Basketball Preview: Bears Must Make Up for Lost Practice Time

Cal opens its home season Monday afternoon, taking on Nicholls State at Haas Pavilion. Tipoff time is 4:30 p.m.

The Bears split a pair of games in Oregon last week, losing to Oregon State in a non-conference matchup arranged at the last minute, 71-63. Then they overwhelmed an overmatched Northwest University, 86-61.

In this strange season, Nicholls is the final tune-up before conference play begins. Arizona State comes to town Thursday.