Best wishes to Andre. He did all he could here and will always be a Bear. Got his Cal degree that will serve him well in life. I'm afraid it's sad to see the Fox era end with such a whimper. We'll have at least one more season of whimpering before Knowlton may act. I take no pleasure in it, as Fox does many things well and by all accounts his players like playing for him and play hard. But recruiting is recruiting. Losing Andre is no big surprise. Not having talented replacements for Andre is the problem.
Congrats to Andre for getting his Cal degree first and foremost. One thing that potentially hurts all Cal athletics in the transfer portal for Grad students is that Cal only offers credential programs, not a true Graduate degree or pathway. At least at UCSB he will pursue an actual graduate degree and still be wearing Blue & Gold, just a different shade...
I also hope he makes the tourney and sees his hard work pay off with a tangible reward. He's improved significantly since he started at Cal and if not the NBA he should be able to play overseas for decent remuneration for awhile.
Not on the subject of basketball, but I'm sure all of you closely follow Cal football news. Below is 247sports ranking of each team's '22 football class. Not as high as the comments have been recently for Cal. But a good part of our class is from earlier classes, though I am sure other teams would say the same.
If Andre's primary goal is to play in the NCAA's he picked the right school and conference. Seems like one of the weakest, or the weakest, on the west coast.
Interesting choice for Andre. I live in SB and will definitely head over to the Thunderdome to root for him, but UCSB is hardly a lock for the Tournament...they’ll have to win the Big West tourney for the automatic.
The Gauchos lost Amadou Sow, who is a strikingly similar player...AK22 will slide into his role. Best of luck to Andre, though a team with a more direct route to the Dance seemed a likelier destination. Also, we should keep our eyes on Pencilneck as a possible Fox replacement.
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Best wishes to Andre. He did all he could here and will always be a Bear. Got his Cal degree that will serve him well in life. I'm afraid it's sad to see the Fox era end with such a whimper. We'll have at least one more season of whimpering before Knowlton may act. I take no pleasure in it, as Fox does many things well and by all accounts his players like playing for him and play hard. But recruiting is recruiting. Losing Andre is no big surprise. Not having talented replacements for Andre is the problem.
Hurts the pride a bit but that's how it goes. Wishing him the tournament experience that we can't provide.
Good luck, Andre. I hope you get to the tourney next year.
Thanks Dre. You've been a warrior and class act at Cal. Good luck to you
Congrats to Andre for getting his Cal degree first and foremost. One thing that potentially hurts all Cal athletics in the transfer portal for Grad students is that Cal only offers credential programs, not a true Graduate degree or pathway. At least at UCSB he will pursue an actual graduate degree and still be wearing Blue & Gold, just a different shade...
I also hope he makes the tourney and sees his hard work pay off with a tangible reward. He's improved significantly since he started at Cal and if not the NBA he should be able to play overseas for decent remuneration for awhile.
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Not on the subject of basketball, but I'm sure all of you closely follow Cal football news. Below is 247sports ranking of each team's '22 football class. Not as high as the comments have been recently for Cal. But a good part of our class is from earlier classes, though I am sure other teams would say the same.
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Pac-12-football-Recruiting-class-rankings-for-the-2022-cycle--182185476/#182185476_1
Gobears49
If Andre's primary goal is to play in the NCAA's he picked the right school and conference. Seems like one of the weakest, or the weakest, on the west coast.
Interesting choice for Andre. I live in SB and will definitely head over to the Thunderdome to root for him, but UCSB is hardly a lock for the Tournament...they’ll have to win the Big West tourney for the automatic.
The Gauchos lost Amadou Sow, who is a strikingly similar player...AK22 will slide into his role. Best of luck to Andre, though a team with a more direct route to the Dance seemed a likelier destination. Also, we should keep our eyes on Pencilneck as a possible Fox replacement.