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Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour wasn't at Sunday night's game against USC. She was traveling back to the Bay Area, but upon landing, was quickly apprised of what occurred during the Bears' game against the Trojans. Cal coach Mike Montgomery had...

Doug McDermott had a season-high 34 points and nine rebounds with more than a dozen NBA scouts watching, and No. 16 Creighton ran its winning streak to four games with a 74-64 victory against California on Saturday night.

Sometimes one great skill is enough to earn you a spot on an NBA roster. Fran Fraschilla breaks down this year's crop of shooters, shot-blockers and energy guys as teams look to fill specific needs in both rounds of Thursday's NBA draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 22, 2010

Organizational strategy plays a large role in the draft, and more and more teams are using advanced metrics to guide their selections. Chad Ford gets access to three teams' metric-based top-10 lists and unveils those rankings, in addition to other notes.

Blog | Conversation | June 08, 2010

With the NBA draft combine underway in Chicago, Fran Fraschilla identifies the five biggest snubs from the festivities and explains why they could end up on NBA rosters next fall.

Blog | Conversation | May 20, 2010

After attending the Nike Hoop Summit, Chad Ford breaks down some of the most promising 2011 draft prospects, including presumptive No. 1 overall pick, Harrison Barnes, a host of young European players and some of the other top high school seniors.

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2010

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Mike Montgomery thought he had it all figured out. He was done with college basketball. He had a remarkable 18-year run at Stanford that put the Cardinal in the national elite, a Final Four appearance in 1998, a No. 1 ranking ...

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2008-09 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2008

Mike Montgomery made his way across the Bay on Saturday, taking over the California men's basketball program with promises to take the Golden Bears to the same heights he reached at Stanford.

Former Stanford and Golden State Warriors coach Mike Montgomery has agreed in principle to replace Ben Braun at rival California, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2003-04 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2003

Important announcement from Cal-Hi Sports | Archived Cal-Hi Sports content Gokul Natesan will end up No. 2 on the Cupertino all-time scoring list behind Kurt Rambis and knows when to take over a game. He's perhaps even more impressive academically...

After much waiting and anticipation, there will finally be a rematch between the Los Angeles based Drew League and the Goodman League of Washington D.C.

Tom Haberstroh evaluates tentpole players -- guys a coach can build a team around based on their superior production on both ends of the floor. He also examines one-dimensional players who get more praise than they deserve

Story | Conversation | April 27, 2011

Gilbert Arenas grew up not knowing his mother. He recently told Esquire's Cal Fussman: "When I was little, I looked in the mirror and held the Bible in my hand -- that's how I talked to God. I never just asked for stuff. The way I saw it, if you give...

Kansas State redshirt freshman Bill Walker will remain in the NBA draft despite injuring his right knee at a workout over the weekend, his adviser, Chris Rivers, the director of basketball at Reebok, said Monday afternoon.