California Golden Bears men's basketball
California Golden Bears men's basketball | ||||
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The Bench | ||||
Colors | Blue and gold[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | ||||
1927 | ||||
NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1959 | ||||
NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
1960 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1946, 1959, 1960 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1993, 1997 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2013 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1946, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996*, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016 *vacated by NCAA | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1916, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 2010 |
The California Golden Bears men's basketball team is the college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. The program has seen success throughout the years, culminating in a national championship in 1959 under coach Pete Newell, and the team has reached the final four two other times, in 1946 and 1960.
The team plays its home games at Haas Pavilion, which was long known as Harmon Gym before being heavily renovated with money donated in part by the owners of Levi Strauss & Co.[2] The arena was originally known as Men's Gymnasium and then later Harmon Gymnasium until the late 1990s when it went through renovations which displaced the team for two seasons.
History
The Golden Bears first played basketball intercollegiately in 1907 and began full conference play in 1915. The 1920s was the dominant decade for Cal basketball, as the Bears won 6 conference titles under coaches E.H. Wright and
Nibs Price coached Cal with great success for 30 years from 1924 to 1954, earning a 449–294 total record, many single season winning records, and an additional 3 conference titles in the 1930s and 1940s.[n 1]
Cal reached the pinnacle of the sport during the tenure of
The fortunes of Cal men's basketball would never be the same after Newell. The next quarter-century was mostly a dreary one for the program, despite having players such as Butch Hays (1981–1984) and Kevin Johnson (1983–1987) who both set school records for assists. From 1960 to 1985, the Bears tallied only two winning seasons in conference play. Lou Campanelli served as head coach from 1986 to 1993. The highlight of this era was a 75–67 victory over UCLA in 1986 that ended a 25-year, 52 game losing streak to the Bruins. Campanelli in his first season took the Golden Bears to the 1986 National Invitation Tournament, the first post season appearance of any sort since 1960. In 1990, Campanelli led the Golden Bears to their first NCAA Tournament in 30 years.
Cal achieved much better success in the 1990s, qualifying for the
This success came amid a brief period of turmoil in the mid-1990s. Campanelli was fired midway through the 1992–93 season after athletic director Bob Bockrath heard Campanelli berate his players with obscenity-laden tirades following two losses. Assistant Todd Bozeman finished out the season, and was named permanent head coach after leading the Bears to an upset of two-time defending champion Duke in the NCAA Tournament. Bozeman himself was pushed out two months before the 1996–97 season after it emerged that he'd funneled $30,000 over two years to the parents of star recruit Jelani Gardner so they could make the drive to see their son play. Ultimately, the Bears were docked four scholarships over two years and forfeited the entire 1994–95 season and all but one game of the 1995–96 season.
Ben Braun took over for Bozeman just before the 1996–97 season. Inheriting a team expected to be barely competitive in the Pac-10, Braun led the Bears to a second-place finish and took them all the way to the Sweet 16. During Braun's 12-year tenure, Cal qualified for the NCAA tournament three straight times in the 2000s and six times overall. However, after finishing near the bottom of the Pac-10 for the second straight year, Braun was dismissed in late March 2008. The former coach of rival Stanford, Mike Montgomery, succeeded Braun.[4] In his first year the Bears finished tied for third in the Pac-10 and made it to the NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round to the Maryland Terrapins. In 2006, the Golden Bears reached their first Pacific Life Pac-10 Men's Basketball Tournament championship game. Power forward Leon Powe grabbed a tournament-record 20 rebounds against USC in the first round and then scored a tournament-record 41 points in a double-overtime victory versus Oregon in the semi-finals. Despite California's 71–52 loss to UCLA in the final game, Powe was named Most Valuable Player for the tournament.
In Montgomery's second season, the Bears won their first conference title in 50 years. The team, featuring four seniors as starters, only lost one game at Haas Pavilion but had a rough non-conference schedule featuring losses to elite teams such as
Mike Montgomery announced his retirement shortly after the 2013–14 season's culmination, resulting in the hiring of
Coaches
No. | Head coach | Years | Win–loss | Pct. |
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1 | Patrick Kilduff | 1915–1916 | 11–5 | .688 |
2 | Ben Cherrington | 1916–1917 | 15–1 | .938 |
3 | Walter Christie | 1917–1918 | 8–2 | .800 |
4 | William Hollender | 1918–1920 | 14–8 | .636 |
5 | E. H. Wright | 1920–1924 | 60–20 | .750 |
6 | Nibs Price | 1924–1954 | 449–294 | .604 |
7 | Pete Newell | 1954–1960 | 119–44 | .730 |
8 | Rene Herrerias | 1960–1968 | 92–100 | .479 |
9 | Jim Padgett | 1968–1972 | 52–53 | .495 |
10 | Dick Edwards | 1972–1978 | 73–85 | .462 |
11 | Dick Kuchen | 1978–1985 | 80–112 | .417 |
12 | Lou Campanelli | 1985–1993 | 123–108 | .532 |
13 | Todd Bozeman | 1993–1996 | 63-35 | .643 |
14 | Ben Braun | 1996–2008 | 219–154 | .578 |
15 | Mike Montgomery | 2008–2014 | 130–73 | .640 |
16 | Cuonzo Martin | 2014–2017 | 62–39 | .614 |
17 | Wyking Jones | 2017–2019 | 16–47 | .254 |
18 | Mark Fox | 2019–2023 | 38–87 | .304 |
19 | Mark Madsen | 2023–present | 0–0 | .000 |
Postseason
NCAA tournament results
The Golden Bears have appeared in 19
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1946 | Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place |
Colorado Oklahoma A&M Ohio State |
W 50–44 L 35–52 L 45–63 | |
1957 | Round of 23 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Bye BYU San Francisco |
— W 86–59 L 46–50 | |
1958 | Round of 24 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Bye Idaho State #18 Seattle |
— W 54–43 L 62–66 OT | |
1959 | Round of 23 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship |
Bye #18 Utah Saint Mary's #5 Cincinnati #10 West Virginia |
— W 71–53 W 66–46 W 64–58 W 71–70 | |
1960 | Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship |
Idaho State Santa Clara Oregon #1 Cincinnati #3 Ohio State |
W 71–44 W 69–49 W 70–49 W 77–69 L 55–75 | |
1990 | 9 E | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(8) Indiana (1) #4 Connecticut |
W 65–63 L 54–74 |
1993 | 6 M | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen |
(11) | W 66–64 W 82–77 L 76–93 |
1994 | 5 W | Round of 64 | (12) Green Bay | L 57–61 |
1996 | 12 M | Round of 64 | (5) #17 Iowa State | L 64–74 |
1997 | 5 E | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen |
(12) Princeton (4) #20 Villanova (1) #4 North Carolina |
W 55–52 W 75–68 L 57–63 |
2001 | 8 S | Round of 64 | (9) Fresno State | L 70–82 |
2002 | 6 S | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(11) Penn (3) #9 Pittsburgh |
W 82–75 L 50–63 |
2003 | 8 E | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(9) NC State (1) #3 Oklahoma |
W 76–74 OT L 65–74 |
2006 | 7 S | Round of 64 | (10) NC State | L 52–58 |
2009 | 7 W | Round of 64 | (10) Maryland | L 71–84 |
2010 | 8 S | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(9) Louisville (1) #3 Duke |
W 77–62 L 53–68 |
2012 | 12 M | First Four | (12) South Florida | L 54–65 |
2013 | 12 E | Round of 64 Round of 32 |
(5) UNLV (4) #16 Syracuse |
W 64–61 L 60–66 |
2016 | 4 S | Round of 64 | (13) Hawaii | L 66–77 |
NIT results
The Golden Bears have appeared in nine National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 14–8. They were NIT champions in 1999.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1986 | First Round | Loyola Marymount | L 75–80 |
1987 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
Cal State Fullerton Oregon State Arkansas–Little Rock |
W 72–68 W 65–62 L 73–80 |
1989 | First Round Second Round |
Hawaiʻi Connecticut |
W 73–57 L 72–73 |
1999 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship |
Clemson |
W 79–71 W 58–57 W 71–62 W 85–69 W 61–60 |
2000 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
W 70–66 W 60–49 L 59–76 | |
2008 | First Round Second Round |
New Mexico Ohio State |
W 68–66 L 56–73 |
2011 | First Round Second Round |
Ole Miss Colorado |
W 77–74 L 72–89 |
2014 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
Utah Valley Arkansas SMU |
W 70–52 W 75–64 L 65–67 |
2017 | First Round | Cal State Bakersfield | L 66–73 |
Notable players
Retired numbers
California Golden Bears retired numbers | |||||
No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retired | Refs. |
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4 | Alfred Grigsby | F | 1991–97 | 1997 | [11] |
5 | Jason Kidd | G | 1992–94 | 2004 | [12] |
11 | Kevin Johnson | G | 1983–87 | 1992 | [13] |
40 | Darrall Imhoff | C | 1957–60 | 2009 | [14] |
All-Americans
Player | Year(s) | Team(s) |
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George Hjelte | 1917 | Consensus First Team – Helms (1st) |
George Dixon | 1926 | Consensus First Team – Helms (1st) |
1927 | Consensus First Team – Helms (1st) | |
Vern Corbin | 1929 | Consensus First Team –Helms (1st), College Humor (2nd), Christy Walsh Syndicate (1st) |
Harold Eifart | 1934 | Helms (1st) |
Bob Herwig | 1936 | College Humor (2nd) |
Andy Wolfe | 1946 | Helms (2nd) |
1948 | Consensus Second Team – Converse (3rd)
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Bob Matheny | 1954 | Look (3rd) |
Bob McKeen | 1955 | INS (2nd) |
Larry Friend | 1957 | AP (3rd) |
Darrall Imhoff | 1960 | Consensus First Team – Sporting News (1st)
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Mark McNamara | 1982 | UPI (3rd) |
Jason Kidd | 1994 | Consensus First Team – AP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (1st) |
Lamond Murray | 1994 | Consensus Second Team – AP (3rd), USBWA (2nd), NABC (3rd), UPI (3rd) |
Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 1996 | AP (3rd), NABC (3rd) |
Ed Gray | 1997 | AP (3rd), NABC (3rd) |
Leon Powe | 2006 | Consensus Second Team – Sporting News (2nd)
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Ryan Anderson | 2008 | Sporting News (2nd)
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Jerome Randle | 2010 | Sporting News (4th)
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Allen Crabbe | 2013 | Sporting News (3rd)
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Jaylen Brown | 2016 | All PAC-12 |
Golden Bears in international leagues
- NBA played in the National Basketball League (Australia)from 1991 to 2003
- Israeli national basketball team
Golden Bears notable in other fields
- Tony Gonzalez, Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons, played forward from 1994 to 1997
References
- ^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ "Haas Pavilion". California Golden Bears. April 17, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "Sporting News - NFL - NCAA - NBA - MLB - NASCAR - UFC - WWE". Sporting News.
- ^ "Arizona vs. California - Game Recap - February 1, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Mike Montgomery Announces Retirement - California Golden Bears - University of California Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ "Wyking Jones Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ Rusty Simmons (2019-03-24). "Cal reverses field, fires head coach Wyking Jones". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Mark Fox Named Men's Basketball Coach". Cal Athletics. March 29, 2019.
- ^ "Nine accept NCAA bids; NIT lines up five teams". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 2, 1972. p. 23.
- ^ Al Grigsby Roundtable: Recalling The Career Of One Of Cal's Hardest Working Players, 9 Feb 2011
- ^ Like Kidd, retiring his Cal jersey a bad example by Glenn Dickey on SFGate, Feb. 12, 2004
- Newspapers.com.
Barkley led all scorers Wednesday with 25 points in 24 minutes, teammate Kevin Johnson adding 24 on the night his Cal No. 11 jersey was retired in a pregame ceremony.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Price was also Cal's football coach from 1926 to 1930, leading the 1926 and 1927 Wonder Teams to undefeated seasons.