The California women's basketball team (18-13, 9-9 ACC) enters the 2026 ACC Tournament as the 10 seed and will face 15-seed Wake Forest in the opening round on Wednesday at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia at 10:30 a.m. PT.
This is the sixth meeting between the two programs with Cal holding a 3-2 series advantage and winners of three straight against Wake Forest.
The California baseball team rides a six-game win streak into a five-game homestand this week as the Golden Bears host CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday before welcoming in San Diego for a four-game weekend series.
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - California sophomore Ziqin Zhou shot a 1-over par 72 on Monday and is in a tie for second place individually after the second round of the Cabo Collegiate.
• California wraps up the regular season on the road this week, looking for a winning finish to ACC action.
• The Golden Bears (20-9, 8-8 ACC) get their second look at Georgia Tech this season, visiting the Yellow Jackets (11-18, 2-14) for a 7 p.m. ET clash on Wednesday in Atlanta.
• Cal will then head to Winston-Salem, N.C., to take on Wake Forest (15-14, 6-10) at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
• The last time the Bears recorded 20 wins during the regular season was 2015-16, when Cal won 22 games entering the postseason. That was also the last time the Bears earned an NCAA Tournament berth (Cal finished 23-6 overall).
• Cal will head directly to Charlotte, N.C. following this week's games to prep for ACC Tournament competition, running March 10-14 at Spectrum Center.
Sorta lucky that the team ends the regular season in North Carolina so it can just stay there for the ACC tournament. But man, that's a long road trip.
— The Orange was an 18-6 winner the lone time the teams played in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Berkeley last April. Three Cal players on the 2026 squad – Avery Hoeft, Emily Moes and Courtney Wong – had one goal apiece in the contest.
— Syracuse won the first time the teams met – and also the only time they have played in Syracuse – a 17-9 Orange win in 2004. Syracuse also registered an 18-2 win in Berkeley in 2009. 4 Both were nonconference games.
The 2026 California football season is set to begin March 18 as the team announced its spring practice schedule Monday.
The Golden Bears are set to practice 13 times at California Memorial Stadium – culminating with the Spring Game on April 18. More details about the Spring Game will be available at a later date.
I agree. They'd be in the mix with a road sweep, but probably not on the right side of the bubble without at least one conference tournament win. The trouble is that if they're in the 8/9 game, that means the second game is vs Duke.
The San Francisco Giants entered the offseason with a lot of young starting pitchers who were equal parts exciting and unproven. Pitchers who could break camp with the team and prove to be a vital asset in the bullpen and critical rotational depth, like Hayden Birdsong was in the first half of last year. But also, pitchers who could show that they’re just not ready to contribute at the Major League level yet, like Hayden Birdsong in the second half of last year.
The Dodgers are now 2-0 in the month of March this spring, as they connected for four home runs to defeat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Monday.
Ryder Ryan made his first start of the spring, completing two innings of work on 35 pitches (23 for strikes) while allowing one hit and one earned run and picking up a strikeout. Paul Gervase, Edgardo Henriquez and Jordan Weems each tossed a scoreless inning in relief after Ryan’s departure.
With the postseason race tightening and pressure mounting, the Sharks’ young core is beginning to look less like a rebuild in progress and more like a foundation ready to compete now. And at the center of it is Michael Misa: calm, confident, and proving that the future in San Jose may be arriving faster than anyone expected.
The robot umps are here: What to watch for with ABS this MLB spring training
did i post this one already? i am kinda sad about this, taking the human element out of balls and strikes. it seems that it is not an objective thing anyways like tennis line calls.
also, HAG and I used umpire games for LMYA (lafayette-moraga youth assoc) when we were at Cal. those were fun times.
Whatever. Baseball managers are robots, too. Worse, baseball has been played by robots for years. Gone are the days where you had interesting characters in the game. There's Shohei and...end of list. I mean, Mike Trout?
I grew up watching incredibly exciting and compelling players like Rickey, Stew, Hendu, the Cobra, but the game doesn't seem to have black American players anymore. That's part of the problem for sure. Sabermetrics has wrung out a lot of fun.
Maybe I'm just grumpy because of the A's, but I think there's something to this. Robot umpires are just the next step in a long slide.
It was probably the 2nd half of the 3rd where the Warriors started to lose it. Since they are so shorthanded, they had to run out a lineup of something like Spencer, Podz, Gui, and Williams. Warriors were up 9ish and Kawhi was subbed out and their bench turned the game around. It was kinda ugly.
some flurries here in upstate NY right now, but it's gonna creep up into the 40s this week, 50s by the weekend, and then might break 60 next week. Not great for skiing.
We had a great day of skiing on Sunday at Gore (with a crap ending). Bright blue sky that reminded me of spring skiing around Tahoe.
I made the mistake of doing one last run when I knew I was tired, and bit it at the top of the steep part of a double black diamond. I lost a ski, and slid for at least 100 yards, luckily ending up unscathed.
Once I gathered myself and my ski, I went down to the lodge where I found a distraught Dr. Ms. Newellbany. Someone ran off with her skis. It might have been an honest mistake because she put them next to a bunch of other white skis, but nobody has called Gore yet to say they grabbed the wrong pair. Ugh.
It started really snowing, the roads got messy, and they cancelled all the after school activities. Worse, my volleyball league cancelled tonight's semifinal games! What am I supposed to do with all this whoop-ass I had saved up for tonight?
That was the worst when after school activites are cancelled just because the kids can't go to school. They're looking forward to basketball practice and you tell them they cant.
Light non-accumulating snow yesterday and light freezing rain today. But it’s hopefully the last gasp of winter as the forecast is mid-70s both days this weekend.
we are hoping Utah gets a late winter snow situation. booked a ski trip to SLC for the week of Mar 20. things seems to be better after a slow start to the season
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musings on AI
see PRO sports about Robot Umps in baseball
in the vain of AI taking over everything. i thought this was a good one i saw today
> AI will not replace you. A person using AI will.
this is specific to data scientiss. probably there are some good generalities in here too
https://medium.com/data-science-collective/how-i-use-llms-as-a-data-scientist-fa9a85262773
That's essentially the argument laid out by the movie, Desk Set (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love IBM), with Hepburn and Tracy.
Cal
[WBB] Cal Opens ACC Tournament Against Wake Forest
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/womens-basketball-cal-opens-acc-tournament-against-wake-forest.aspx
The California women's basketball team (18-13, 9-9 ACC) enters the 2026 ACC Tournament as the 10 seed and will face 15-seed Wake Forest in the opening round on Wednesday at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia at 10:30 a.m. PT.
This is the sixth meeting between the two programs with Cal holding a 3-2 series advantage and winners of three straight against Wake Forest.
[BASE] Cal Set For 5 Home Games
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/baseball-cal-set-for-5-home-games.aspx
The California baseball team rides a six-game win streak into a five-game homestand this week as the Golden Bears host CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday before welcoming in San Diego for a four-game weekend series.
[MGOLF] Zhou Continues to Lead at Cabo Collegiate
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/mens-golf-zhou-continues-to-lead-at-cabo-collegiate.aspx
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - California sophomore Ziqin Zhou shot a 1-over par 72 on Monday and is in a tie for second place individually after the second round of the Cabo Collegiate.
[MBB] Cal Wraps Regular Season At Georgia Tech, Wake Forest
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/mens-basketball-cal-wraps-regular-season-at-georgia-tech-wake-forest.aspx
BEAR BITES
• California wraps up the regular season on the road this week, looking for a winning finish to ACC action.
• The Golden Bears (20-9, 8-8 ACC) get their second look at Georgia Tech this season, visiting the Yellow Jackets (11-18, 2-14) for a 7 p.m. ET clash on Wednesday in Atlanta.
• Cal will then head to Winston-Salem, N.C., to take on Wake Forest (15-14, 6-10) at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
• The last time the Bears recorded 20 wins during the regular season was 2015-16, when Cal won 22 games entering the postseason. That was also the last time the Bears earned an NCAA Tournament berth (Cal finished 23-6 overall).
• Cal will head directly to Charlotte, N.C. following this week's games to prep for ACC Tournament competition, running March 10-14 at Spectrum Center.
Sorta lucky that the team ends the regular season in North Carolina so it can just stay there for the ACC tournament. But man, that's a long road trip.
Well they probably won't be there much past Wed or Thurs so it'll be like 8-9 days max!
@how will they keep up with their school work?@
It’s adorable that you assume they would do so….
They're far above what I thought they would be so anything after this is <chefskiss.gif>
[LAX] Cal Continues East Coast Road Swing At No. 15 Syracuse
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/lacrosse-cal-continues-east-coast-road-swing-at-no-15-syracuse.aspx
CALIFORNIA-SYRACUSE LACROSSE HISTORY
— Syracuse leads the all-time series, 3-0.
— The Orange was an 18-6 winner the lone time the teams played in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Berkeley last April. Three Cal players on the 2026 squad – Avery Hoeft, Emily Moes and Courtney Wong – had one goal apiece in the contest.
— Syracuse won the first time the teams met – and also the only time they have played in Syracuse – a 17-9 Orange win in 2004. Syracuse also registered an 18-2 win in Berkeley in 2009. 4 Both were nonconference games.
[FB] California Football Announces Spring Dates
https://calbears.com/news/2026/3/2/california-football-announces-spring-dates.aspx
The 2026 California football season is set to begin March 18 as the team announced its spring practice schedule Monday.
The Golden Bears are set to practice 13 times at California Memorial Stadium – culminating with the Spring Game on April 18. More details about the Spring Game will be available at a later date.
Still reeling from Saturday's gut MBB punch, three days later. Can this team achieve a road sweep to get back in the mix? That's what it'd take.
I think Cal still would need at least 1 ACC tourney win even with a road sweep. Maybe 2 just to feel safe with the inevitable conf tourney upset.
I agree. They'd be in the mix with a road sweep, but probably not on the right side of the bubble without at least one conference tournament win. The trouble is that if they're in the 8/9 game, that means the second game is vs Duke.
PRO
Sources: Braves' Profar faces 162-game ban, 2nd PED violation
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48090231/braves-profar-faces-162-game-ban-2nd-ped-violation
He was asked at the beginning of spring training if he did anything to prevent this mixup from happening again.
https://x.com/ZachKleinWSB/status/2028886819522175214
Giants stay hot, beat White Sox 6-5 in Cactus League play
Landen Roupp shined; Carson Whisenhunt, not so much.
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-scores-standings-nl-west/103804/giants-cactus-league-scores-white-sox-landen-roupp-carson-whisenhunt
The San Francisco Giants entered the offseason with a lot of young starting pitchers who were equal parts exciting and unproven. Pitchers who could break camp with the team and prove to be a vital asset in the bullpen and critical rotational depth, like Hayden Birdsong was in the first half of last year. But also, pitchers who could show that they’re just not ready to contribute at the Major League level yet, like Hayden Birdsong in the second half of last year.
Dodgers smash four home runs in win over Rockies
https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/110505/dodgers-rockies-game-recap
The Dodgers are now 2-0 in the month of March this spring, as they connected for four home runs to defeat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Monday.
Ryder Ryan made his first start of the spring, completing two innings of work on 35 pitches (23 for strikes) while allowing one hit and one earned run and picking up a strikeout. Paul Gervase, Edgardo Henriquez and Jordan Weems each tossed a scoreless inning in relief after Ryan’s departure.
Quick Bites: Misa and Young Sharks Shine in 2-1 Overtime Win
https://www.fearthefin.com/quick-bites-misa-and-young-sharks-shine-in-2-1-overtime-win/
The kids aren’t waiting their turn in San Jose.
With the postseason race tightening and pressure mounting, the Sharks’ young core is beginning to look less like a rebuild in progress and more like a foundation ready to compete now. And at the center of it is Michael Misa: calm, confident, and proving that the future in San Jose may be arriving faster than anyone expected.
The robot umps are here: What to watch for with ABS this MLB spring training
did i post this one already? i am kinda sad about this, taking the human element out of balls and strikes. it seems that it is not an objective thing anyways like tennis line calls.
also, HAG and I used umpire games for LMYA (lafayette-moraga youth assoc) when we were at Cal. those were fun times.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7064808/2026/02/23/mlb-abs-spring-training/?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.Zszl.uq39QuIqvArJ&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
Whatever. Baseball managers are robots, too. Worse, baseball has been played by robots for years. Gone are the days where you had interesting characters in the game. There's Shohei and...end of list. I mean, Mike Trout?
I grew up watching incredibly exciting and compelling players like Rickey, Stew, Hendu, the Cobra, but the game doesn't seem to have black American players anymore. That's part of the problem for sure. Sabermetrics has wrung out a lot of fun.
Maybe I'm just grumpy because of the A's, but I think there's something to this. Robot umpires are just the next step in a long slide.
didnt watch but when i check the score the Ws were winning. i guess the lost the 4th quarter and the game
It was probably the 2nd half of the 3rd where the Warriors started to lose it. Since they are so shorthanded, they had to run out a lineup of something like Spencer, Podz, Gui, and Williams. Warriors were up 9ish and Kawhi was subbed out and their bench turned the game around. It was kinda ugly.
Game 61 wrap: Deep bench Warriors run out to big lead but fade hard vs Clippers
https://dubnationhq.com/p/game-61-wrap-no-spoiler-title
WEATHER
65 here in the East Bay with a high this weekend of 76.
some flurries here in upstate NY right now, but it's gonna creep up into the 40s this week, 50s by the weekend, and then might break 60 next week. Not great for skiing.
it seems ok around here for skiing. 6+ inches of snow before the weekend. we will hopefully ski Thu and Fri.
yesterday it was 5-15 deg F. it has warmed up in the 20s today.
We had a great day of skiing on Sunday at Gore (with a crap ending). Bright blue sky that reminded me of spring skiing around Tahoe.
I made the mistake of doing one last run when I knew I was tired, and bit it at the top of the steep part of a double black diamond. I lost a ski, and slid for at least 100 yards, luckily ending up unscathed.
Once I gathered myself and my ski, I went down to the lodge where I found a distraught Dr. Ms. Newellbany. Someone ran off with her skis. It might have been an honest mistake because she put them next to a bunch of other white skis, but nobody has called Gore yet to say they grabbed the wrong pair. Ugh.
It started really snowing, the roads got messy, and they cancelled all the after school activities. Worse, my volleyball league cancelled tonight's semifinal games! What am I supposed to do with all this whoop-ass I had saved up for tonight?
That was the worst when after school activites are cancelled just because the kids can't go to school. They're looking forward to basketball practice and you tell them they cant.
Light non-accumulating snow yesterday and light freezing rain today. But it’s hopefully the last gasp of winter as the forecast is mid-70s both days this weekend.
we are hoping Utah gets a late winter snow situation. booked a ski trip to SLC for the week of Mar 20. things seems to be better after a slow start to the season