THURSDAY, MARCH 11 • 8:30 P.M. PT • T-MOBILE ARENA • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA BROADCAST: ESPN • RADIO: KGO 810 AM • LIVE STATS: CALBEARS.COM #11 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 9-19 3-17 MARK FOX -- OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANK (AP) SCHEDULE HOME: 6-8 • AWAY: 1-11 • NEUTRAL: 2-0 • PAC-12: 3-17 #3 COLORADO BUFFALOES DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME (PT)/RESULT 20-7 14-6 TAD BOYLE 23 Nov. 25 Colorado State ^ CANCELED OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANK (AP) Nov. 25 at Oregon State L, 63-71 Nov. 26 vs. Northwest ^ W, 86-61 NOV. 30 NICHOLLS STATE W, 60-49 DEC. 3 #25 ARIZONA STATE * L, 62-70 Dec. 6 at UCLA * L, 56-76 FRONT PAGE NEWS Dec. 9 at Pepperdine L, 62-74 DEC. 13 SAN FRANCISCO W, 72-70 THE OPENING TIP A WIN WOULD... DEC. 19 CSUN W, 87-56 » No. 11 Cal faces No. 3 Colorado in the 2021 » Be Cal’s third straight at the Pac-12 Tournament Dec. 22 at Boston College CANCELED Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals at 8:30 p.m. PT dating back to the 2020 tournament. DEC. 22 SEATTLE U W, 70-65 Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. » Be the first by an 11th seed in the quarterfinals. Dec. 31 at #21 Oregon * L, 69-82 » ESPN will carry the game with Dave Pasch (PxP) & » Improve Cal’s Pac-12 Tournament record to 19-22. Jan. 2 at Oregon State * L, 64-73 Bill Walton (Analyst) on the call. JAN. 7 WASHINGTON STATE * L, 60-71 » Rich Cellini (PxP) & Todd McKim (analyst) will call THE SERIES JAN. 9 WASHINGTON * W, 84-78 the game for the California Golden Bears Sports » Series: Colorado leads, 19-17 Jan. 14 at Colorado * L, 60-89 Network on KGO 810 AM and via TuneIn. » Neutral Record: 1-3 Jan. 16 at Utah * W, 72-63 » Last Meeting: 71-62 win at Cal, 2/13/21 JAN. 21 #24 UCLA * L, 57-61 TOP STORYLINES » Last 10 Meetings: 3-7 JAN. 23 USC * L, 68-76 » Cal led wire-to-wire in a 76-58 win over No. 6 » Most Points, Cal: 98, 1974-75 Jan. 28 at Arizona State * L, 68-72 Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. » Most Points, CU: 89, 2010-11 Jan. 30 at Arizona * L, 50-71 » The Bears became just the second No. 11 seed to win FEB. 4 STANFORD * L, 55-70 » Largest Margin, Cal: 33, 1959-60 a game at the tournament, joining WSU, which did the Feb. 7 at Stanford * L, 70-76 » Largest Margin, CU: 29, 1/14/21 same in 2020 before the remainder of the tournament FEB. 11 UTAH * L, 75-76 » Longest Cal win streak: 3, 1945-46 to 1954-55 FEB. 13 COLORADO * W, 71-62 was canceled (COVID). Therefore, an 11th seed has » Longest CU win streak: 5, 2016-17 to 2019-20 Feb. 18 at Washington State * L, 51-82 never played in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. » Current streak: 1, Cal Feb. 20 at Washington * L, 51-62 » Cal split its regular-season meetings with Colorado, FEB. 25 OREGON STATE * L, 57-59 most recently earning one of the more impressive wins Individual records vs. Colorado: FEB. 27 OREGON * L, 63-74 of the Pac-12 season, a 71-62 victory at home. » Points: 29, Matt Bradley, Feb. 13, 2021 Mar. 10 Stanford + W, 76-58 » Cal has won at least one game at the Pac-12 » Rebounds: 16, Richard Solomon, March 13, 2014 Mar. 11 Colorado + 8:30 p.m. Tournament in five of the past seven years. » FG: 10, Justin Cobbs, Jan. 27, 2013 » Matt Bradley was named to the 2021 All-Pac-12 » 3P: 3x, last; 5, Matt Bradley, Feb. 27, 2020 ^ - Neutral contest at Oregon State (Corvallis, Ore.) Second Team on Tuesday. He’s averaged 18.4 PPG » FT: 9, Matt Bradley, Feb. 13, 2021 * - Pac-12 Conference contest this season and is second among Pac-12 players + - Pac-12 Tournament contest at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) with 11 20-point games, despite missing seven Last 10 meetings: BOLD - Home contest at Haas Pavilion | All times listed PT & subject to change games due to injury. Bradley has averaged 18.0 1/31/16 L 62-70 Boulder PPG in three career Pac-12 Tournament games. 2/5/17 W 77-66 Berkeley » Andre Kelly finished the regular season ranked LAST GAME’S STARTERS 3/4/17 L 46-54 Boulder second among Pac-12 players in overall FG% JOEL BROWN (58.3) & conference-only FG% (60.8). 2/7/18 L 64-68 Boulder » Cal did not have a single Pac-12 game postponed 1/24/19 L 59-68 Berkeley 5.1 PPG - 2.7 RPG - 3.1 APG or disrupted during the regular season. 3/13/19 L 51-56 Las Vegas » Grant Anticevich and Makale Foreman announced 2/6/20 L 65-71 Boulder their decisions to return to Cal as fifth-year seniors 2/27/20 W 76-62 Berkeley JARRED HYDER in the 2021-22 season on Feb. 24. 1/14/21 L 60-89 Boulder 5.4 PPG - 1.2 RPG - 1.8 APG 2/13/21 W 71-62 Berkeley JALEN CELESTINE BY THE NUMBERS 2.5 PPG - 1.7 RPG - 0.6 APG GRANT ANTICEVICH 6 2017 11 Cal has out-rebounded or tied its The last time Cal advanced past Matt Bradley entered the tourney 8.8 PPG - 4.5 RPG - 1.8 APG opponents in six of the past seven the quarterfinals of the conference ranked second among Pac-12 players games, including advantages against tournament was 2017. Cal defeated with 11 20-point games this season, Stanford on Wednesday (31-22), OSU Oregon State, 67-62, in the first round despite missing 7 games due to ANDRE KELLY on Feb. 25 (27-25), and at UW on before besting Utah, 78-75, in the injury. He scored a career-high 29 vs. 10.5 PPG - 6.6 RPG - 0.6 APG Feb. 20 (40-38) quarterfinals. Colorado on Feb. 13. Assistant Director, Athletic Communications (Men’s Basketball contact): Gerrit Van Genderen Cell: (510) 697-7235 // Email: [email protected] // 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 CAL MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE THE BASICS CAL CATEGORY COLORADO Location Berkeley, CA 9-19 (3-17 Pac-12) RECORD 20-7 (14-6 Pac-12) Founded 1868 65.7 SCORING AVERAGE 73.7 Enrollment 42,510 Colors Blue (282) & Gold (116) 43.2 (643-1489) FIELD GOALS 45.7 (703-1537) Nickname Golden Bears 33.0 (197-597) THREE-POINTERS 36.6 (203-554) Mascot Oski 69.5 (356-512) FREE THROWS 83.4 (381-457) Conference Pac-12 31.7 REBOUNDING AVERAGE 35.1 Facility Walter A. Haas, Jr. Pavilion (11,858) 12.1 ASSISTS AVERAGE 13.7 UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL 12.7 TURNOVER AVERAGE 11.2 Chancellor Carol Christ 4.5 STEAL AVERAGE 5.3 Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton 2.3 BLOCK AVERAGE 2.9 Senior Women’s Administrator Jenny Simon-O’Neill Sport Administrator Brian Mann COACHING STAFF WHAT TO KNOW Head Coach Mark Fox BEARS’ PAC-12 TOURNAMENT HISTORY SURE SHOT (Eastern New Mexico ‘91, Kansas ‘96) » Cal owns a 18-22 all-time record in the Pac-12 » Andre Kelly finished the regular season ranked second Record at Cal: 23-37 (2nd season) Tournament, including two trips to the championship among Pac-12 players in overall FG% (58.3) & Career Record: 309-213 (16th season) game in 2006 and 2010. conference-only FG% (60.8). Assistant Coach Andrew Francis (2nd season) » Cal has won its first game at the Pac-12 Tournament five » Kelly is second on the team in scoring (10.5 PPG) and Assistant Coach Chris Harriman (2nd season) times in the past seven years. has scored in double figures in five straight games. Assistant Coach Marty Wilson (3rd season) » Cal is winless against Colorado in three all-time meetings » Kelly is also the team’s leader in rebounding, averaging at the Pac-12 Tournament. The Bears have lost to the 6.6 RPG. He’s averaging 7.8 RPG over the past 6 games. TEAM INFORMATION Buffs in the 2019 first round (56-51), the 2014 first » The junior recorded 2 double-doubles during the regular Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 round (59-56) and the 2012 semifinals (70-59). season, including a 12-point, 12-board effort at UW (2/20) Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/7 » The No. 11 seed is 2-8 all-time at the conference and 16 points/13 rebounds at ASU (1/28). Newcomers 5 tournament. Cal (Wednesday) and Washington State » Kelly tallied a career-high 11 made field goals en route to a 2019-20 Overall Record 14-18 (2020 tournament) are the only teams to have earned season-high 22 points in Cal’s win over UW on Jan. 9. He Home: 12-5 wins as the No. 11 seed, both coming in the first round. was one of three Bears who combined for 54 points in the win. Road: 1-10 Netural 1-3 2020 PAC-12 TOURNAMENT IN REVIEW BEARS RETURNING FOR 2021-22 SEASON 2019-20 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 7-11 (10th) » Tenth-seeded Cal upended No. 7 seed Stanford, 63-51, in » Grant Anticevich and Makale Foreman announced 2019-20 Pac-12 Tournament Finish W, 63-51, Stanford the first round of the 2020 Pac-12 Tournament.