The Pac-12 Conference is so strong that you couldn’t rule out #10, #11, and #12 at tournament time.
Cal and Oregon St. haven’t figured it out yet, but when that switch flips, forgotten teams suddenly reappear out of seemingly nowhere.
The conventional wisdom about Cal is that they’re inconsistent. When a team is inconsistent for lack of talent, that’s a tricky fix. When it’s more mental than physical, I think that occasionally self-corrects in March.
The Golden Bears, I thought, are mostly mental cases, but UCLA is kicking their asses with things that appear in the boxscore, like shooting and rebounding. I’m rooting for Kemery Martin to make good in Berkeley, but she’s got as many fouls as points.
Lead is now 14. 47-33 5:37