CAL MEN'S BASKETBALL GOLDEN BEARS SANTA CLARA BRONCOS 1-3 0-0 1-4 0-0 OVERALL WCC OVERALL PAC-12 VS -- Wyking Jones -- Herb Sendek RANK HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH MONDAY, NOV. 26 HAAS PAVILION BROADCAST LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS 6 p.m. PT Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com/live CalBears.com SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 1-3 • Pac-12: 0-0 After traveling more than 20,000 miles in a 20-day span, California men’s basketball returns to Home: 1-0 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 0-3 the Golden State to continue its nonconference slate in home sweet Haas beginning Monday, DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME Nov. 26. The Golden Bears host the Santa Clara Broncos at 6 p.m. on Pete Newell Court in Haas OCT. 30 EXHIBITION: CSU EAST BAY W, 82-62 Pavilion, airing live on Pac-12 Networks. Nov. 9 vs. Yale~ (ESPNU) L, 76-59 NOV. 13 HAMPTON& (P12N) W, 80-66 NOV. 15 DETROIT MERCY& (P12N) CANCELLED Monday’s game marks the beginning of a 12-game “home” stretch that keeps the Bears in Nov. 19 vs. St. John’s% (ESPN2) L, 82-79 California. The Bears will only travel as far as Los Angeles after logging more than 20,000 Nov. 20 vs. Temple% (ESPNU) L, 76-59 miles between Shanghai, China and Brooklyn, N.Y. -- the most travel by any NCAA team in the NOV. 26 SANTA CLARA (P12N) 6 PM Dec. 1 at Saint Mary’s (ESPNU) 7 PM nonconference slate. DEC. 5 SAN FRANCISCO (P12N) 8 PM DEC. 8 SAN DIEGO STATE (P12N) 7:30 PM Cal is coming off two losses at the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper at DEC. 15 CAL POLY (P12N) 7 PM Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The Bears fell to eventual tournament champion St. John’s by just Dec. 19 at Fresno State (MWN/Stadium) 7 PM DEC. 21 SAN JOSE STATE (P12N) 7 PM three points, 82-79, and then lost to Temple, 76-59, in the third-place game. Darius McNeill DEC. 29 SEATTLE (P12N) 5 PM was named to the all-tournament team after averaging a team-high 16.5 points in his two out- Jan. 3 at USC* (P12N) 7 PM ings in Brooklyn. He also led Cal in three-pointers (8) and steals (4). Paris Austin and Justice Jan. 5 at UCLA* (P12N) 1 PM Sueing also averaged double-figure totals at the tournament, with Austin contributing 13.5 JAN. 9 ARIZONA STATE* (P12N) 6 PM JAN. 12 ARIZONA* (P12N) 7:30 PM points and Sueing adding 11.5 points and 7.5 rebounds. Jan. 17 at Washington State* (P12N) 7 PM Jan. 19 at Washington* (P12N) 2 PM HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Monday’s game on Pac-12 Networks features Mike Montgomery and JAN. 24 COLORADO* (P12N) 8 PM JAN. 26 UTAH* (ESPNU) 7 PM Guy Haberman on the call. Todd McKim and Rich Cellini will have the action for the California FEB. 3 STANFORD* (ESPNU) 1 PM Golden Bears Sports Network on KGO 810 AM and via TuneIn. Live stats, broadcast info and Feb. 6 at Oregon* (FS1) 6:30 PM more can be accessed via the Cal men’s basketball schedule page. Fans can follow the Bears Feb. 9 at Oregon State* (P12N) 2:30 PM on social media via @CalMBball on Twitter and Instagram, and at Facebook.com/CalMBball. FEB. 13 UCLA* (P12N) 7 PM FEB. 16 USC* (P12N) 5 PM Feb. 21 at Arizona* (FS1) 6 PM Feb. 24 at Arizona State* (P12N) 3 PM BY THE NUMBERS FEB. 28 WASHINGTON* (FS1) 8 PM MARCH 2 WASHINGTON STATE* (P12N) 4 PM Darius McNeill was named to the Legends Classic all-tournament team after averaging 16.5 March 7 at Stanford* (ESPN2/U) 8 PM points in the two-game span in Brooklyn. He shot 53.3 percent (8-15) from beyond the arc March 13-16 Pac-12 Tournament^ 16.5 and 52.2 percent (12-23) from the field. ~ Pac-12 China Game (Shanghai, China) & Legends Classic Campus Game % at Legends Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Darius McNeill leads the Pac-12 with 2.8 three-pointers per game. He is 11-24 (.458) this ^ T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) season after leading the Bears in three-pointers last season. * Pac-12 Conference game 2.8 Home games in BOLD All times listed PT and subject to change Four of California’s five starters are averaging in double figures, led by Paris Austin’s 16.3 point per FAST FACTS game. Starters Justice Sueing (12.3 ppg), Darius McNeill (11.5) and Andre Kelly (10.3) are also 4 contributing double-digit totals. COACHING STAFF Head Coach .......................... Wyking Jones (LMU ‘95) The Bears are fourth nationally, and own a league-leading 45.6 percent three-point field Record at Cal: 9-27 (2nd season) goal percentage (26-57) through four games, with six different players contributing triples Career Record: Same (2nd season) 45.6 to date. Both Darius McNeill (11) and Matt Bradley (6) have chipped in five or more treys. Associate Head Coach ..........Chris Walker (2nd season) Assistant Coach .................Marty Wilson (1st season) Assistant Coach .................. David Grace (1st season) Though this is the 72nd all-time meeting between the Bears and the Broncos, Monday’s Starters Returning/Lost ..........................................3/2 2001 matchup is the first between Santa Clara and Cal since Nov. 20, 2001. In that meeting, Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................5/7 Cal notched a program-record 32 three-point field goal attempts. Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Basketball contact): Mara Rudolph Cell: 510-384-6574 // Email: [email protected] // 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 GAME 5: SANTA CLARA QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE BRONCOS Location: Berkeley, CA • Series Record: Cal leads, 43-28 Founded: 1868 • Last Meeting: The Bears topped the Broncos, 67-60, on Nov. 20, 2001 Enrollment: 41,910 • Tahj Eaddy leads Santa Clara with 16.2 points per game in a team-high 33.8 minutes. Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) • Underclassmen Keshawn Justice (11.8 ppg) and Josip Vrankic (11.4) are also scoring in the Nickname: Golden Bears double figures. Mascot: Oski • Josh Martin paces the Broncos in rebounding at 6.2 rpg. • KJ Feagin is a two-time All-WCC selection who averaged 17.5 points and 4.0 assists last UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL season, but he suffered a broken bone against UC Irvine on Nov. 15 and is listed as out Chancellor: Carol Christ indefinitely. Director of Athletics: Jim Knowlton • Santa Clara earned its first win of the season with a 71-63 victory over San Jose State. Eaddy Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- led the Broncos with 23 points, Josip Vrankic poured in 18 and Henrik Jadersten added 17. mon-O’Neill Conference: Pac-12 COACHING STAFF TALE OF THE TAPE Head Coach: Wyking Jones (2nd season as HC) CAL CATEGORY SANTA CLARA Loyola Marymount, 1995 1-3 RECORD 1-4 Record at Cal: 9-27 69.2 SCORING AVERAGE 63.6 Career Record: 9-27 94-201 (.468) FIELD GOALS 117-289 (40.5) Assoc. Head Coach: Chris Walker (2nd season) 26-57 (.456) THREE-POINTERS 41-124 (33.1) Villanova, 1992 63-93 (.677) FREE THROWS 43-77 (55.8) Assistant Coach: Marty Wilson (1st season) Pepperdine, 1989 30.0 REBOUNDING AVERAGE 33.6 Assistant Coach: David Grace (1st season) 10.5 ASSISTS AVERAGE 12.2 Park, 2003 13.3 TURNOVER AVERAGE 14.0 5.0 STEAL AVERAGE 5.2 TEAM INFORMATION 3.5 BLOCK AVERAGE 4.2 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/7 Facility: ( Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion 11,858) LAST TIME OUT NCAA Tournament Appearances: 19 • The Result: Cal finished in fourth place at the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old 1946, 57, 58, 59, 60, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 2001, Trapper after falling to Temple, 76-59. 02, 03, 06, 09, 10, 12, 13, 16 Best NCAA Tournament Showing: Champions (‘59) • Four Bears scored in double figures, led by Darius McNeill’s 12 points on 3-5 shooting from Best NIT Tournament Showing: Champions (‘99) three-point range. • Paris Austin, Andre Kelly and Matt Bradley contributed 10 points apiece. 2017-18 IN REVIEW • As a team, Cal shot 53.3 percent (8-15) from three-point range, with Bradley (2-3) and Jacobi 2017-18 Overall Record: 8-24 Gordon (2-3) also recording multiple treys in addition to McNeill. Home: 5-12 | Away: 3-8 | Neutral: 0-4 • Gordon’s 8 points were a new career-high, and he added a team-high 6 rebounds. 2017-18 Pac-12 Record: 2-16/12th 2017-18 Pac-12 Tournament Finish: Lost in the WELL-TRAVELED first round to Stanford, 76-58 • The Bears’ nonconference schedule includes more than 20,000 miles of travel. Postseason: None • The bulk of Cal’s nonconference travel comes in a 20-day span between roundtrip travel to China (Nov. 2-10) and Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 16-21). Other stops away from Haas Pavilion include Athletic Communications Fresno, Calif. and a trip through the Caldecott Tunnel to face Saint Mary’s. Mailing Address: 349 Haas Pavilion • No other team in the nation will travel more during their nonconference slate than Cal. Berkeley, CA 94720 Assistant Athletic Communications Director: CAL IN THE PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL Mara Rudolph • For the second year in a row, the Golden Bears were projected to finish 11th in the Pac-12, Cell: (510) 384-6574 according to a preseason vote by media who regularly cover the conference.