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THE LULU TWIDALE STAN CLUB
@berkeliumbear.bsky.social
139 years of LSJU and still no Stanfordium. ☢️

My most toxic trait is that the only opinions I have are about Cal athletics 🪓

🐻 💙💛good vibes only💛💙 🐻
April 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by THE LULU TWIDALE STAN CLUB
Honestly this is one of my better works right up there with Oski reading “Hell Is A World Without You” @jasonkirk.fyi
April 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am ready to walk into the ocean
April 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
an absolute nightmare; that Duke data point shifted up more after tonight
January 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Back again tomorrow for a look at Cal's opponents this weekend and the ACC as a whole! Tag anyone you think might be interested!
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The defense has been good so far, but they have a chance to be great.

There is a lot to be proud of here and more room for this special team to keep growing.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two things to watch for:

(1) Going forward, do the coaches opt to extend the defense to the three-point line to take away deep looks, leaving the interior more open?

(2) Or, do they let it ride, in the hopes that opponent three-point shooting falls back toward the mean?
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In fact, until Sunday night’s victory at Haas over Florida State, Cal’s opponents were shooting better from three than they were from two. If Cal’s conference opponents to date were a single team, they’d be the second best three-point shooting team in the league.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(4) Cal’s defense in conference games is above average, but it has slipped some from the lofty heights of nonconference play. Why? While Cal’s two-point defense is still stout, Cal’s conference opponents are hitting 39.1 percent from three.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(3) Cal has been a great defensive rebounding team in league play, allowing offensive rebounds on only a quarter of opponent misses. That leads the league!
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Is that attributable merely to more permissive refs in ACC play? It doesn’t seem like it: Cal’s opponents are getting to the line about as frequently in conference play as they did during the noncon season.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(2) Are referees swallowing their whistles when Cal has the ball? Cal’s free throw rate, measuring how often a team goes to the line relative to the number of shots it gets off, has plummeted in league play.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On Cal:

(1) The Bears have cleaned up turnovers so far in conference play. A 7 percentage point reduction in turnovers between nonconference and conference play means about five more chances per game for an acrobatic drive from Kayla or a bomb from Ioanna.
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And for visual learners:
January 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
this is the most joy I’ve felt watching Cal basketball in so long, I can’t even remember when
December 14, 2024 at 4:32 AM
has his win-loss record for the last eight years not given you that impression?
December 14, 2024 at 12:12 AM