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UCLA has already piled up losses to Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State and Portland.

Big test next week for the Bears, who seemingly drew the short straw when matchups were determined for the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood series.

The Cal basketball team is now whole again and can look ahead - to a Dec. 22 road test against top-ranked Kansas and beyond.

Suddenly, a wounded Cal basketball team appears to have some answers. Sophomores Max Zhang and Omondi Amoke delivered big performances Saturday night and the Golden Bears helped their conference save some face with an 82-63 victory over visiting Iowa State The Bears , still without regulars and Harper Kamp , led by as many as 19 points to remain ...

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments Coach Mike Montgomery is back to the drawing board.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments The Cal men's basketball team played two games in New York this weekend and returned with three losses.

Cal may not play back-to-back games all season against two bigger and more physical teams than Syracuse and Ohio State, the Bears' opponents last week at Madison Square Garden.

It looks like Ohio State and Syracuse gave the Pac-10 the blueprint to beat Cal this week.

Senior Theo Robertson, who averaged 18 points through Cal's first two basketball games, will miss Thursday night's Coaches vs.

At this time last year, Markhuri Sanders-Frison was playing basketball at South Plains Community College in Levelland, Texas, population 12,450. On Thursday night, he and the Cal basketball team will face Syracuse in the Coaches vs.

The window is open for the Cal men's basketball team. Can the Golden Bears climb through it to win their first Pac-10 regular-season championship in 50 years? The opportunity for Cal to win the conference title seemingly is greater than at any time over the past quarter-century. Even the 1993-94 team, led by future NBA players Jason Kidd and Lamond ...

Cal's debut as the nation's 13th-ranked team had a disheveled beginning, but the Golden Bears showed some explosiveness when it mattered on the way to a 75-70 victory over Murray State in the 2K Sports Classic tournament benefiting Coaches vs.

A Cal basketball season that comes with more expectations and promise than any this decade opens tonight, not with a glamorous trip to Madison Square Garden but against an opponent with a modest profile and solid resume.

Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments When the Cal men's basketball team starts season play in the 2K Sports Classic, committing 16 turnovers will probably matter.

This past offseason, for the first time since he arrived at Cal, Omondi Amoke was able to devote time to becoming a better basketball player.

Coach: Mike Montgomery . Last season's record: 22-11 overall, 11-7 in Pac-10 . Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA tournament to Maryland.

Head Coach : Mike Montgomery; 22-11 in first year at California Previous Season : 21-11; 11-7 Pac-10 ; Lost to Maryland in first round of NCAA Tournament Heading into last year, not much was expected of a California team coming of a 17-16 season.

Last year at this time, it was all new for the Cal basketball team. "We were like freshmen," said senior forward Jamal Boykin, one of four returning starters.

California coach Mike Montgomery stood on the court at Hass Pavilion on Saturday afternoon and patiently walked his players through an offensive set.

The Bears return four starters, including three - guards Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher and forward Theo Robertson - who combined to average nearly 46 points per game.