With a win today Cal will finish 10th in the ACC and play the loser of today's Wake Forest/Florida State game in the first round.
ACC Tournament
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Stanford crushes Clemson, 85-50.
Wake loses at home in OT. If my calculation is correct…
Wake Forest, then, if we win, Syracuse
Woodacre said:
Wake Forest, then, if we win, Syracuse
It would be really nice to get another shot at Syracuse after the heartbreaking double OT loss back there earlier in February.
RedlessWardrobe said:Woodacre said:
Wake Forest, then, if we win, Syracuse
It would be really nice to get another shot at Syracuse after the heartbreaking double OT loss back there earlier in February.
It was even a bigger heartbreaking loss to them - 3 overtimes!
Some more thoughts after the final season home game:
The high level Maul, Sheppard and Twidale are playing at gives me hope for winning some rounds in the playoffs.
Walker has taken her game up a level, scoring and rim protecting.
Lola would be a starter and leader on many D1 teams. I hope she doesn't leave and come back to haunt the Bears.
I like Morris off-the-bench. Bench points and defense matter vs. opposing benches; Puff brings a different skillset at PG from Mjracle Sheppard and I think opposing teams have trouble adjusting.
Claudia and Sakima on the floor together changes the game. Claudia is much more effective at power forward, away from the rim where she can use her screen and passing skills. She dribbles around and shoots early in some sequences when better ball movement and shot selection choices might be available for better shots. She needs better layup fundamentals in her driving finishes.
Naya is a multi position player who plays with toughness but often has to matchup to centers who have a lot of length which is a demanding role for someone 6'1".
#13 seed Stanfurd blowing out #9 Clemson today did not help #10 Cal's NET ranking. Unexpected.
Honestly I don't think Lindsay would win as many games as Charmin with this team. Charmin had a lot to overcome this year- especially when starting forward Barnes (and starting PG Puff for many games) went down. Charmin's passion fills the gym.
If Cal stays focused for 48 minutes in each round, and makes good basketball decisions I could see them outperforming their season NET rating and being a 10+ seed in March Madness. The SMU game showed what they are capable of.
P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
The high level Maul, Sheppard and Twidale are playing at gives me hope for winning some rounds in the playoffs.
Walker has taken her game up a level, scoring and rim protecting.
Lola would be a starter and leader on many D1 teams. I hope she doesn't leave and come back to haunt the Bears.
I like Morris off-the-bench. Bench points and defense matter vs. opposing benches; Puff brings a different skillset at PG from Mjracle Sheppard and I think opposing teams have trouble adjusting.
Claudia and Sakima on the floor together changes the game. Claudia is much more effective at power forward, away from the rim where she can use her screen and passing skills. She dribbles around and shoots early in some sequences when better ball movement and shot selection choices might be available for better shots. She needs better layup fundamentals in her driving finishes.
Naya is a multi position player who plays with toughness but often has to matchup to centers who have a lot of length which is a demanding role for someone 6'1".
#13 seed Stanfurd blowing out #9 Clemson today did not help #10 Cal's NET ranking. Unexpected.
Honestly I don't think Lindsay would win as many games as Charmin with this team. Charmin had a lot to overcome this year- especially when starting forward Barnes (and starting PG Puff for many games) went down. Charmin's passion fills the gym.
If Cal stays focused for 48 minutes in each round, and makes good basketball decisions I could see them outperforming their season NET rating and being a 10+ seed in March Madness. The SMU game showed what they are capable of.
P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
john1953 said:
P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
P.P.S. I wasn't able to inspect the weapons closely but they looked real enough from a distance. Either way I was unhappy to see the participants (at several recent games) ignore the cardinal rule of firearm safety - always keep a firearm pointed in a safe direction.
All good points and well expressed…only correction…they only need to stay focused (hopefully) for just 40 minutes
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P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days
I found it disturbing. I've been teaching English to students from all over the world at international language schools for the last sixteen years. I've had a lot of students comment on how strange they find it that we play the national anthem before every sports event and that we have this reverential attitude toward the military (as opposed to simply being respectful). I agree with them. And at a time like this....
john1953 said:
Some more thoughts after the final season home game:
The high level Maul, Sheppard and Twidale are playing at gives me hope for winning some rounds in the playoffs.
Walker has taken her game up a level, scoring and rim protecting.
Lola would be a starter and leader on many D1 teams. I hope she doesn't leave and come back to haunt the Bears.
I like Morris off-the-bench. Bench points and defense matter vs. opposing benches; Puff brings a different skillset at PG from Mjracle Sheppard and I think opposing teams have trouble adjusting.
Claudia and Sakima on the floor together changes the game. Claudia is much more effective at power forward, away from the rim where she can use her screen and passing skills. She dribbles around and shoots early in some sequences when better ball movement and shot selection choices might be available for better shots. She needs better layup fundamentals in her driving finishes.
Naya is a multi position player who plays with toughness but often has to matchup to centers who have a lot of length which is a demanding role for someone 6'1".
#13 seed Stanfurd blowing out #9 Clemson today did not help #10 Cal's NET ranking. Unexpected.
Honestly I don't think Lindsay would win as many games as Charmin with this team. Charmin had a lot to overcome this year- especially when starting forward Barnes (and starting PG Puff for many games) went down. Charmin's passion fills the gym.
If Cal stays focused for 48 minutes in each round, and makes good basketball decisions I could see them outperforming their season NET rating and being a 10+ seed in March Madness. The SMU game showed what they are capable of.
P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
The trio of Gisella, Mjracle and Lulu is solid. And yes, I agree that Sakima defensive presence is very important.
I will say that Lola is a good rotational player. If she further improves her shot (she's now a threat from the corner but visibly shows less confidence at other spots), she could really be impactful because she has good instincts in other areas. Also glad that Grace is seeing some minutes (probably out of necessity due to Taylor's absence).
Agree on Puff coming off the bench. If she starts, opposing offenses have two points of attack: her and Lulu. Starting Mjracle gives a bit more size, a bit more quickness.
Sad to say, but Claudia is not an offensive threat. She has totally lost confidence in her shot...and in today's game you have to at least be a threat. I wonder if the back issues have something to do with it. Naya is not the answer because she does not stretch the floor. Naya is a solid rotational player but nothing more at this point, I'm afraid. If she could develop at least a midrange shot, it would be helpful.
Watching Sakima 3-point attempt was comical...even she was laughing at herself.
If the Bears can get Taylor back, it would really help. But...as with Puff, 4-6 weeks seems to be the time table...which would be when? I forget, but it has to be soon, I think.
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P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
Agreed. I find displays of militarism, patriotism and/or religion unnecessary, even out of place, at a public university, but some believe this to be The American Way, etc., so I shrug and move on from it.
(On the other hand, "Lift Every Voice" is a gorgeous song, and well sung yesterday by one of our student-athletes.)
"Don't get distracted, myself. Don't get distracted." Self-talk from a young relative
john1953 said:
Some more thoughts after the final season home game:
The high level Maul, Sheppard and Twidale are playing at gives me hope for winning some rounds in the playoffs.
Walker has taken her game up a level, scoring and rim protecting.
Lola would be a starter and leader on many D1 teams. I hope she doesn't leave and come back to haunt the Bears.
I like Morris off-the-bench. Bench points and defense matter vs. opposing benches; Puff brings a different skillset at PG from Mjracle Sheppard and I think opposing teams have trouble adjusting.
Claudia and Sakima on the floor together changes the game. Claudia is much more effective at power forward, away from the rim where she can use her screen and passing skills. She dribbles around and shoots early in some sequences when better ball movement and shot selection choices might be available for better shots. She needs better layup fundamentals in her driving finishes.
Naya is a multi position player who plays with toughness but often has to matchup to centers who have a lot of length which is a demanding role for someone 6'1".
#13 seed Stanfurd blowing out #9 Clemson today did not help #10 Cal's NET ranking. Unexpected.
Honestly I don't think Lindsay would win as many games as Charmin with this team. Charmin had a lot to overcome this year- especially when starting forward Barnes (and starting PG Puff for many games) went down. Charmin's passion fills the gym.
If Cal stays focused for 48 minutes in each round, and makes good basketball decisions I could see them outperforming their season NET rating and being a 10+ seed in March Madness. The SMU game showed what they are capable of.
P.S. With all respect to the young people in uniforms and timing they could not control; I found it a little weird having the ROTC with their symbolic weapons in the gym after global might-makes-right developments in the last two days. Just my personal emotional cognitive dissonance under the circumstances. Basketball and sports in general should transcend geopolitics (look at most rosters) and bring the world together bottoms-up.
J1953, with all due respect, I don't recall seeing you post on this forum this year, and I believe your evaluation of our team is extremely more positive than it really should be. I don't like to be critical but it appears you've drawn too many conclusions based on today's game only. We played a very poor SMU squad. Claudia has been very ineffective at any role, she is only getting significant minutes due to Taylor's injury. Puff really struggles defensively. Lola is a serviceable player but would have a hard time finding a starter's role on most of the top 100 teams. Mjracle definitely has many strengths, but her ability to finish a play offensively is very volatile. Not a dependable shooter, even from close range. And as effective as Sakima can be, sometimes she plays a bit too soft and is prone to make turnovers.
Only Lulu and Gisella play up to the level of Big Dance type caliber players. Keep in mind, I am a big fan of every player on our squad, they give great effort. But my evaluation is based on what I've seen over 31 games, not 1.
gljone said:
Watching Sakima 3-point attempt was comical...even she was laughing at herself.
I think she put that one up just to have one 3-point attempt on her career record. Why not? At that time the outcome was settled. I was laughing too.
RedlessWardrobe said:
Only Lulu and Gisella play up to the level of Big Dance type caliber players ....
IMHO Taylor is or soon will be at that level.
Naya is 5'11" tall. when Taylor was playing, she was taller than Nayla when they stood next to each other. And Taylor is 6'.
stu said:RedlessWardrobe said:
Only Lulu and Gisella play up to the level of Big Dance type caliber players ....
IMHO Taylor is or soon will be at that level.
If she makes progress in her game I tend to agree with you.
I served in the Army Reserves. It is our politicians who make the bad decisions, not those who put up with a tough experience to keep our country safe. Next time you see someone in uniform, thank them for their service,
Agree with Annharbor bear. During the Viet Nam war, out troops weren't the problem. It was Washington. Johnson could have stopped the war but didn't. The protests should have been against the war. One of my friends sent me many a sad letter from Viet Nam before he was killed. He was poorer and didn't have bone spurs.
I don't think anyone here is suggesting that our troops are at fault or should not be appreciated for their service. That's a separate issue from what is displayed before a sports event.
Woodacre said:
Wake Forest, then, if we win, Syracuse
thanks # go we, go team
We have a long history of playing the national anthem and honoring our military at sporting events. When I hear it, I always think of my father and his three brothers who served in World War II, Without them, we would all be speaking German or Japanese.
No one is required to stand for the anthem, so you can always remain seated.
No one is required to stand for the anthem, so you can always remain seated.
Bears left for Atlanta about an hour ago based upon pics/video posted on Instagram.
Go Bears!!
Go Bears!!
My biggest disappointment was when on Veterens Day, we didn't celebrate it. and we played on Vet's Day. i was at the game. With all the other groups we celebrate, Finnish don't you think we should hav celebrated them?
Yes. Veteran's Day is when you should lean into recognizing those who've served. It has real meaning then. When it's every single time a game is played then I personally find it over the top, to me it actually dilutes the experience (though I appreciate the fact that others respond differently).
I'm at a loss as to how these posts about the ROTC, National Anthem, Veteran's Day, etc have anything to do with the topic originally posted ...ACC Tournament!
Perhaps you should continue this discussion in the Off Topic forum.
Perhaps you should continue this discussion in the Off Topic forum.
SFCALBear72 said:
Perhaps you should continue this discussion in the Off Topic forum.
whoopsie, good point '72. signed, class of '73
Woodacre said:
https://theacc.com/news/2026/3/2/bracket-set-for-2026-ally-acc-womens-basketball-tournament.aspx
grab from your link (tnx) is worth expanding inline; all times EasternTZ, and
likely already seen by most interested cybears..
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Wednesday, March 4 (First Round)
Game 1: No. 13 Stanford vs. No. 12 Miami, ACCN, 11 a.m.
Game 2: No. 15 Wake Forest vs. No. 10 California, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 14 Florida State vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech, ACCN, 4 p.m.
# gobears.. # Go TIVO
RedlessWardrobe said:
> J1953, with all due respect, I don't recall seeing you post on this forum this year, and I believe your evaluation of our team is extremely more positive than it really should be. I don't like to be critical but it appears you've drawn too many conclusions based on today's game only. We played a very poor SMU squad. Claudia has been very ineffective at any role, she is only getting significant minutes due to Taylor's injury. Puff really struggles defensively. Lola is a serviceable player but would have a hard time finding a starter's role on most of the top 100 teams. Mjracle definitely has many strengths, but her ability to finish a play offensively is very volatile. Not a dependable shooter, even from close range. And as effective as Sakima can be, sometimes she plays a bit too soft and is prone to make turnovers.
Only Lulu and Gisella play up to the level of Big Dance type caliber players. Keep in mind, I am a big fan of every player on our squad, they give great effort. But my evaluation is based on what I've seen over 31 games, not 1.
tough love is too hard, sorry / not sorry
California finished with an even 9-9 conference mark and earned the No. 10 seed, and will face No. 15 seed Wake Forest (4-14) on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET (10:30 PT)
We beat WF on Jan 11 playing at WF. Barnes played. Claudia was out.
We beat WF on Jan 11 playing at WF. Barnes played. Claudia was out.
Looks like Puff was out also
Cal has the potential to win two games in the ACC Tournament. The Bears need to play their best, however. They defeated Wake Forest at home and traveled to New York to go three overtimes with Syracuse. I would think that the team needs a minimum of 20 wins to have a chance at the NCAA Tournament. Perhaps, the two wins would
do it. If Wake Forest upsets us, it's over for this year. GO BEARS!
do it. If Wake Forest upsets us, it's over for this year. GO BEARS!
Schroeder71 said:
Cal has the potential to win two games in the ACC Tournament. The Bears need to play their best, however. They defeated Wake Forest at home and traveled to New York to go three overtimes with Syracuse. I would think that the team needs a minimum of 20 wins to have a chance at the NCAA Tournament. Perhaps, the two wins would
do it. If Wake Forest upsets us, it's over for this year. GO BEARS!
There still is the WNIT. And that can be an important development tool
I think it's pretty likely we'd need 3 wins to get into the NCAAs. Wake and Syracuse are totally doable and we will either be favorites or close to toss ups. It's the next game, with Louisville, that would allow us to pull an upset and get into the bracket. Unlikely but not impossible. Go Bears!!!!
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