Yesterday, i went to the Cal basketball game at Haas Pavilion on the Cal campus in Berkeley. There was a ceremony before the game acknowledging Justin Cobbs, Richard Soloman and Jeff Powers who are the three seniors on the team.They barely beat the Colorado buffaloes in overtime 66-65. Colorado led most of the game with their biggest lead being 8 points. Cal was able to hang with them because their defense got stops when they needed to and some players provided timely scoring on offense. Justin Cobbs paced them with 21 points and he got help inside from Richard Soloman and David Kravish who each had a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Colorado was missing their best player Spencer Dinwiddie who was lost for the year with an injury earlier in the season. They still managed to get 24 points from Xavier Johnson and a good game from their point guard Askia Booker who almost won it. The game was tied 59-59 at the end of regulation, but Cal almost pulled it out at the end of regulation. The Colorado point guard dribbled down with his team looking to win the game, but Cobbs stole the ball and threw up a shot that barely missed going in. Cal ended up missing their final 10 shots in the end of regulation and overtime, but they still managed to win by knocking down free throws. With 2 seconds left Wallace missed their first free throw in a while and Booker dribbled down court hoping to win the game. He put up a wild shot that missed and sealed the win for Cal. It was a good game because it went right down to the end and was close the whole game and i enjoyed going and seeing the final home game of the season.
The Pac-12 tournament is next week at the MGM grand arena in Las Vegas. The winner of it gets an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament while the other teams have to wait and see if they will get an at large berth to the tournament. The top four teams receive byes and they play on Thursday. They are Arizona, UCLA, Arizona State, and Cal while the other teams have to play on Wednesday I predict that either Arizona will win, but anything can happen. I would enjoy it if Cal wins because then they wouldn't have any chance of not making the tournament, but we will all find out who wins next weekend
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Baseball season is finally here! The teams have set up camp and the east coast teams are in Florida while mostly west coast teams are in Arizona. My favorite team is the A's and they're playing in Phoenix this year, but next year they'll be moving to Mesa. Pitchers and catchers reported on valentines day and position players reported the next week. Some notable new pitchers that arrived in camp were Jim Johnson, Luke Gregerson, Eric O Flaherty, and Josh Lindbloom who are relievers.Drew Pomeranz, Scott Kazmir are the two main starters that the A's acquired, The A's also acquired some good hitters. They are Craig Gentry, Nick Punto, Chris Gimenez, and Jake Elmore. The best thing about the off-season was that the A's didn't trade away any of their regulars in the lineup or rotation which is good.The A's also hope that highly touted prospects Addison Russell, Michael Ynoa, Billy McKinney, and Raul Alcantra along with many others make a good impression and enable themselves to come up during the season and help the team out. Spring training games just started this past week and they represent a chance for prospects to show themselves and regulars to get back into the swing of things. I hope that the A's bring home a tittle this year and give Oakland a boost. I also hope that Reddick bat comes back to like and matches his outstanding defense.
The Giants make their spring training home in Scottsdale and they have no intention of going anywhere. Their players reported close to the same day as the A's and they made a few major changes to help get their team back into contention for the playoffs. The Giants signed Tim Hudson a veteran pitcher who they think will bolster their rotation. They also resigned Tim Lincecum, and Ryan Vogelsong to stabilize their rotation. The Giants also signed Michael Morse to play left field and give them power in that position which they haven't had for a while. Like the A's, they brought back their entire lineup and they hope to get a better year from Sandoval and a break through year from Belt. Another thing is that they hope that their two hyped pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and Kyle Crick will crack the majors this year along with slugger Mac Williamson. The Giants look to return to the playoffs this year and return to prominence. I look forward to watching a lot of baseball this year and I think that this will be one of the most exciting and awesome baseball seasons ever
