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Category: Sports > Winter > Basketball Comments For seniors Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher, this season will decide their NBA futures.

Detroit's starters were taller than Cal at all five positions Wednesday night, but it didn't matter at the free throw line.

California's Jerome Randle, right, drives around Murray State defender B.J. Jenkins during the second half of an NCAA basketball game, Monday, Nov.

The California Golden Bears enter the 2009-10 campaign with lofty expectations, and they will try to get started on a positive note when they entertain the Murray State Racers tonight in a Coaches vs.

THOUGH LOFTY national prognostications have placed the bar for Cal basketball at a height never seen during the Ben Braun years, it would be unfair to place full blame on the man who spent 12 years coaching the Golden Bears.

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.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:43 p.m. BERKELEY, Calif. - Patrick Christopher scored 16 points, Jamal Boykin added eight points and 12 rebounds and No.

OUTLOOK: The fact that six of the 10 teams in the Pac-10 have participated in the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons speaks to the strength of the league in recent years.

To no one's surprise, Stanford's men's basketball team was picked to finish last in the Pac-10 by a vote of 37 media members who cover Pac-10 basketball.

California was picked on Thursday to win the Pac-10 basketball title, marking the first time in more than 10 years that UCLA or Arizona wasn't the top choice.

So who better to quote than the former NBA icon when it comes to the pile of positive predictions dumped on the Cal basketball team's shoulders Thursday.

Cal basketball's national profile took a leap Thursday when the Golden Bears were picked as the favorite to win the Pac-10 Conference and landed the No.

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.

Cal point guard Jerome Randle emerged as one of the top players west of the Mississippi River last season, exceeding just about every expectation with his average of 18.3 points and 5.0 assists per game as a junior.

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.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Coach Mike Montgomery brought in three newcomers, including 6-8, 280-pound junior C Markhuri Sanders-Frison, a junior college transfer.

Fifty seasons removed from their most recent conference title, the Golden Bears know that winning this year's Pac-10 crown is within their grasp.

College basketball practice begins across the country today, and that prompts questions.