prep-basketball-regionals-20160310-story.html

Shocky1;842660524 said:

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yeah, them california golden bears like to travel in style...always good times when roger & brandon forget to bring their bowling shoes on road trips




trust me, the bears aren't gonna waste any $ in las vegas

cost containment/expense management#

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So, you're telling me we're going to lose tonight?
Who the hell arranged for us to be in such a room?
Our opponent?
Stanford?
Bookies with an angle?

there are very few things in life more joyous than watching jordan mathews run back on defense after knocking down a 3 point moneyball with j mat signaling with his fingers that's he off to the races with his tongue hanging out & a determined smile forever frozen in time

yeah, creasy jr jemarl baker has got a lot to learn




the magic of cal basketball (creasy style)#

one of my favorite movies is unbreakable

who knew that t-wall sometimes got bad hair days & rides around berkeley in a wheelchair?

Shocky1;842582692 said:

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team: oregon state beavers

shockster 2015/2016 pac 12 prediction: 6th place

coach: wayne "who's your daddy" tinkle

what you need to know about tinkle: wayne's daughter elle plays at gonzaga & daughter joslyn plays at stanford


what up in corvallis?: the beavs return everybody including senior point guard gary payton ii (13.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg & 3.2 apg), malcolm dunvivier (10.7 ppg & 3.5 apg), victor robbins (10.3 ppg), berkeley's langston morris-walker (9.3 ppg & 4.6 rpg), jarmal reid (8.3 ppg) & olaf schaftenaar (7.8 ppg) plus tinkle's son tres & assistant coach stephen thompson's son jr (whose recruitment wisely ended by the cal staff when dad took the job in corvallis), both are top 100 2015 recruits...the beavs play fundamentally sound defense particularly in the interior under assistant coach gregg gottlieb but their abysmal team rebounding (other than payton) will hold them back, osu is gonna be tough when the final score for both teams is in the 50s & 60s

what this means for the bears: cal will need to push tempo vs the methodical osu, the new 30 second clock rule will not help the deliberate beavs

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oregon state is 19-11/9-9 including a 75-66 victory late last nite over asu in the opening round of the pac 12 tnt

the beavers live & die with 6'3" 180 lbs gary payton ii (15.7 ppg with only 30.8% on 3 pointers, 7.6 rpg, 5.2 apg & 2.5 spg) who along with t-wall are the players with the most diversified skill sets in the pac 12...osu also got freshman coach's son 6'8" 220 lbs tres tinkle (13.1 ppg with only & 5.4 rpg) who is out with a right foot injury to the 5th metatarsal who abused cal in the other 2 games, freshman assistant coach's son 6'4" 170 lbs stephen thompson jr (10.7 ppg with a 36.6% on 3 pointers but he's more dangerous than that), 6'10" 240 lbs drew eubanks (7.6 ppg with a lethal 58.8% on fgs & 4.6 rpg), 6'10" 235 lbs olaf schaftennar (6.6 ppg & 3.0 rpg), 6'2" 210 lbs malcolm dunvivier (6.3 ppg) & former berkeley high schooler 6'5" 215 lbs langston morris-walker (5.3 ppg)

the gameplan for the bears is simple, cal can win this game if they pound oregon state on the boards & attack the basket while matching gary payton ii's energy...gpii played 37 minutes last nite, no reason t-wall & sammy can't run him into the ground...young ivee was sick from the freezing azz northwest weather for the oregon state game & tried to compete but got pushed around by tinkle & eubanks, that's not gonna happen tonite...the beavers will try to get the bears bigs into foul trouble (that's a common gameday strategy of coaches from the mike montgomery coaching tree) like they did in corvallis, we gotta be smarter than that

if the bears wanna play their 1st round games of the ncca tournament in spokane vs ******* brussels, they gotta play with crazy azz energy tonite, that did not happen in corvallis as guys played soft & tentative and the sorry azz mute bench was moffitt library quiet

bears don't got to play mistake free basketball, that's not gonna happen...they only got to play like little kids on the playground playing basketball with their best friends...basketball is only a game & it's fun, we got a lotta energy

let's do this#

Shocky1;842660615 said:

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there are very few things in life more joyous than watching jordan mathews run back on defense after knocking down a 3 point moneyball with j mat signaling with his fingers that's he off to the races with his tongue hanging out & a determined smile forever frozen in time

yeah, creasy jr jemarl baker has got a lot to learn




the magic of cal basketball (creasy style)#

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Boy, that young lady you're with sure is showing a lot of leg. At a basketball game?
Is that your date?

Shocky1;842660615 said:

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there are very few things in life more joyous than watching jordan mathews run back on defense after knocking down a 3 point moneyball with j mat signaling with his fingers that's he off to the races with his tongue hanging out & a determined smile forever frozen in time

yeah, creasy jr jemarl baker has got a lot to learn

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Hey! Isn't that Olive Oyl watching from the crowd, behind the rabbit and mouse? Isn't she like in her 90's?

BeachedBear;842660652 said:

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Hey! Isn't that Olive Oyl watching from the crowd, behind the rabbit and mouse? Isn't she like in her 90's?

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Perhaps, regarding Olive Oyl, when you ain't got nothing, you have nothing to lose...

concordtom;842660645 said:

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Boy, that young lady you're with sure is showing a lot of leg. At a basketball game?
Is that your date?

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my teenage daughter taylor & her dumb azz dad both love fuschia (not to be confused with pink) as a fashion choice

the magic of cal basketball can best be experienced in person at haas pavilion (and not in front of the idiot box) with your family & friends

concordtom;842660645 said:

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Boy, that young lady you're with sure is showing a lot of leg. At a basketball game?
Is that your date?

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I'm sorry, this is my last post on this point, but how do you criticize Shocky# for being inappropriate and then say things like this?

my fashionista daughter shay isn't as crazy azz about them california golden bears as her sister taylor but she does enjoy traveling with her dad (not pictured above) to cal basketall games

plaid is a fashion disaster (don't be that guy)#

dal9;842660731 said:

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I'm sorry, this is my last post on this point, but how do you criticize Shocky# for being inappropriate and then say things like this?

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my thoughts exactly...

Sadly - and I mean, really truly sad stuff here - I thought about Shocky and Concord's ridiculous petty high school bickering on this thread while driving to work today. part of it had to do with having watched Sisters with my girl the other night... a bit of a parallel with Tina Fey's character and Brinda to Shocky and Concord.



I did mention sad, right?!?

confirmed: tres tinkle will not play tonite for the beavers

still dangerous#

lorenzo romar's defensively challenged washington huskies (18-14/9-9) ended all ncca tnt hopes for the 5th year in a row in losing to criminal dana altman's breaking bad oregon (26-6/14-4) semi professional business enterprise 83-76 in the pac 12 tnt

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Hey! Isn't that Olive Oyl watching from the crowd, behind the rabbit and mouse? Isn't she like in her 90's?

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olive oyl=curvy brunette yoga female from an academically mediocre school that wants to date & marry a cal, stanford or ivy league grad (or maybe a sailor or something)

despite a home crowd advantage the arizona wildcats (25-7/12-6) & getting out rebounded +15 (51 to 36) barely held on to eliminate colorado (22-11/10-8) from the pac 12 tnt

[SIZE=5][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]Vegas baby![/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=5]Bears gotta limit turnovers and keep OSU off the offensive boards
If they do this, Bears win going away
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