CALIFORNIA Golden Bears GOLDEN BEAR FACTS/ROSTER BEAR FACTS TABLE OF Location: Berkeley, CA 94720 Founded: 1868 CONTENTS Enrollment: 33,000 A Look at the Golden Bears ............ 2-3 Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Scouting Report................................... 4 Nickname: Golden Bears Chancellor: Robert Birgeneau Golden Bear Notes ....................... 5-10 Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour 2007 NCAA Tournament Bracket .....11 Deputy Director of Athletics/SWA: Cal vs. NCAA Tournament Field .......12 Teresa Kuehn Gould Arena (Capacity): Haas Pavilion (11,877) Cal in Postseason Play ....................13 Conference: Pacific-10 NCAA Tournament Records ....... 14-15 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 Head Coach Joanne Boyle ......... 16-17 1990, ’92, ’93, ’06, ‘07 2006 NCAA Tournament: Assistant Coaches ...........................18 Lost in first round to St. John’s, 78-68 2006-07 Player Profiles .............. 19-30 Best NCAA Tournament Showing: Pacific-10 Standings & Honors ........31 Second round in 1993 2006-07 Overall Record: 23-8 2006-07 Results ...............................32 Home: 12-3 Away: 8-4 Neutral: 3-1 2006-07 Cumulative Stats ................33 2006-07 Pac-10 Record: 12-6/3rd Miscellaneous Statistics ............. 34-36 2006-07 Pac-10 Tournament Finish: T3rd Lost in semifinals to Arizona State, 60-53 The Last Time ...................................37 2006-07 Box Scores ................... 38-45 Associate Media Relations Director: Media Clippings .......................... 46-64 Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz Office: 510-642-3611 Cell: 510-334-6392 CREDITS Email: [email protected] Written and edited by Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz and Chris DeConna. Composition Assistant Media Relations Director and design by John Dunbar. Cover and inside photos provided by Kelley Cox, Michael (Traveling): John Sudsbury Pimentel and John Todd of GoldenBearSports.com, and Mollie McClure. Printing by UC Cell: 510-332-6506 Printing Services, Berkeley, Calif. 2006-07 CALIFORNIA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Pronunciation 1 Kelly O’Connell+ G 5-5 Jr. SQ Lakewood, CO (Mullen HS) 2 Natasha Vital G 5-8 Fr. HS Stockton, CA (Lincoln HS) Vie-TULL 3 Natalie Nurnberg% G 5-7 Fr. HS San Jose, CA (Leigh HS) 5 Julia Numair% G 5-7 Sr. 1V San Leandro, CA (Bishop O’Dowd HS) New-MAIR 10 Lauren Greif G 5-10 Fr. HS Portland, OR (Lincoln HS) GRIFE 11 Emmelie Geraedts F/C 6-2 Sr. 3V Weert, The Netherlands Emily hair-ROTTS (Philips van Horne S.G.) 14 Keanna Levy G 5-10 Sr. 3V Waterloo, IA (West Waterloo HS) KEY-ann-uh LEE-vee 15 Krista Foster F 6-0 Jr. 2V Fair Oaks, CA (Del Campo HS) 20 Devanei Hampton F/C 6-3 So. 1V Oakland, CA (Oakland Tech HS) DEH-vuh-NAY 21 Alexis Gray-Lawson$ G 5-8 So. 1V Oakland, CA (Oakland Tech HS) 22 Rama N’diaye F/C 6-5 Fr. HS Dakar, Senegal (Keisei HS, Japan) RAH-muh en-JIE 24 Shantrell Sneed F 6-0 So. 1V Fairfield, CA (St. Mary’s HS) SHON-trell 44 Ashley Walker F/C 6-1 So. 1V Modesto, CA (Davis HS) + will miss the entire season due to an injury % walk-ons $ suffered a season-ending injury (ACL) to her right knee at Kansas Dec. 10 Head Coach: Joanne Boyle (Duke, 1985) Record at Cal: 41-20, .672 (2nd year) Career Record: 108-49, .688 (5th year) Assistant Coaches: Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown, 1999), 2nd year at Cal; Kim Hairston (Richmond, 2000), 2nd year at Cal; Dean Mendes (Fordham, 1982), 2nd year at Cal (pronounced men-DEEZ) Athletic Trainer: Anne Caslin Director of Basketball Operations: Sarah Holsinger Video Coordinator: Jason Spitulnik 2006-07 California Golden Bears Women’s Basketball Postseason Media Guide 1 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears A LOOK AT THE GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA TO FACE NOTRE DAME IN NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND NO. 8-SEEDED GOLDEN BEARS (23-8, 12-6 PAC-10) EARN TRIP TO PITTSBURGH FOR MATCH-UP WITH NO. 9-SEEDED NOTRE DAME (19-11, 10-6, BIG EAST) California earned its second consecu- SUNDAY, MARCH 18 since 1991-92 and 1992-93. In Boyle’s in- tive and fifth bid overall to the NCAA Tour- 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT) augural campaign, the Bears recorded an nament and will face Notre Dame Sunday Pittsburgh, PA 18-12 record. in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the Petersen Events Radio: KALX (90.7 FM) Cal finished third in the Pac-10 this sea- Center on the campus of the University of and linked on CalBears.com son at 12-6, tying the 1991-92 Bears for Pittsburgh. The Golden Bears are seeded TV: ESPN2 the best Pac-10 mark in school history. This eighth in the Dallas Regional, while year’s squad also set a school the Fighting Irish are the ninth seed. record for the best Pac-10 showing, Cal was one of four Pac-10 teams se- 2006-07 CAL SCOREBOARD slightly bettering the 1991-92 team lected to this year’s tournament, with which tied for third place. Notre Stanford, Arizona State and Washing- 23-8 OVERALL, 12-6 PAC-10, 3RD Dame tied for fifth in the Big East with ton being the others. Date Opponent Results a 10-6 mark. Joanne Boyle, the 2007 Pac-10 10/31 Melbourne Roos (Exh.) W, 81-55 With a 63-51 triumph over Oregon Coach of the Year, was born in Phila- 11/5 Love and Basketball (Exh.) W, 81-63 in the Pac-10 Tournament delphia and moved to Pittsburgh when 11/12 Saint Mary’s W, 71-56 quarterfinal round, the Bears earned she was 10 years old. She attended 11/17 vs. Florida! W, 88-60 their first appearance in the semifi- Gateway High School in Pittsburgh. 11/18 at Pepperdine! W, 72-54 nals of the conference tournament Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour 11/24 vs. Belmont@ W, 69-52 in the six-year history of the event. served as the deputy director of ath- 11/25 at (14/14) Vanderbilt@ L, 55-67 Third-seeded Cal fell to second- letics at Notre Dame before assum- 12/2 Harvard% W, 96-54 seeded Arizona State, 60-53, in the ing her current position. 12/3 Arkansas State% W, 81-62 semis. The winner of Sunday’s game will 12/7 Fresno State W, 77-62 This season’s biggest Cal win battle the winner of the contest be- 12/10 at Kansas (Sunflower) W, 73-65 was a 72-57 triumph at No. 8 tween No. 1-seed North Carolina (30- 12/20 at UCLA* L, 68-77 (OT) Stanford Feb. 4 at Maples Pavilion. 3), the ACC Tournament champion, 12/22 at USC* W, 62-53 The victory snapped the Cardinal’s and No. 16-seed and SWAC Confer- 12/28 (10/11) Arizona State* L, 58-74 17-game overall winning streak and ence champion Prairie View A&M (19- 12/30 Arizona* W, 65-48 50-game home Pac-10 winning 13) Tuesday, March 20 in Pittsburgh 1/2 Rhode Island W, 65-53 stretch. Additionally, the win halted at a to-be-determined time. 1/6 (12/12) Stanford*+ L, 44-69 Cal’s 14-game losing streak to the This week will be the first time Cal 1/11 at Washington State* W, 55-48 Cardinal and gave the Bears’ their and Notre Dame will ever face each 1/13 at Washington*~ W, 72-49 first win over a top-10 program since other in women’s basketball. North 1/18 Oregon State* W, 63-57 they knocked off No. 9 Colorado Carolina owns a 2-1 series lead over 1/20 Oregon* W, 65-56 State, 80-75, Dec. 21, 1998, at Kai- Cal, and the Bears have never met 1/25 at (10/10) Arizona State* L, 54-66 ser Arena in Oakland, Calif. Prairie View A&M. 1/27 at Arizona*% W, 84-64 Cal ranks fourth in the Pac-10 in Cal owns a 1-4 NCAA Tournament 1/31 UC Riverside W, 58-51 scoring at 68.2 ppg and third in the record and is in pursuit of its first NCAA 2/4 at (8/9) Stanford*~ W, 72-57 conference in scoring defense at Tournament victory since the Bears 2/8 Washington*+ L, 76-79 (OT) 60.0 ppg, which is on pace to break defeated Kansas, 62-47, in the open- 2/10 Washington State* W, 72-45 last year’s school record of 60.4 ppg. ing round of the 1993 NCAAs. In 2006, 2/15 at Oregon* L, 42-62 The Bears are 15-0 when holding 10th-seeded Cal lost to seventh- 2/17 at Oregon State* W, 67-61 (2OT) opponents under 60 points this sea- seeded St. John’s, 78-68, in Cal’s first 2/22 USC* W, 86-79 (OT) son. Additionally, Cal is on track to NCAA appearance since 1993. 2/24 UCLA*+ W, 88-69 set school records for field goal per- At 23-8, Cal is one win shy of tying 3/3 vs. #6 seed Oregon& W, 63-51 centage defense (37.2%, 2nd Pac- the 1983-84 Bears (24-8) for the most 3/4 vs. #2 seed (9/7) Arizona State&~ L, 53-60 10) and scoring margin (+8.2 ppg). wins in school history. This year’s Sophomore center Devanei team has matched the 1983-84 squad * Pac-10 game & Pac-10 Tournament Hampton and sophomore forward for the program’s best record through ! Timeout for HIV/AIDS Classic Ashley Walker form one of the most 31 games. This season, Cal has also @ Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament dominant post combinations in the reached the 20-win plateau for the first % Contra Costa Times Classic country this season.