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Basketball: RPI update and so long, for now
By Jeff Faraudo
Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 4:24 pm in Basketball.
Cal’s win over Stanford boosted the Bears from No. 29 to No. 23 in the latest RPI computer rankings.
This is my last BearTalk blog post for a week. Media News is not immune to the nation’s economic slump, and all employees are being asked to take a one-week “furlough.” After some deliberation, we’ve decided that I will take my leave this week.
It means I miss a trip to Corvallis, Ore., proving that every cloud has a silver lining.
I will be back on Monday, Feb. 23, well in advance of USC and UCLA visiting Haas Pavilion.
Talk to you then.
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February 15th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Wow, tough times indeed. Good luck getting through it, and thanks so much for your excellent coverage. I guess since it couldn’t be WSU, Corvallis is a good second place.
February 15th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
thanks for what you do.
and who will be covering the bears for the Paper?
February 15th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
my guess would be peterson based on his article today.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
JF,
Sorry to hear about that situation. You are doing a tremendous job, as one of your many readers I appreciate your work very much. Wish more people would support the paper. Most people I question tell me they don’t subscribe because of the unbalanced news coverage. I tell them, just read the sports, best Cal coverage in hard copy around.
Thanks
February 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am
have a good week man
February 16th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Ouch. But to state the obvious, it could be worse.
JF, you’re doing a great job. Hang in there.
February 16th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I’m missing the updates already!
February 18th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Here’s an update:
Rivals (link below) has cal as a 6 seed, along with ASU. UW and UCLA are 5 seeds. We’ll know the real rankings in a month. I hope Cal ends up playing in Portland.
I ran into the team today as they were getting on the bus – I can now confirm that (1) I have never seen Christopher go more than 30 seconds without laughing; and (2) Niger Carter has never smiled, ever.
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=913950