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

This was a critical recruiting season for the Stanford and Cal basketball programs, albeit for vastly different reasons.

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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.

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.

Jerome Randle scored 18 points and Patrick Christopher sparked a key second-half run that helped No.

Guard Patrick Christopher dribbles down court during a team scrimmage in Haas Pavilion at U.C. Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif.

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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.

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.

Murray State's season-opening basketball opponent, California is getting plenty of preseason attention.

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.

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.

Final Four: A weekly projection of the Final Four teams will continue to be a part of Sully's Court.

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.

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.