
This weekend, the California Golden Bears Men’s basketball team accomplished something that had not been done at Cal in FIFTY(!) years. They became the first team to win at least a share of the conference title since 1960 (The great Pete Newell’s last year as Cal’s head coach). The Golden Bears dominated the second half of the game vs. Arizona State, who came in essentially tied with Cal for the conference lead. ASU still has a chance to tie for the regular-season title, if Cal can’t beat hated rival Stanfurd next week, but Cal swept ASU so they will have the top-seed in the upcoming conference tournament. The Pac-10 doesn’t use tie-breakers to determine the regular season champion; if teams tie, they are co-champions, so Cal and ASU could be co-champions next week. However, in terms of historical significance, that is iirrelevant. Even if you count sharing the title, it’s been FIFTY years, and a great burden has been removed from the program with this accomplishment.
Congratulations to the team, the coaches, and everyone associated with the program on this outstanding achievement!
As a footnote, I was at the game, and took the above picture with my iPhone… Go Bears!



