I mean this isn't like any game of the decade type of stuff but I thoroughly enjoyed our 12 vs 5 "upset" of UNLV in March Madness since we lost on a buzzer beater against them earlier in the season (was present as an unknowing 10 year old at the time) and almost beat Syracuse but lose because of damn CJ Fair. I also saw no wyking games were allowed but lets not deny the 17 point comeback against Stanford in the final 3:30 in 2017, it was amazing for us and allowed us to brag and laugh at furd(at least until it all fell apart).
The Justin Cobbs win over Arizona when the Cats were ranked No. 1. I saw him the day after the game walking down Bancroft with Alan Crabbe and I shouted "Hey Justin! Great game!
Can't top that Cobbs Arizona win, but each and every Montgomery win over Udumb is priceless to me. Romar started every season with top talent, and Monty and his boys would crush them with precision. Romar was never good enough to really gloat over it, but still. Oh, and every game with Jorge Gutierrez in his senior year.
You need to come up with tougher questions. Of course it's Feb 1, 2014, 9:34pm PST, Cobbs with a "no, no, no, yes!" shot (that quote stolen from the CGB game thread). We happened to attend that game with neighbors (also a Cal Alum) on Stubhub tickets way up in the corner. Never dreamt we'd win it, but we had just enough talent and a superb enough coach to align the stars.
Almost exactly 8 years ago, Talia Caldwell, Layshia Clarendon, and Afure Jemerigbe led the Bears to their first regional championship (Spokane Division) over Georgia, 65-62, in overtime, and so to their first Final Four, just as Obama had predicted. A perfect Cal game: talent, teamwork, patience and grit: https://calbears.com/news/2013/4/1/207731150 Can't find any photos on the Cal site, but players (Mikayla Lyles and Eliza Pierre?) did produce a cool little music video just before the national tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89kyAmKHJ_A
Not the most memorable game overall, but our NCAA first-round thrashing of Louisville in 2010 was very satisfying. Randle hit a half-court shot right before halftime.
I remain convinced that that team was our best shot at making the Sweet 16 in a long while, but unfortunately the rest of the conference sucked and stuck us with bad seeding and playing Duke (the eventual champ) in Round 2.
Beside the Cobbs win, most of my memories are of non-wins (losing a squeaker to UVA at home and that Dillon Brooks' dagger in '07). It was that kind of decade. I thought the Washington triple overtime game was this decade, but that was '09. Man, time flies.
I mean this isn't like any game of the decade type of stuff but I thoroughly enjoyed our 12 vs 5 "upset" of UNLV in March Madness since we lost on a buzzer beater against them earlier in the season (was present as an unknowing 10 year old at the time) and almost beat Syracuse but lose because of damn CJ Fair. I also saw no wyking games were allowed but lets not deny the 17 point comeback against Stanford in the final 3:30 in 2017, it was amazing for us and allowed us to brag and laugh at furd(at least until it all fell apart).
Tyrone Wallace beating USC with a buzzer-beating three on February 5, 2015.
The Justin Cobbs win over Arizona when the Cats were ranked No. 1. I saw him the day after the game walking down Bancroft with Alan Crabbe and I shouted "Hey Justin! Great game!
He shouted back "Thanks, man!"
Can't top that Cobbs Arizona win, but each and every Montgomery win over Udumb is priceless to me. Romar started every season with top talent, and Monty and his boys would crush them with precision. Romar was never good enough to really gloat over it, but still. Oh, and every game with Jorge Gutierrez in his senior year.
You need to come up with tougher questions. Of course it's Feb 1, 2014, 9:34pm PST, Cobbs with a "no, no, no, yes!" shot (that quote stolen from the CGB game thread). We happened to attend that game with neighbors (also a Cal Alum) on Stubhub tickets way up in the corner. Never dreamt we'd win it, but we had just enough talent and a superb enough coach to align the stars.
Almost exactly 8 years ago, Talia Caldwell, Layshia Clarendon, and Afure Jemerigbe led the Bears to their first regional championship (Spokane Division) over Georgia, 65-62, in overtime, and so to their first Final Four, just as Obama had predicted. A perfect Cal game: talent, teamwork, patience and grit: https://calbears.com/news/2013/4/1/207731150 Can't find any photos on the Cal site, but players (Mikayla Lyles and Eliza Pierre?) did produce a cool little music video just before the national tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89kyAmKHJ_A
We should also enter the ASU win in 2010 that clinched Cal the first regular-season conference title since 1960.
Not the most memorable game overall, but our NCAA first-round thrashing of Louisville in 2010 was very satisfying. Randle hit a half-court shot right before halftime.
I remain convinced that that team was our best shot at making the Sweet 16 in a long while, but unfortunately the rest of the conference sucked and stuck us with bad seeding and playing Duke (the eventual champ) in Round 2.
Beside the Cobbs win, most of my memories are of non-wins (losing a squeaker to UVA at home and that Dillon Brooks' dagger in '07). It was that kind of decade. I thought the Washington triple overtime game was this decade, but that was '09. Man, time flies.