Comments on: Basketball: Harvard stuns Bears

By: gobears49

gobears49 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:19:55 +0000

Juancho,

Yes, it is Sean Rooks kid.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:42:16 +0000

Is that sean rooks kid ?

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:42:36 +0000

That is a HUGE get. He was presumed to follow his legacy father to AZ, if I remember right.

7′ and still growing!

It does say something about AZ since Lute left. Still a very good team, but not the BIGs factory it once was. I bet his dad had much to do with him choosing to play for Monty, a guy that can teach him and use him.

I’m drooling. A 7 footer with soft hands! That is what I’ve been waiting for since Monty joined us and have been baffled as to why it had not happened as of yet. Monty LOVES to feed the post on every possession when he has the player tat can make the choice to send it back out or take his shot.

My cup that was shy of half full just got a couple shots of Red Label poured in. Suddenly Bird has a front line Ds will need to at least keep off the boards.

Still not loaded up front, but wow does this news change the outlook of things to come.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:27:42 +0000

Thanks for the news wehofx. ! Whats rooks size ? What school does he attend ?

By: Takeoffthatredshirt

Takeoffthatredshirt — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:11:53 +0000

You asked whether Crabbe’s lack of improvement was a fair criticism of Monty, not whether it was true or not. That’s a false choice, since his game has improved remarkably. He’s averaging 5 more points per game (15 to 20), shooting 5% better on FG, and credited by his coach for better defense. It’s not easy to average 20ppg with defense focused on you. I’m impressed with his improved play

It’s not an attack to show what someone posted was wrong and I was not rude.

You said with conviction Bird would be Cal no matter what so no credit to Monty. Totally unfair and shows your bias.

Regarding attendance, it is fact: Braun’s last year was the lowest average attendance from any year I clicked on, with only 7,915 per game. I attended games then and now and Haas was dead.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/stats/m+basketball/attendance/index.html

By: wehofx

wehofx — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:11:26 +0000

WOW! biggest hoops thread! But aren’t all y’all watching the Rose Bowl? Great game. I’m very impressed by Wisconsin D.

speaking of recruiting 4 and 5′s – Twitter:

>>>Kameron Rooks ‏@KameronRooks

I want to thank god that I’m able to announce that I’m committing to cal Berkeley GO BEARS!!!!!!!
>>>

And Crabbe has gotten better. just not nba better. He has to figure out how to deal w being the man D focus on – double teams. His drives to the hoop are getting better.

WELCOME TO CAL, KAMERON ROOKS!!!

By: SteveNTexas

SteveNTexas — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:52:11 +0000

I noted that Takeoff was remarkably calm and restrained just a few hours ago.

Remember we are all Cal fans wanting the same thing We don’t have to agree and its great many of us think independently.

We probably all have much bigger battles to fight.

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:51:01 +0000

I have not seen much improvement in Crabbe’s game aside from running the curl off multiple screens more effectively, which accounts for much of the improved FG%.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:32:09 +0000

Takeoff your comments often seem aimed to antagonize and little else. In my post i mentioned the crabbe thing as a question.

And “not a fact just your opinion” is essentially what a blog is.

You always attack others and offer little organic or self produced analysis. Show me the attendance stats. Otherwise thats just an opinion, not fa…

By: Takeoffthatredshirt

Takeoffthatredshirt — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:09:05 +0000

Crabbe’s lack of improvement?

You’re really reaching now.

He’s 11th in the country in scoring as a JR on a team with little help. Seems to create his own shot better, more aggressive rebounding.

Braun killed basketball attendance in his last few years with player defections and unimaginative offense. The last 30 years of Cal basketball history is about as rich as Iowa St, Vandy, Auburn, or at best Florida St.

Many schools have trouble with recr
uiting front court and when a few guys don’t work out it hurts. That’s where Cal is and believe me the coaching staff knows this.

Also to say Jabari was all Cal no matter what is not a fact, just your opinion.

And to Wisdom Cow – Boise St football isn’t a good
comparison. I think in college bball when a conferences traditional powers are down it hurts all teams.