HEAD COACH BEN BRAUN 44 mark from 1955- BEN BRAUN 60. BRAUN’S Wisconsin ’75 As a result of that POSTSEASON RECORD 10th Year at California success, Braun has CALIFORNIA twice been rewarded 2003 NCAA d. N. Carolina St., 76-74 Now in his 10th season as head men’s with contract l. Oklahoma, 74-65 basketball coach at the University of extensions, including 2002 NCAA d. Pennsylvania, 82-75 California, Ben Braun has his current eight-year l. Pittsburgh, 63-50 established a Golden Bear contract. 2001 NCAA l. Fresno State, 82-70 program that has earned Generally regarded Cal.: 184-119 2000 NIT d. Long Beach St., 70-66 respect and admiration as one of college Career: 517-354 d. Georgetown, 60-49 both in the Bay Area and basketball’s top l. Wake Forest, 76-59 across the country. teachers and 1999 NIT d. Fresno State, 79-71 During his tenure at Cal, Braun has directed strategists, Braun d. DePaul, 58-57 the Bears to more postseason appearances brought his energetic d. Colorado St., 71-62 and more postseason victories than any style of coaching to d. Oregon, 83-69 coach in school history, including five NCAA Cal in September d. Clemson, 61-60 Tournament berths and an NIT 1996. 1997 NCAA d. Princeton, 55-52 championship in 1999. During his d. Villanova, 75-68 Two of his players have earned Pac-10 initial season at l. North Carolina, 63-57 Player of the Year honors – Ed Gray in 1997 Cal in 1996- and Sean Lampley in 2001 – while current 97, Braun EASTERN MICHIGAN sophomore is a two-time All- took a team 1996 NCAA d. Duke, 75-60 Pac-10 performer and was the 2004 Pac-10 that was l. Connecticut, 95-83 Freshman of the Year. Overall, Braun’s predicted to 1995 NIT l. Bradley, 86-85 charges have received All-Pac-10 status finish in the 1991 NCAA d. Mississippi St., 76-56 eight times, Pac-10 All-Freshman notice conference’s lower d. Penn State, 71-68 on six occasions and Pac-10 All- half, molded it into l. North Carolina, 93-67 Academic accolades 12 times. one that tied for 1988 NCAA l. Pittsburgh, 108-90 In 2005-06, both Powe and junior second in the league guard Ayinde Ubaka were voted to the and reached the All-Pac-10 team, while sophomore NCAA regional semifinals with tournament victories over Princeton and DeVon Hardin was an honorable Villanova. In addition, the 23-9 overall mark gave Braun a school record mention All-Pac-10 pick and forward Theo for most wins by a Bear coach in his first year with the program. Robertson was chosen Pac-10 All- In 1998-99, Braun’s club became the first team ever at Cal to beat three Freshman honorable mention. Top 10 schools in the same season, defeating North Carolina, UCLA and The 1997 Pac-10 Coach of the Year and Arizona during the course of the year. Then, after earning a bid to the NIT, a finalist for the 2003 Naismith National the Bears went on a 5-0 run to capture the title – Cal’s first postseason Coach of the Year, Braun enters the 2006 tournament championship since the Bears won the 1959 NCAA crown. postseason with a 186-120 record with the Cal finished the 1998-99 campaign with a 22-11 record. Bears and a 29-year career mark of 519-355. A year later, Braun took a freshman-dominated squad back to the He ranks second to (1925-54, postseason as the Bears reached the quarterfinals of the NIT. On Jan. 15, 449-294) in both tenure and wins in Cal 2000, he picked up his 400th career victory with a 71-65 win at Oregon annals, while his Cal winning percentage State. (.608) is the best at the school since Hall of In 2000-01, the Bears returned to the NCAA Tournament, finishing Famer guided the Bears to a 119- with a 20-11 record, and Lampley – Braun’s first recruit at Cal – became the school’s all-time leading scorer late in his senior campaign, finishing with 1,776 points. BRAUN’S RECORD AT CALIFORNIA The Bears again won 23 games and tied for second in the Pac-10 race Year Overall Pac-10 Postseason in 2001-02. Cal reached the semifinals of the conference tournament by 1996-97 ...... 23-9 ...... 12-6 ...... NCAA Sweet 16 defeating UCLA in the opening round and earned a No. 6 seed in the 1997-98 ...... 12-15 ...... 8-10 NCAA playoffs, where the Bears toppled Penn before falling to Pittsburgh. 1998-99 ...... 22-11 ...... 8-10 ...... NIT Champions In 2003, Cal again reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament 1999-00 ...... 18-15 ...... 7-11 ...... NIT Quarterfinals behind All-Pac-10 forwards Joe Shipp and Amit Tamir. Shipp ended his 2000-01 ...... 20-11 ...... 11-7 ...... NCAA 1st Round career with the No. 3 position on the Bears’ all-time scoring list, while 2001-02 ...... 23-9 ...... 12-6 ...... NCAA 2nd Round teammate Brian Wethers finished in the No. 15 position. 2002-03 ...... 22-9 ...... 13-5 ...... NCAA 2nd Round Although just 52 years of age, Braun already has 29 years of experience 2003-04 ...... 13-15 ...... 9-9 as a head coach, including 11 highly successful years at Eastern Michigan, 2004-05 ...... 13-16 ...... 6-12 where he guided the Eagles to four postseason berths, including three 2005-06 ...... 20-10 ...... 12-6 ...... NCAA NCAA appearances. During his tenure there, Braun accumulated a record Totals 186-120 98-82 of 185-132, averaging almost 18 wins per season, and was named Mid- American Conference Coach of the Year three times. 16 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE HEAD COACH BEN BRAUN (cont.) Heights. After an 8-21 debut season in 1977-78, his teams posted a 140-82 record over the next seven years, including four 20-win campaigns. His squads qualified for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) postseason tournaments five times. During his time at Siena Heights, he not only coached, but taught English and Physical Education classes at the school. In the summer of 1999, Braun was inducted into the first class of the Siena Heights Athletic Hall of Fame. Braun accepted the position of associate head coach at Eastern Michigan prior to the start of the 1985-86 season, but midway through the year, on Jan. 15, 1986, he was elevated to interim head coach. Success came quickly, as within two years he had the Eagles in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever. In 1989, Braun served as head coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Maccabiah Games. He took an internationally inexperienced squad into the championship round before bowing to the host Israeli team in the final. During his career, Braun has coached 12 players who have gone on to play in the NBA, including In addition, Braun coached at Siena Heights College for eight years, Grant Long (EMU) of the Detroit Pistons. At Cal, he has coached Ed taking the NAIA school to a 148-103 record and five postseason Gray, who was a first round draft pick of the Atlanta Hawks, center tournaments. Michael Stewart (Toronto Raptors), forward Sean Marks (Miami Heat), Under Braun’s direction, his players have proven equally successful center Francisco Elson (a 1999 second round pick by the ) both on the court and in the classroom. and forward Sean Lampley (a 2001 second round selection by the Chicago Nowhere was that more evident than with the 2001 Pac-10 All- Bulls). Tony Gonzalez, now an All-Pro tight end for the NFL’s Kansas Academic team. Three Bears – Morgan Lingle, Dennis Gates and Ryan City Chiefs, also played basketball for Braun in 1996-97. Forehan-Kelly – were first-team selections, while Donte Smith was an A native of Chicago, Braun graduated from New Trier High School, honorable mention pick, giving Cal more than twice as many academic where he starred in both basketball and baseball. He went on to play one members as any other school in the conference. In 2002, both Gates and year of basketball at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse before he Smith repeated on the Pac-10 All-Academic unit, while Tamir was a first- transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a team choice in 2003 and ’04. teaching degree in English in June of 1975 with a minor in African- Braun began his career as an assistant coach at Park High School in American Studies. Five years later, he earned his master’s degree in Racine, Wis. Within two years, he accepted the head coaching job at Siena guidance and counseling from Siena Heights.

BEN BRAUN CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Led Cal to five NCAA Tournaments (1997, 2001, ’02, ’03, ’06) – school record for most NCAA appearances by a Cal coach • Guided Cal to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1997 and to the second round in both 2002 and ’03 • Coached Cal to the 1999 National Invitation Tournament championship – the Bears’ first postseason title since winning the NCAA crown in 1960 • Holds the school record for most postseason appearances by a Cal coach (5 NCAA, 2 NIT) and most consecutive postseason invitations (5 – 1999-2003) • Holds the school record for most postseason wins by a Cal coach, posting an 11-5 record • Coached two Pac-10 Players of the Year – Ed Gray (1997) and Sean Lampley (2001) • Coached Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Leon Powe (2004) • His teams have produced eight upper division Pac-10 finishes in 10 seasons • Ranks second on Cal’s all-time victories list with 186 (186-119 record) • The first Cal coach since Pete Newell (1954-60) to have a winning conference record (98-82) • Voted the 1997 Pac-10 Coach of the Year – the first Cal coach ever to receive the honor • Was a finalist for the 2003 Naismith National Coach of the Year award • His players have earned All-Pac-10 honors eight times and Pac-10 All-Freshman honors on six occasions • His players have been named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team 12 times • Led Cal to a 23-9 record during the 1996-97 season, setting a school record for most wins by a Cal coach in his first year • In 1998-99, guided Cal to three wins over Top 10 teams – North Carolina, Arizona and UCLA – the first time in school history the Bears beat three Top 10 schools in one year • Member of the Ethics Committee for the National Association of Basketball Coaches

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 17 ASSISTANT COACHES LOUIS REYNAUD DENNIS GATES San Francisco State ’82 California ’01 Ninth Year at California First Year at California

Louis Reynaud, a native Californian who Former Golden Bear guard Dennis Gates, was born and raised in San Francisco, is in his who starred for California from 1999-2002, ninth season with the Golden Bear program has returned to his alma mater and is his first and fourth as associate head coach after season as an assistant coach this year. serving five years as an assistant coach. Gates was a member of Cal’s 1999 National Reynaud is well known in the coaching Invitation Tournament championship squad profession and has the reputation as an excellent coach and administrator and played key roles on the Bears’ NCAA Tournament teams in 2001 with outstanding organizational and leadership skills. There are very few and ’02. In 114 career games, he had 34 starts and finished with an average areas in the Cal basketball program in which Reynaud is not directly of 3.8 points per game, as well as 100 steals and 148 assists. involved. Among his many duties are recruiting, scouting and game During his tenure as a player, Cal compiled an 83-46 record, winning preparation, supervising support staff, and overseeing the valuable 20 games in a season three times. In 2002, the Bears reached the semifinals “Gold Team” walk-ons. Reynaud also supervises a unique group of of the Pac-10 Tournament and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. student managers. He is the position coach for the Bears’ post players. In addition, Gates was named to the all-tournament team at the Golden Prior to coming to Cal, Reynaud compiled an 84-31 record as head Bear Classic that year after hitting a three-pointer in the closing seconds basketball coach at nearby De La Salle High School and led the Spartans to beat Penn State, 76-73, in the championship game. to league titles in 1994 and ’96. Reynaud was a two-time Bay Valley Since graduating from Cal in 2002, Gates spent one year each on staff Athletic League Coach of the Year, and his 1996 team captured the with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, Marquette University and Division I NorCal championship and finished second in the state, earning Florida State. He served as an intern assistant coach under Alvin Gentry a No.1 ranking in the Bay Area for the first time in school history. and Dennis Johnson with the Clippers in 2002-03, then was a graduate Reynaud had his first head coaching opportunity at St. Patrick-St. assistant on Tom Crean’s staff at Marquette in ’03-04, helping the Vincent High School in Vallejo from 1990-93. He directed the Bruins to Golden Eagles to the third round of the NIT, and a GA under Leonard a 69-39 record, three 20-win seasons and one Sac-Joaquin Section title. Hamilton at Florida State last season. From 1986-90, Reynaud served as assistant varsity basketball coach at A native of Chicago, Gates was a two-time first-team Pac-10 All- De La Salle HS. Academic choice. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in just three In 1997, Reynaud was selected as head coach of the West Squad at the years and competed as a master’s candidate in education during his senior Magic Johnson Round Ball Classic for high school All-Americans, and campaign. Gates received Cal’s Most Inspirational Player Award in he directed the prestigious ABCD summer camp for five years. 2001, the Pete Newell Award as the team’s best defensive player in 2002 In addition to his coaching experience, Reynaud served as Dean of and was twice named the Bears’ Outstanding Student-Athlete (1999, Students at De La Salle from 1993-97 and as Dean of Students at St. 2001). Patrick-St. Vincent HS from 1990-93. As a high school player, Reynaud was a standout at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco and played for the late Lyle Newcomer at Skyline College in San Bruno. JOE PASTERNACK Reynaud received his bachelor’s degree in liberal studies along with his Indiana ’99 teaching credential from San Francisco State in 1982 and a master’s degree Fifth Year at California in health/physical education from St. Mary’s College in 1995. Reynaud and his wife, Cheryl, have one daughter, Lauren, and reside in the East Joe Pasternack is in his fifth year as an Bay. assistant coach after serving the previous two years as a member of the Golden Bear support staff. Pasternack came to Berkeley in 1999 as Cal’s video coordinator, where he was involved in game preparation, breaking down game film and other administrative duties. During the summer of 2001, head coach Ben Braun elevated Pasternack to an assistant coach. Among the areas under his responsibility are game preparation, recruiting, summer basketball camps, and individual workouts. He also writes scouting reports for the Bears and helps prepare the team on the court for upcoming opponents. Pasternack graduated from Indiana in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He was a manager for the Indiana basketball team for four years under coach Bob Knight, where he broke down game film and assisted in scouting opponents. A native of New Orleans, Pasternack played varsity high school basketball for four years at Metairie Park Country Day. He and his wife, Lindsay, reside in the East Bay.

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Season Highs Points...... 14 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Rod Benson Rebounds...... 7 vs. DePaul, 12/21/05 Senior Forward/Center Assists ...... 2 twice, last at UCLA, 12/31/05 Blocks ...... 3 vs. USC, 3/4/06 6-10 220 3V Steals ...... 2 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 San Diego, CA Career Highs Torrey Pines HS Points...... 25 vs. Colorado, 12/7/04 Rebounds...... 14 at UCLA, 1/22/05 Cal’s leading returning scorer (13.3 ppg) and Assists ...... 4 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 12/4/04 rebounder (6.3 rpg), Benson has had his senior Blocks ...... 4 vs. Oregon, 2/26/04 Steals ...... 2 many times, last vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 season slowed by a pair of injuries ... a stress fracture in his left heel limited him much of the early part of the year, keeping him out of four games entirely ... later in the year, tore the meniscus in his right knee in 0 practice and had surgery Jan. 20 ... returned to the lineup Feb. 16 vs. Arizona after sitting out seven contests and is rounding into shape for the postseason ... his best outing came in his 2005-06 debut when he finished with 14 points and six rebounds in 15 minutes vs. Long Beach State ... grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. DePaul Dec. 21 and corralled five boards in Cal’s next game at USC ... had a big role in Cal’s win at UCLA, going for eight points, three rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes ... played well at Stanford, ending the night with 10 points and five rebounds ... tipped in the go-ahead basket with 2:16 left at Washington State Feb. 23, putting the Bears up, 41-39 ... averaged 18.3 minutes since his last six games ... started on Senior Day vs. USC March 4 and finished with six points, four rebounds and three blocks in 22 minutes ... mother is Brisjon Holmes ... born Oct. 10, 1984 in Fairfield, Calif. ... will graduate in May as a political science major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2003 16-0 55 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 13 0.8 4-0 1 6 2 2 13 0.8 2004 21-0 178 22-50 .440 0-0 .000 11-22 .500 36 1.7 29-1 5 14 15 6 55 2.6 2005 29-26 804 152-280 .543 0-0 .000 83-123 .675 183 6.3 56-2 31 52 12 18 387 13.3 2006 19-1 297 35-77 .455 0-0 .000 15-26 .577 58 3.1 23-0 13 30 11 6 85 4.5 Totals 85-27 1334 215-419 .513 0-0 .000 110-174 .632 290 3.4 112-3 50 102 40 32 540 6.4

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan INJ (heel) Long Beach State 15 4-6 0-0 6-10 3 3 6 0-0 2 1 0 2 14 Northern Colorado 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 Northeastern INJ (heel) San Jose State INJ (heel) Akron INJ (heel) San Diego State 13 3-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2-0 0 1 1 0 8 vs. Kansas 20 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1-0 1 5 1 0 4 vs. DePaul 15 2-7 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 1-0 1 5 0 0 6 at USC 18 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 2-0 0 1 2 0 4 at UCLA 21 4-8 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3-0 2 2 1 0 8 Oregon 18 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1-0 1 1 1 0 3 Oregon State 17 3-7 0-0 0-1 4 1 5 0-0 1 0 0 0 6 at Stanford 19 5-8 0-0 0-1 2 3 5 1-0 1 2 0 1 10 at Arizona State INJ (knee) at Arizona INJ (knee) Washington INJ (knee) Washington State INJ (knee) at Oregon State INJ (knee) at Oregon INJ (knee) Stanford INJ (knee) Arizona 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona State 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 at Washington State 17 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0-0 1 1 0 1 2 at Washington 21 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 3-0 1 0 0 1 4 UCLA 19 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1-0 0 1 2 0 4 USC 22 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 3-0 1 0 3 0 6 vs. USC 14 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1-0 1 4 0 0 1 vs. Oregon 16 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 vs. UCLA 18 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1-0 0 1 0 0 2

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Season Highs Points...... 23 vs. Northeastern, 11/26/05 DeVon Hardin Rebounds...... 14 vs. Northeastern, 11/26/05 Sophomore Center Assists ...... 2 many times, last at Arizona State, 1/19/06 Blocks ...... 4 many times, last vs. Arizona State, 2/18/06 6-11 235 1V Steals ...... 2 twice, last at Washington, 2/26/06 Fremont, CA Career Highs Newark Memorial HS Points...... 23 vs. Northeastern, 11/26/05 Rebounds...... 14 vs. Northeastern, 11/26/05 Hardin has started all but one game (Senior Assists ...... 2 many times, last at Arizona State, 1/19/06 Day vs. USC) for the Bears this season ... Blocks ...... 4 many times, last vs. Arizona State, 2/18/06 earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades Steals ...... 2 many times, last at Washington, 2/26/06 ... has nearly doubled his scoring average from his freshman year, going from 4.3 ppg to 7.5 ppg ... produced double-doubles in three of his first four games and has five 35 double-doubles on the year ... led Cal in rebounding 11 times (includes ties) ... broke his career scoring high in consecutive outings vs. Long Beach State (14 points), Northern Colorado (21) and Northeastern (23) early in the year ... also finished the Northeastern game with a personal-best 14 rebounds ... for his performances against Northern Colorado and Northeastern, was named both Golden Bear Classic MVP and Pac-10 Player of the Week ... ranks among the Pac-10 leaders in blocks (3rd, 1.60 bpg) and rebounds (5th, 6.7 rpg) ... has blocked four shots in a game three times: vs. Northern Colorado Nov. 25, vs. Arizona Feb. 16 and vs. Arizona State Feb. 18 ... with 74 blocks, ranks sixth on Cal's career list, while his 48 blocks this year place him fifth on the school’s season chart ... improved his shooting from 38.6 percent last year to 62.5 percent this season ... played a big role in Cal’s win at UCLA Dec. 31 with 10 points and eight boards ... also grabbed 10 rebounds in a win at Arizona State ... added another 10 points and eight rebounds at Oregon and totaled 13 points and 10 caroms at home vs. ASU ... scored 10 points and corralled 11 boards in the home finale vs. USC ... although he did not score vs. Oregon in the Pac-10 Tournament semifinals, tied for team honors with six rebounds ... also added eight points and seven boards in the title game vs. UCLA ... parents are Michael and Gale Hardin ... born Sept. 7, 1986, in Long Beach, Calif. ... social welfare major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2005 29-13 468 52-103 .505 0-0 .000 22-57 .386 131 4.5 67-0 3 10 26 11 126 4.3 2006 30-29 720 85-170 .500 0-0 .000 55-88 .625 202 6.7 90-2 17 35 48 12 225 7.5 Totals 59-42 1188 137-273 .502 0-0 .000 77-145 .531 333 5.6 157-2 20 45 74 23 351 5.9

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 21 2-6 0-0 1-4 2 3 5 3-0 0 0 0 0 5 Long Beach State 21 6-10 0-0 2-4 4 6 10 4-0 1 1 1 0 14 Northern Colorado 24 6-8 0-0 9-13 7 3 10 2-0 0 1 4 0 21 Northeastern 33 8-13 0-0 7-11 6 8 14 0-0 2 1 1 1 23 San Jose State 26 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4-0 0 2 1 1 6 Akron 30 5-6 0-0 8-9 4 3 7 2-0 1 3 3 2 18 San Diego State 20 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3-0 1 2 2 0 6 vs. Kansas 19 1-4 0-0 3-4 3 0 3 3-0 0 0 0 0 5 vs. DePaul 25 3-4 0-0 5-8 3 6 9 3-0 1 0 2 0 11 at USC 23 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 2-0 0 1 1 0 5 at UCLA 27 4-5 0-0 2-2 2 6 8 4-0 1 1 1 0 10 Oregon 22 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 5 6 2-0 2 1 2 1 2 Oregon State 23 3-6 0-0 3-6 2 7 9 3-0 1 1 3 0 9 at Stanford 17 2-2 0-0 0-2 0 4 4 3-0 0 1 3 0 4 at Arizona State 25 2-10 0-0 4-5 3 7 10 4-0 2 1 2 0 8 at Arizona 16 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 6 7 4-0 0 2 2 0 4 Washington 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3-0 1 3 2 1 2 Washington State 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 at Oregon State 23 3-7 0-0 1-1 1 6 7 4-0 1 0 0 1 7 at Oregon 25 5-6 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 4-0 0 0 1 0 10 Stanford 33 1-5 0-0 2-2 0 6 6 5-1 1 0 1 1 4 Arizona 36 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2-0 1 1 4 0 6 Arizona State 39 6-12 0-0 1-1 2 8 10 3-0 0 3 4 0 13 at Washington State 25 2-5 0-0 0-3 2 1 3 1-0 0 1 2 1 4 at Washington 20 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4-0 0 2 1 2 4 UCLA 29 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 8 10 3-0 0 3 2 0 4 USC 19 3-6 0-0 4-6 4 7 11 4-0 0 1 0 0 10 vs. USC 20 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4-0 0 1 1 0 2 vs. Oregon 21 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 vs. UCLA 20 3-6 0-0 2-4 4 3 7 1-0 0 2 1 0 8

20 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Nikola Knezevic Freshman Guard Season & Career Highs 6-2 190 HS Points...... 5 vs. UCLA, 3/2/06 Rebounds...... 2 vs. Arizona, 2/16/06 Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro Assists ...... 4 twice, last vs. USC, 3/4/06 Fifth Economy School Blocks ...... 1 vs. Washington State, 1/28/06 Steals ...... 2 vs. Washington, 1/26/06 Joined the team from Belgrade after the end of the fall semester, gaining eligibility for Cal’s Dec. 21 game vs. DePaul (DNP) ... serves as the Bears' primary backup at guard ... appeared in all but one Pac-10 game (at Oregon State) ... rated the No. 3 point guard and the No. 17 overall player at last 13 summer’s adidas Superstar Camp ... played on the Serbia-Montenegro Junior National team at the Under 18 European Championships in 2004 ... helped his Beovuk ’72 club team to a pair of Serbian titles and two Serbia-Montenegro championships ... at Cal, saw his first significant action vs. Oregon Jan. 5 when he scored four points in 17 minutes ... dished out three assists in a home win over Stanford and came through in the Bears’ next game vs. Arizona with four assists in six minutes of action ... played well the final weekend of the regular season, finishing with five points and two assists vs. UCLA and three points and four assists (no turnovers) against USC ... parents are Slobodan and Tatjana Knezevic ... born Feb. 16, 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro ... undeclared major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2006 20-0 142 4-20 .200 1-9 .111 8-14 .571 8 0.4 16-0 15 17 1 8 17 0.9

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts vs. DePaul DNP at USC 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 at UCLA 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 Oregon 17 0-3 0-1 4-6 0 1 1 2-0 1 1 0 1 4 Oregon State 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1-0 0 3 0 0 0 at Stanford 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 at Arizona State 4 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1-0 1 1 0 1 1 at Arizona 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 9 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 Washington State 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 at Oregon State DNP at Oregon 8 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stanford 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Arizona 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0-0 4 3 0 0 0 Arizona State 5 0-1 0-1 2-3 1 0 1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 at Washington State 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 at Washington 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 UCLA 11 2-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 2-0 2 2 0 0 5 USC 17 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 4 0 0 1 3 vs. USC 6 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 vs. Oregon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. UCLA 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 21 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Ivan Kovacevic Freshman Guard Season & Career Highs 6-6 210 HS Points...... 2 twice, last vs. San Diego St., 12/6/05 Rebounds...... 3 vs. Northern Colorado, 11/25/05 Laguna Beach, CA Assists ...... 0 Laguna Beach HS Blocks ...... 0 Steals ...... 0 Joined the Bears as a walk-on this season after starring at Laguna Beach HS ... has appeared in eight games, scoring two points vs. both Northern Colorado and San Diego State ... also grabbed three offensive rebounds against UNC ... saw action in three Pac-10 contests: at Arizona State and at home vs. 32 Washington and USC ... earned league MVP and first-team All-CIF honors as a high school senior when he averaged 19.2 ppg and 12 rpg ... also played two years of varsity tennis and was chosen an Orange County All-Star during his one season of varsity volleyball ... earned his school’s Academic Excellence award as both a junior and senior ... parents are Dragan Kovacevic and Veljka Burazer ... born Sept. 7, 1987 in Rijeka, Croatia ... undeclared major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2006 8-0 7 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 0.5 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 0.5

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan DNP Long Beach State 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Colorado 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Northeastern DNP San Jose State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Akron 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego State 1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 vs. Kansas DNP vs. DePaul DNP at USC DNP at UCLA DNP Oregon DNP Oregon State DNP at Stanford DNP at Arizona State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arizona DNP Washington 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington State DNP at Oregon State DNP at Oregon DNP Stanford DNP Arizona DNP Arizona State DNP at Washington State DNP at Washington DNP UCLA DNP USC 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. USC DNP vs. Oregon DNP vs. UCLA DNP

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Season Highs Points...... 17 twice, last vs. San Diego St., 12/6/05 Richard Midgley Rebounds...... 5 twice, last vs. DePaul, 12/21/05 Senior Guard Assists ...... 6 at Eastern Michigan, 11/18/05 Blocks ...... 1 twice, last at Arizona, 1/21/06 6-3 195 3V Steals ...... 6 at Eastern Michigan, 11/18/05 Burgess Hill, England Career Highs Modesto Christian (Calif.) HS Points...... 28 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 12/4/04 Rebounds...... 7 many times, last vs. USC, 1/22/04 Cal’s lone senior to see significant action Assists ...... 6 many times, at Eastern Michigan, 11/18/05 throughout the season, Midgley will finish his Blocks ...... 1 many times, last at Arizona, 1/21/06 Steals ...... 6 at Eastern Michigan, 11/18/05 career ranked among the school’s all-time leaders in both scoring and three-pointers ... can play both point guard and shooting guard ... lost more than 20 pounds from a year ago to help improve his quickness and endurance 15 ... a starter for most of four seasons with the Bears ... his 1,173 points place him 20th on Cal’s all-time scoring list ... also will finish his career rated No. 2 at the school in three-pointers, now with 182; Ryan Drew (1989-91) is first with 214 ... has drained 48 three-pointers this season, giving him 40 or more each season ... picked off a career-high six seasons in the opener at Eastern Michigan Nov. 18, most for a Cal player since A.J. Diggs also had six vs. North Carolina State in the first round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament ... however, suffered a stinger in his right shoulder vs. EMU and sat out the Bears’ home opener against Long Beach State ... named to the all-tournament team at the Golden Bear Classic in November after averaging 12.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg in wins over Northern Colorado and Northeastern ... tallied a season- best 17 points (14 in the first half) vs. San Jose State Nov. 30 and matched the total vs. San Diego State Dec. 6 ... his performance against the Aztecs pushed him over the 1,000-point total, making him the 34th Bear to reach the milestone ... drained 5-of-6 three-pointers at USC and UCLA, helping Cal to a sweep on the road in late December ... paced Cal in scoring in back-to-back games with 15 points vs. Washington State and 16 points at Oregon State ... sank 9-of-10 free throws to help the Bears down Arizona in Berkeley ... despite handling the ball much of the time, averages less than two turnovers per game and has had seven games without a turnover ... ranks second on the team in assists ... shooting 82.4 percent from the free throw line (14-17) in the final two minutes and overtime ... as a freshman, hit a three-pointer from the top of the key with 3.9 seconds left in OT to help Cal beat NC State in the first round of the 2003 NCAA Tourney, 76-74 ... started at point guard the final 22 games that season ... parents are Kevin and Gill Midgley ... born July 7, 1983 in Maidstone, England ... will graduate this May with a degree in social welfare.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2003 31-22 815 89-189 .471 44-98 .449 64-89 .719 90 2.9 73-1 85 79 3 29 286 9.2 2004 28-26 770 91-217 .419 40-114 .351 75-100 .750 74 2.6 74-3 58 40 3 27 297 10.6 2005 26-22 834 103-267 .386 50-144 .347 80-105 .762 83 3.2 60-0 74 73 3 30 336 12.9 2006 29-29 973 79-202 .391 48-121 .397 48-61 .787 72 2.5 89-2 74 53 2 29 254 8.8 Totals 114-99 3392 362-875 .414 182-477 .382 267-355 .752 319 2.8 296-6 291 245 11 115 1173 10.3

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 37 3-8 2-5 2-2 1 3 4 2-0 6 2 0 6 10 Long Beach State INJ (shoulder) Northern Colorado 29 4-12 2-7 1-1 0 5 5 3-0 1 1 1 1 11 Northeastern 37 5-10 2-3 2-3 0 3 3 3-0 4 3 0 0 14 San Jose State 40 5-10 4-8 3-4 0 4 4 1-0 5 2 0 4 17 Akron 25 3-9 3-7 6-6 1 1 2 4-0 2 2 0 0 15 San Diego State 34 5-9 4-5 3-3 0 1 1 2-0 5 0 0 2 17 vs. Kansas 39 2-8 1-3 1-2 2 2 4 4-0 2 4 0 2 6 vs. DePaul 35 2-11 0-6 0-0 1 4 5 4-0 5 2 0 1 4 at USC 24 4-5 3-3 0-0 0 4 4 4-0 0 2 0 1 11 at UCLA 38 4-6 2-3 2-3 0 1 1 3-0 0 2 0 0 12 Oregon 27 1-3 1-2 2-2 2 2 4 4-0 0 2 0 1 5 Oregon State 36 4-13 4-12 0-0 0 4 4 5-1 4 0 0 2 12 at Stanford 30 2-4 1-3 2-4 0 0 0 4-0 2 0 0 1 7 at Arizona State 32 3-6 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 3-0 5 0 0 0 8 at Arizona 39 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4-0 2 6 1 0 0 Washington 31 2-7 0-3 4-4 1 2 3 2-0 2 1 0 0 8 Washington State 36 6-11 3-7 0-0 1 0 1 3-0 1 0 0 1 15 at Oregon State 37 6-8 3-3 1-2 0 0 0 4-0 4 2 0 1 16 at Oregon 40 1-7 1-5 2-2 0 3 3 3-0 2 3 0 0 5 Stanford 28 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 2-0 2 0 0 0 3 Arizona 26 1-2 0-1 9-10 1 2 3 4-0 2 3 0 0 11 Arizona State 45 1-7 1-5 0-1 2 1 3 3-0 5 1 0 2 3 at Washington St. 37 1-8 0-5 0-0 0 4 4 1-0 2 0 0 4 2 at Washington 29 5-8 4-7 1-2 0 2 2 4-0 3 3 0 0 15 UCLA 36 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 5-1 2 2 0 0 6 USC 36 2-7 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 2-0 5 5 0 0 5 vs. USC 26 3-8 1-5 2-3 1 1 2 3-0 0 2 0 0 9 vs. Oregon 39 0-1 0-0 4-5 0 1 1 2-0 1 1 0 0 4 vs. UCLA 25 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 0 2 0 0 3

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 23 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Season Highs Points...... 3 twice, last vs. USC, 3/4/06 Steve Panawek Rebounds...... 2 vs. Oregon State, 1/7/06 Assists ...... 0 Junior Guard Blocks ...... 0 6-6 205 2V Steals ...... 1 vs. USC vs. USC, 3/4/06

Moraga, CA Career Highs Miramonte HS Points...... 3 many times, last vs. USC, 3/4/06 Rebounds...... 2 twice, last vs. Oregon St., 1/7/06 A third-year walk-on who is a fourth-year Assists ...... 1 at UCLA, 1/22/05 Blocks ...... 0 Cal student and is on track to graduate in the fall Steals ...... 1 vs. USC, 3/4/06 with a degree in political science ... has appeared in five games ... started on Senior Day vs. USC and played five minutes against the Trojans ... finished the game off with a and one-handed breakaway dunk in the 12 closing seconds ... played nine minutes and scored on a three-pointer vs. Long Beach State ... grabbed two rebounds at home vs. Oregon State ... sat out the 2003-04 season with a sore back ... brother, Greg, played water polo at Cal from 2000- 03 ... parents are Greg and Sally Panawek ... born June 5, 1984 in Berkeley, Calif.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2003 3-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2005 13-0 23 1-9 .111 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 2 0.2 1-0 1 2 0 0 3 0.2 2006 5-1 17 2-7 .286 1-6 .167 1-2 .500 3 0.6 3-0 0 0 0 1 6 1.2 Totals 21-1 41 3-16 .188 2-14 .143 1-2 .500 5 0.2 5-0 1 3 0 1 9 0.4

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan DNP Long Beach State 9 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 0 0 3 Northern Colorado INJ (back) Northeastern INJ (back) San Jose State INJ (back) Akron INJ (back) San Diego State 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Kansas DNP vs. DePaul DNP at USC DNP at UCLA DNP Oregon DNP Oregon State 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Stanford DNP at Arizona State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arizona DNP Washington DNP Washington State DNP at Oregon State DNP at Oregon DNP Stanford DNP Arizona DNP Arizona State DNP at Washington State DNP at Washington DNP UCLA DNP USC 5 1-2 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 1 3 vs. USC DNP vs. Oregon DNP vs. UCLA DNP

24 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Season Highs Points...... 41 vs. Oregon, 3/10/06 Leon Powe Rebounds...... 20 vs. USC, 3/9/06 Assists ...... 4 at Oregon State, 2/2/06 Junior Forward Blocks ...... 2 many times, last vs. Oregon State, 1/7/06 6-8 240 1V Steals ...... 4 vs. Kansas, 12/10/05

Oakland, CA Career Highs Oakland Tech HS Points...... 41 vs. Oregon, 3/10/06 Rebounds...... 20 vs. USC, 3/9/06 After going more than a year-and-a-half Assists ...... 4 at Oregon State, 2/2/06 between college games, Powe didn’t skip a beat Blocks ...... 3 vs. St. Joseph’s, 12/20/03 this season once he returned to the court ... Steals ...... 4 vs. Kansas, 12/10/05 named to the All-Pac-10 team for the second time, becoming the first Cal player since Jason Kidd in 1993-94 to earn the honor as a freshman and a sophomore ... also 44 selected to numerous All-America teams, including USBWA (second team), ESPN.com (second team) and cbs.sportsline.com (second team) ... one of 22 finalists for the Wooden All-America team and is one of six finalists for the V Foundation Comeback Award ... voted MVP of the Pac-10 Tournament after a record-setting performance during Cal's trip to the final ... opened with 22 points and a tournament-record 20 rebounds vs. USC in the quarterfinals, breaking the mark of 18 set by Arizona State's Ike Diogu in 2003 ... became the first Cal player since Mark McNamara to post a 20-20 game (McNamara did it three times in 1981-82) ... followed that effort with a 41-point night (14-17 FG, 13-18 FT) in a double OT win over Oregon in the semifinals ... that total broke the tournament record of 39 set by Reggie Miller of UCLA in 1987 and tied for the third-most in school history ... one of only four players at Cal to score at least 40 points in a game ... averaged 26.7 ppg and 11.3 rpg while shooting 58.1 percent from the floor (25-43) in the tourney ... ranks among the school’s season leaders in points (13th, 539) and rebounds (14th, 261) ... career average of 17.9 ppg ties for fifth best ever at Cal and his career rate of 9.8 rpg is fourth highest ... sat out the first four games of the year with a minor stress fracture in high right foot, an injury that did not cause him any pain or discomfort ... scored 27 points in his debut vs. San Jose State and had 26 points in his next game vs. Akron to earn Dec. 5 Pac-10 Player of the Week honors ... has a Pac-10-high 14 double doubles and 28 career double-doubles ... scored 32 points in a home win over Stanford Feb. 9 and added 30 points and 10 rebounds Feb. 16 against Arizona ... recorded double-doubles in six straight games from Jan. 13 to Feb. 2 ... led Cal in rebounding 47 times in 53 career games ... grabbed 14 boards and scored 20 points in the Pac-10 opener at USC ... had 16 points, 11 rebounds and four steals vs. Kansas Dec. 10 ... snared 16 rebounds at Oregon State to go with his 13 points and four assists ... shooting 72.2 percent from the FT line and is averaging 10.1 trips per game ... set school season records for free throws made (190) and free throws attempted (263). Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2004 27-26 804 142-291 .488 0-1 .000 125-205 .610 256 9.5 62-0 19 53 17 19 409 15.1 2005 Redshirt 2006 26-26 915 173-346 .500 3-9 .333 190-263 .722 261 10.0 66-0 36 63 14 22 539 20.7 Totals 53-52 1719 315-637 .495 3-10 .300 315-468 .673 517 9.8 128-0 55 116 31 41 948 17.9

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan INJ (foot) Long Beach State INJ (foot) Northern Colorado INJ (foot) Northeastern INJ (foot) San Jose State 31 11-18 0-0 5-9 1 9 10 2-0 1 2 1 2 27 Akron 36 7-11 0-0 12-16 3 7 10 1-0 2 1 0 2 26 San Diego State 36 9-14 1-1 3-6 3 5 8 3-0 3 2 0 1 22 vs. Kansas 34 7-14 0-0 2-2 2 9 11 3-0 2 5 2 4 16 vs. DePaul 33 5-12 0-1 3-8 2 6 8 2-0 0 1 0 0 13 at USC 36 7-18 0-0 6-10 2 12 14 1-0 3 2 2 1 20 at UCLA 29 1-7 0-0 3-4 1 11 12 3-0 1 3 1 0 5 Oregon 34 8-19 1-1 10-14 3 5 8 1-0 3 2 1 0 27 Oregon State 33 4-10 0-0 11-13 6 2 8 3-0 0 2 2 1 19 at Stanford 31 7-12 0-0 5-11 5 5 10 4-0 0 3 0 0 19 at Arizona State 27 4-8 0-0 12-15 3 7 10 3-0 1 2 1 2 20 at Arizona 39 8-12 0-0 7-10 3 10 13 2-0 2 1 1 1 23 Washington 36 7-16 1-3 3-3 6 7 13 2-0 0 1 0 1 18 Washington State 35 1-8 0-0 12-14 3 8 11 3-0 3 4 0 1 14 at Oregon State 36 4-14 0-1 5-9 4 12 16 3-0 4 2 1 0 13 at Oregon 33 6-18 0-0 3-5 3 6 9 4-0 2 4 0 0 15 Stanford 37 10-21 0-1 12-15 6 3 9 4-0 0 3 1 1 32 Arizona 38 10-14 0-0 10-14 6 4 10 2-0 2 3 0 0 30 Arizona State 44 5-11 0-0 13-15 3 7 10 4-0 0 4 1 0 23 at Washington State 38 10-14 0-0 1-3 2 3 5 1-0 1 2 0 2 21 at Washington 33 5-7 0-0 4-6 2 6 8 4-0 1 3 0 0 14 UCLA 41 6-14 0-0 8-10 1 2 3 1-0 2 0 0 1 20 USC 31 6-11 0-0 10-10 3 8 11 4-0 1 4 0 0 22 vs. USC 31 5-11 0-0 12-17 5 15 20 3-0 0 0 0 0 22 vs. Oregon 47 14-17 0-0 13-18 1 5 6 2-0 2 5 0 2 41 vs. UCLA 36 6-15 0-0 5-6 4 4 8 1-0 0 2 0 0 17

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 25 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Season Highs Points...... 4 at Arizona State, 1/19/06 Alex Pribble Rebounds...... 7 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Assists ...... 5 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Junior Guard Blocks ...... 0 6-4 215 2V Steals ...... 0

Fairfax, CA Career Highs Drake HS Points...... 4 twice, last at Arizona State, 1/19/06 Rebounds...... 7 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 A third-year walk-on, Pribble was rewarded Assists ...... 5 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Blocks ...... 0 with a scholarship prior to the start of the Steals ...... 1 many times, last at USC, 12/29/05 season ... has appeared in 24 games for the Bears this year, after getting into 20 contests last season ... played a significant role in Cal’s win over Long Beach State when Richard Midgley was sidelined with a 31 shoulder injury ... in 23 minutes, scored three points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out five assists in the Bears’ 88-69 win ... also played 14 minutes in the Bears’ next outing vs. Northern Colorado ... nailed a three-pointer vs. San Jose State ... played well in eight minutes at Arizona State with four points (1-1 FG, 2-2 FT) and two boards ... also had two points and two rebounds in a home victory over Washington ... parents are Jack Pribble and Linda Bodian ... born April 5, 1985 in Greenbrae, Calif. ... sociology major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2004 3-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0.3 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 2005 20-0 60 5-8 .625 1-2 .500 4-7 .571 9 0.5 12-0 4 7 0 4 15 0.8 2006 24-0 114 5-12 .417 2-8 .250 2-2 1.000 18 0.8 13-0 10 3 0 1 14 0.6 Totals 47-0 177 10-20 .500 3-10 .300 6-9 .667 28 0.6 26-0 15 10 0 6 29 0.6

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Beach State 23 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 5 7 3-0 5 2 0 0 3 Northern Colorado 14 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 Northeastern 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose State 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Akron 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 San Diego State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 vs. Kansas DNP vs. DePaul 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at USC 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 at UCLA DNP Oregon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 at Stanford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arizona State 8 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 at Arizona 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 Washington State 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Oregon State 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Oregon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stanford DNP Arizona 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona State 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 at Washington State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Washington 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 UCLA DNP USC 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. USC DNP vs. Oregon DNP vs. UCLA 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0

26 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Theo Robertson Freshman Guard/Forward Season & Career Highs Points...... 18 vs. Oregon, 3/10/06 6-5 240 HS Rebounds...... 6 twice, last at Arizona State, 1/19/06 Pittsburg, CA Assists ...... 4 vs. Washington, 1/26/06 Blocks ...... 0 De La Salle HS Steals ...... 2 many times, last vs. Arizona STate, 2/18/06

A versatile player for the Bears who has played both inside and outside this season, Robertson is having a productive freshman campaign ... selected honorable mention Pac-10 All Freshman by the league’s coaches ... started in place of an injured Leon Powe the first four games of the year and averaged 24 11.8 ppg on 54.8 percent shooting during the span ... had 12 points in the opener at Eastern Michigan and followed with 14 points vs. Long Beach State and 13 points against Northern Colorado ... ranks fourth on the team with 14 three- pointers and shot a team-high 42.3 percent from three-point range in Pac-10 play (11-26) ... came off the bench for 10 points at Arizona State and 11 points at Arizona in January ... had nine points, four assists and a pair of steals in a home victory over Washington ... his free throw with five seconds left gave Cal a three-point lead in an eventual 62-60 win at Oregon ... after Omar Wilkes sprained an ankle, started consecutive home games vs. Stanford, Arizona and Arizona State ... finished with eight points, including 2-of-2 on three-pointers, against the Cardinal and with 12 points (5- 7 FG) vs. the Wildcats ... played well at Washington Feb. 26 with 13 points ... his three-pointer with 29 seconds left in regulation tied the score and sent the March 2 UCLA game into overtime ... played extremely well in the Pac-10 Tournament, averaging 9.3 ppg (7-11 FG, 5-7 3P, 9-10 FT) in three games ... finished with eight points vs. USC, then poured in a career-high 18 points against Oregon ... enters the NCAA Tournament having made nine of his last 12 three-point attempts to raise is overall rate to 40.4 percent ... parents are Ted and Leetha Robertson ... born Dec. 16, 1986 in Concord, Calif. ... undeclared major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2006 29-7 642 56-120 .467 23-57 .404 42-54 .778 76 2.6 61-1 38 29 0 16 177 6.1

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 35 4-5 1-2 3-3 0 4 4 2-0 1 1 0 0 12 Long Beach State 26 5-10 2-4 2-3 2 4 6 2-0 1 2 0 0 14 Northern Colorado 29 5-7 1-3 2-5 2 3 5 2-0 1 2 0 1 13 Northeastern 35 3-9 2-4 0-2 2 3 5 0-0 2 0 0 1 8 San Jose State 17 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 4-0 1 0 0 0 3 Akron 23 2-4 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 2-0 3 1 0 0 4 San Diego State 11 0-3 0-2 4-4 0 1 1 1-0 1 0 0 1 4 vs. Kansas 9 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0-0 2 0 0 2 0 vs. DePaul 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 2 1 0 1 2 at USC 17 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 3-0 0 3 0 1 2 at UCLA 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 Oregon 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Oregon State 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 at Stanford DNP at Arizona State 22 3-5 0-1 4-4 1 5 6 2-0 2 0 0 0 10 at Arizona 20 4-7 2-4 1-2 0 1 1 5-1 1 2 0 0 11 Washington 30 4-6 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 4 1 0 2 9 Washington State 25 2-7 0-2 3-3 2 2 4 3-0 0 0 0 0 7 at Oregon State 21 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 at Oregon 21 1-3 1-3 2-4 0 1 1 1-0 0 3 0 0 5 Stanford 31 3-5 2-2 0-0 1 3 4 3-0 3 0 0 1 8 Arizona 36 5-7 1-3 1-2 0 0 0 2-0 3 1 0 0 12 Arizona State 34 0-3 0-1 3-4 0 1 1 4-0 3 2 0 2 3 at Washington State 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2-0 0 1 0 1 0 at Washington 25 4-7 3-3 2-2 0 2 2 3-0 1 2 0 0 13 UCLA 20 1-3 1-2 2-2 2 2 4 4-0 0 1 0 0 5 USC 15 0-0 0-0 4-4 0 3 3 1-0 1 2 0 0 4 vs. USC 20 2-3 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 8 vs. Oregon 36 4-5 3-3 7-8 0 5 5 3-0 3 2 0 0 18 vs. UCLA 25 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 4-0 0 1 0 1 2

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Season Highs Points...... 4 twice, last vs. Akron, 12/3/05 Martin Smith Rebounds...... 3 vs. San Diego State, 12/6/05 Senior Guard Assists ...... 6 vs. Akron, 12/3/05 Blocks ...... 0 6-0 175 3V Steals ...... 1 many times, last vs. San Diego State, 12/6/05 Escondido, CA Career Highs The Bishop’s School Points...... 12 vs. Arizona State, 1/8/05 Rebounds...... 7 at UCLA, 1/22/05 Smith, who started 17 games and led Cal with Assists ...... 8 twice, last at Arizona, 2/3/05 113 assists last year, has been limited to just Blocks ...... 1 many times, at Oregon State, 2/26/05 Steals ...... 3 vs. UCLA, 2/17/05 seven games this season due to injury ... a former walk-on who received a scholarship for the season ... sat out the Bears’ first two contests with a stress fracture in his pelvis ... returned for the next seven games 20 as Cal’s first guard off the bench ... had four points vs. Northeastern and another four against Akron ... also dished out six assists vs. the Zips ... added three assists against San Jose State and Kansas and four more vs. DePaul ... however, a strained abdomen put him on the sidelines in late December and he hasn’t been able to return to the lineup ... son of the late Phil Smith, a two-time NBA All-Star ... mother is Angela Smith ... born May 26, 1984 in Escondido, Calif. ... interdisciplinary studies major who is on track to graduate this May.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2003 15-0 59 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 6 0.4 12-0 12 0 1 0 10 0.7 2004 23-0 184 12-30 .400 2-7 .286 15-22 .682 16 0.7 31-0 23 22 0 4 41 1.8 2005 29-17 768 63-169 .373 10-29 .345 27-47 .574 66 2.3 71-1 113 58 2 19 163 5.6 2006 7-0 95 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 8-9 .889 7 1.0 6-0 20 11 0 4 16 2.3 Totals 74-17 1106 83-216 .384 12-36 .333 52-82 .634 95 1.3 120-1 168 91 3 27 230 3.1

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan INJ (pelvis) Long Beach State INJ (pelvis) Northern Colorado 9 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0-0 2 1 0 1 2 Northeastern 9 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 1 2 0 0 4 San Jose State 17 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 Akron 22 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1-0 6 2 0 1 4 San Diego State 19 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 2-0 1 3 0 1 2 vs. Kansas 9 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1-0 3 1 0 0 2 vs. DePaul 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 4 1 0 0 0 at USC INJ (abdomen) at UCLA INJ (abdomen) Oregon INJ (abdomen) Oregon State INJ (abdomen) at Stanford INJ (abdomen) at Arizona State INJ (abdomen) at Arizona INJ (abdomen) Washington INJ (abdomen) Washington State INJ (abdomen) at Oregon State INJ (abdomen) at Oregon INJ (abdomen) Stanford INJ (abdomen) Arizona INJ (abdomen) Arizona State INJ (abdomen) at Washington State INJ (abdomen) at Washington INJ (abdomen) UCLA INJ (abdomen) USC INJ (abdomen) vs. USC INJ (abdomen) vs. Oregon INJ (abdomen) vs. UCLA INJ (abdomen)

28 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Season Highs Points...... 29 vs. Oregon, 1/5/06 Ayinde Ubaka Rebounds...... 6 at Washington State, 2/23/06 Assists ...... 7 twice, last at Oregon State, 2/2/06 Junior Guard Blocks ...... 0 6-4 200 2V Steals ...... 3 vs. Washington, 1/26/06

Oakland, CA Career Highs Oakland HS Points...... 29 vs. Oregon, 1/5/06 Rebounds...... 6 twice, last at Washington State, 2/23/06 One of the most improved players in the Assists ...... 9 vs. Oregon, 2/26/04 Blocks ...... 0 country, Ubaka enters the postseason averaging Steals ...... 4 vs. Oregon, 1/27/05 14.8 ppg after contributing 6.3 ppg in his first two years with the program ... voted All-Pac- 10 by the conference coaches and second-team NABC all-district ... also named to the all-tournament team at the Pac- 1 10 Tournament after averaging 17.0 ppg and 3.7 apg ... entered the season with a career high of 13 points, but has surpassed that total 17 times this year ... ranks 10th in the Pac-10 in scoring and is also among the league leaders in assists (7th, 3.8 apg), -to-turnover ratio (4th, 1.64), free throw shooting (3rd, 83.3%) and three-pointers per game (7th, 2.03) ... his 61 three-pointers this season tie for the third-most in Cal history, and he is just seven shy of the school record of 68 set by Ryan Drew in 1990 ... shooting a career high from the field (41.5%), three-point range (37.9%) and the free throw line (83.3%) ... has made 41-of-47 from the line (87.2%) in the last two minutes and overtime of games ... reached double-figures in scoring in 14 straight games during one stretch and has done so in 28 of 30 games ... the only Cal player to start every game this season ... earned a spot on the Golden Bear Classic all-tournament team after totaling 16 points vs. Northern Colorado and 21 points against Northeastern ... scored 10 of his 18 points in the final 3:58 of Cal’s win at UCLA Dec. 31 ... came through with a career-best 29 points in the Bears’ next game vs. Oregon Jan. 5 ... also had 24 points at Arizona State and 20 points at Oregon ... celebrated his 21st birthday with 18 points in a home win over Stanford Feb. 9 ... leads Cal with 115 assists, including a high of seven vs. Washington and at Oregon State ... ranks second in the Pac-10 in minutes played with 37.3 per game and has played 40 or more six games ... in the Pac-10 tourney, had 11 of his 16 points in the second half vs. USC and all 17 of his points after intermission against Oregon ... also totaled a team-high 18 points in the championship game vs. UCLA ... parents are Iniabasi and Shaukura Ubaka ... born Feb. 9, 1985 in San Francisco, Calif. ... social welfare major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2004 28-26 818 61-179 .341 21-81 .259 37-53 .698 59 2.1 39-0 108 55 0 20 180 6.4 2005 18-11 486 39-114 .342 19-64 .297 13-20 .650 36 2.0 17-0 48 23 0 10 110 6.1 2006 30-30 1120 137-330 .415 61-161 .379 110-132 .833 92 3.1 53-0 115 70 0 20 445 14.8 Totals 76-67 2424 237-623 .380 101-306 .330 160-205 .780 187 2.5 109-0 271 148 0 50 735 9.7

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 36 6-15 2-6 3-4 0 3 3 2-0 4 3 0 1 17 Long Beach State 35 4-10 1-2 3-4 0 2 2 3-0 4 5 0 1 12 Northern Colorado 28 6-11 4-8 0-0 0 2 2 2-0 5 3 0 1 16 Northeastern 37 6-14 1-4 8-10 1 3 4 2-0 6 2 0 2 21 San Jose State 37 2-7 2-6 0-0 0 2 2 2-0 4 3 0 1 6 Akron 37 6-13 3-8 0-0 0 5 5 1-0 4 0 0 1 15 San Diego State 36 5-11 3-7 0-0 1 4 5 3-0 5 2 0 1 13 vs. Kansas 37 3-10 2-7 2-2 0 4 4 1-0 1 1 0 0 10 vs. DePaul 37 6-10 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 3-0 3 0 0 0 16 at USC 37 2-9 0-4 5-6 1 3 4 1-0 3 2 0 1 9 at UCLA 40 5-10 1-2 7-7 0 2 2 1-0 4 2 0 0 18 Oregon 36 8-10 3-3 10-12 0 5 5 2-0 2 2 0 0 29 Oregon State 40 3-10 2-6 4-4 0 0 0 1-0 3 3 0 0 12 at Stanford 39 4-13 2-5 3-4 1 2 3 2-0 4 3 0 1 13 at Arizona State 36 8-12 4-6 4-6 1 4 5 1-0 2 3 0 1 24 at Arizona 37 6-15 1-8 0-0 0 2 2 2-0 5 1 0 0 13 Washington 38 4-12 2-5 5-7 0 3 3 1-0 7 5 0 3 15 Washington State 37 2-10 2-5 5-5 1 3 4 1-0 5 4 0 0 11 at Oregon State 39 4-10 2-6 4-6 1 1 2 2-0 7 1 0 2 14 at Oregon 32 6-9 3-4 5-5 0 3 3 0-0 3 0 0 1 20 Stanford 40 4-14 1-5 9-11 0 2 2 1-0 1 0 0 0 18 Arizona 38 2-8 2-5 5-6 0 5 5 4-0 5 2 0 0 11 Arizona State 46 5-13 1-5 1-2 0 3 3 1-0 4 3 0 0 12 at Washington State 37 5-12 2-7 2-2 0 6 6 4-0 1 3 0 0 14 at Washington 38 2-9 0-5 2-2 0 0 0 4-0 4 2 0 1 6 UCLA 43 3-14 3-7 3-4 0 2 2 1-0 6 3 0 1 12 USC 32 5-8 3-6 4-4 0 3 3 0-0 2 4 0 0 17 vs. USC 33 5-10 2-3 4-5 0 3 3 2-0 6 2 0 0 16 vs. Oregon 46 4-10 1-5 8-10 0 5 5 2-0 1 2 0 1 17 vs. UCLA 36 6-11 2-5 4-4 0 1 1 1-0 4 4 0 0 18

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 29 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Season Highs Points...... 10 vs. USC, 3/9/06 Eric Vierneisel Rebounds...... 5 vs. USC, 3/9/06 Assists ...... 2 twice, last vs. San Jose St., 11/30/05 Sophomore Forward Blocks ...... 1 twice, last vs. Oregon, 3/10/06 6-7 205 1V Steals ...... 1 many times, last vs. UCLA, 3/11/06

Algonquin, IL Career Highs Jacobs HS Points...... 12 vs. UC Riverside, 11/11/04 Rebounds...... 5 vs. USC, 3/9/06 Vierneisel has played a valuable role as a Assists ...... 4 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 12/4/04 Blocks ...... 2 twice, last vs. Arizona State, 1/8/05 reserve for the Bears this season, appearing in Steals ...... 1 many times, last vs. UCLA, 3/11/06 21 games ... started in Game 2 vs. Long Beach State Nov. 21 for an injury Richard Midgley (shoulder) and finished with five points in 15 minutes ... also played 15 minutes against Northern Colorado Nov. 25 when 14 he pitched in six points ... drained a 24-foot three-pointer in a win at UCLA Dec. 31 ... suffered a concussion at Arizona Jan. 21 and missed Cal’s home series vs. Washington and Washington State Jan. 26-28 ... did not play in consecutive games vs. Arizona State, WSU and Washington in late February, but came back to log 11 minutes vs. UCLA March 2 ... played well in the Pac-10 Tournament, especially vs. USC in the quarterfinals when he scored a season-high 10 points (4-5 FG, 1-2 3P, 1-1 FT) and grabbed a career-best five rebounds ... parents are Phil and Lori Vierneisel ... born Nov. 8, 1985, in Chicago, Ill. ... undeclared major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2005 25-5 321 29-77 .377 18-54 .333 11-16 .688 32 1.3 32-0 21 14 5 5 87 3.5 2006 21-1 166 12-28 .429 2-13 .154 7-8 .875 20 1.0 17-0 9 13 2 5 33 1.6 Totals 46-6 487 41-105 .390 20-67 .299 18-24 .750 52 1.1 49-0 30 27 7 10 120 2.6

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 Long Beach State 15 2-6 0-3 1-1 0 1 1 4-0 0 1 0 0 5 Northern Colorado 15 2-6 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 1-0 2 1 0 1 6 Northeastern 9 0-0 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 0-0 0 1 0 1 3 San Jose State 5 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Akron 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Kansas 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. DePaul DNP at USC DNP at UCLA 6 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Oregon DNP Oregon State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at Stanford 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 at Arizona State 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 at Arizona 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Washington INJ (concussion) Washington State INJ (concussion) at Oregon State 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 at Oregon DNP Stanford 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 Arizona 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona State DNP at Washington State DNP at Washington DNP UCLA 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 USC 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 vs. USC 17 4-5 1-2 1-1 1 4 5 2-0 0 1 0 0 10 vs. Oregon 14 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1-0 0 0 1 1 2 vs. UCLA 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 1 0

30 2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Jordan Wilkes Freshman Center Season & Career Highs 6-11 225 HS Points...... 11 at Eastern Michigan, 11/18/05 Rebounds...... 4 many times, last at Oregon State, 2/2/06 Los Angeles, CA Assists ...... 2 at Stanford, 1/13/06 Loyola HS Blocks ...... 1 many times, at Oregon State, 2/2/06 Steals ...... 1 twice, last at Oregon, 2/4/06 Wilkes jumpstarted his Cal career by scoring 11 points (5-6 FG) – all in the first half – in the Bears’ season-opener at Eastern Michigan ... added five points in back-to-back games vs. Long Beach State and Northern Colorado ... sprained his right ankle in practice and missed four straight games from Nov. 33 30 through Dec. 10 ... sank all four of his free throw attempts at Arizona State ... played 14 minutes in consecutive contests vs. Washington State, at Oregon State and at Oregon ... had eight points and four boards at OSU ... sank a three-pointer in the first half of Cal’s Feb. 18 home date vs. Arizona State ... playing time has diminished with the return of senior Rod Benson late in the year ... parents are Jamaal and Valerie Wilkes ... born Aug. 10, 1987 in Santa Monica, Calif. ... undeclared major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2006 20-0 158 18-47 .383 1-2 .500 7-10 .700 24 1.2 22-0 5 6 4 2 44 2.2

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 19 5-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1-0 1 0 0 0 11 Long Beach State 19 2-7 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 1-0 1 1 0 0 5 Northern Colorado 19 2-6 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 4-0 0 1 1 0 5 Northeastern 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 San Jose State INJ (ankle) Akron INJ (ankle) San Diego State INJ (ankle) vs. Kansas INJ (ankle) vs. DePaul DNP at USC 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 at UCLA 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 Oregon DNP Oregon State 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 at Stanford 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 at Arizona State 5 0-2 0-0 4-4 1 1 2 1-0 0 0 0 1 4 at Arizona 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Washington 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 1 0 2 Washington State 14 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 at Oregon State 14 4-9 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 2-0 0 0 1 0 8 at Oregon 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 Stanford 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona State 4 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 at Washington State DNP at Washington DNP UCLA DNP USC 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. USC DNP vs. Oregon 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 vs. UCLA 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0

2005-06 BASKETBALL POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 31 2005-06 PLAYER PROFILES (cont.) Omar Wilkes Sophomore Guard Season & Career Highs Points...... 18 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 6-4 185 RS Rebounds...... 5 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Los Angeles, CA Assists ...... 5 vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/05 Blocks ...... 0 Univ. of Kansas/Loyola HS Steals ...... 3 twice, last at UCLA, 12/31/05

Wilkes has been a consistent member of the starting lineup for the Bears all season ... has reached double digits in scoring eight times ... is at his best in the transition game ... scored a career-high 18 points in just his second game, helping Cal top Long Beach State Nov. 21 for head coach Ben Braun’s 500th 2 win ... has ranked as Cal’s best three-point percentage shooter all year ... had 13 points and three steals against his former school, Kansas, Dec. 10 ... that game started a run of four straight contests with double-figure points, including a 13-point outing vs. DePaul ... played a key role in the Bears’ victory at UCLA Dec. 31 with 12 points, three assists and three steals ... tallied 15 points in the Bears’ home win over Washington Jan. 26, making 6-of-8 shots from the floor ... sat out the Feb. 9 Stanford game with a sprained ankle and was limited in Cal’s next two contests vs. Arizona and Arizona State ... tied for the team lead with 29 steals, including a team-best 17 in Pac-10 action ... had 14 points in the Pac-10 Tournament quarterfinals vs. USC and seven more against Oregon in the semis ... was a member of Kansas’ 2004 NCAA Elite Eight team before transferring to Cal ... parents are Jamaal and Valerie Wilkes ... born May 13, 1984 in Santa Monica, Calif. ... social welfare major.

Year G-Gs M i n Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2004* 21-0 73 10-26 .385 4-13 .308 6-12 .500 19 0.9 4-0 2 6 0 4 30 1.4 2006 29-26 759 85-180 .472 22-50 .440 25-36 .694 40 1.4 39-0 41 33 0 29 217 7.5 Totals 50-26 832 95-206 .461 26-63 .413 31-48 .646 59 1.2 43-0 43 39 0 33 247 4.9 *at Kansas

Opponent Min FG-A 3P-A FT-A OR DR Reb PF-D A TO Blk Stl Pts at Eastern Michigan 40 4-10 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 0-0 3 2 0 0 10 Long Beach State 36 6-12 0-1 6-6 4 1 5 0-0 5 0 0 0 18 Northern Colorado 25 3-6 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 2-0 3 1 0 2 7 Northeastern 33 5-8 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1-0 1 0 0 1 10 San Jose State 24 2-3 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 2-0 1 1 0 0 6 Akron 20 3-5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 3 0 1 7 San Diego State 25 3-7 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 1-0 1 2 0 1 8 vs. Kansas 31 4-9 1-3 4-6 1 0 1 1-0 1 1 0 3 13 vs. DePaul 32 5-10 3-5 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 2 3 0 0 13 at USC 33 4-12 3-6 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 2 3 0 1 11 at UCLA 29 5-8 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 4-0 3 2 0 3 12 Oregon 36 3-7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 1 7 Oregon State 28 2-5 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 1-0 2 0 0 0 4 at Stanford 34 2-6 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 1-0 4 2 0 2 6 at Arizona State 29 4-8 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 0-0 0 1 0 1 9 at Arizona 29 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 2 4 Washington 24 6-8 0-1 3-3 0 1 1 4-0 1 0 0 1 15 Washington State 25 4-7 0-2 0-3 1 0 1 1-0 1 1 0 2 8 at Oregon State 24 4-7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 9 at Oregon 26 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 1 3 Stanford INJ (ankle) Arizona 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 Arizona State 21 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 1 3 at Washington State 17 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 at Washington 20 1-6 1-4 3-3 0 1 1 1-0 3 2 0 0 6 UCLA 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1-0 1 1 0 1 0 USC 16 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 3-0 0 2 0 1 1 vs. USC 33 5-7 2-3 2-2 1 2 3 2-0 2 0 0 2 14 vs. Oregon 23 3-4 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 4-0 1 2 0 1 7 vs. UCLA 20 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3-0 0 1 0 1 2

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