Basketball: Bits and pieces
Cal’s players are convinced their five-game excursion to northern Europe will pay long-term dividends. “I’m excited,” junior point guard Brandon Smith said Thursday. “This will really help us mature as...
View ArticleBasketball: Crabbe leads win in Stockholm
Rising sophomore Allen Crabbe scored 25 points and Cal won its opener on its five-game European tour with an 89-71 victory over the Solna Vikings in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday. Newcomer Justin Cobbs,...
View ArticleBasketball: Link to Cal live video feed
The start of Cal’s second European tour game — vs. Uppsala in Stockholm, Sweden — was delayed because the game officials were stuck in traffic. If you’d like to watch the game, copy and paste this...
View ArticleBasketball: Bears survive turnovers to win
Updated with stats below Cal overcame three turnovers in the final 2 minutes and escaped Stockholm, Sweden with a 76-74 win over Uppsala, a local professional team. The Bears are 2-0 so far on their...
View ArticleBasketball: Solna game video highlights
Here is a link to a Youtube video of highlights from Cal’s win over the Solna Vikings on Sunday in Stockholm, the Bears’ first game on their Scandanavian tour. Cal’s game Wednesday vs. the Norwegian...
View ArticleBasketball: Norwegian national team tops Bears
Handcuffed by a zone defense that limited them to 1 for 14 shooting from the 3-point arc, the Bears lost 69-64 to the Norwegian national team Wednesday at Oslo, Norway. Cal is now 2-1 on its exhibition...
View ArticleBasketball: Bears top Danish national team
Leading start to finish, Cal improved to 3-1 on its exhibition tour of northern Europe with an 81-73 victory over the Danish national team Saturday in Copenhagen. Senior guard Jorge Gutierrez, who...
View ArticleBasketball: Crabbe expects to be more aggressive from the outset of sophomore...
Here’s a story from this morning’s editions on Allen Crabbe off interviews I did before the team left the Bay Area for Europe.
View ArticleBasketball: Bears whip Danish to close trip
Cal beat the Danish national team for the second time in less than 24 hours, closing its five-game tour of northern Europe with a 95-78 victory at Copenhagen on Sunday. It was the biggest scoring...
View ArticleBasketball: Montgomery assesses Euro trip
Mike Montgomery’s initial reaction to the Golden Bears’ recently completed tour of Scandanavia? “It was expensive,” he said. “Oslo’s really expensive. No. 1 in the world.” Try $11 for a water at a...
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