Jeff Faraudo

Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship Notebook - March 6 Seattle U, which returned to the West Coast Conference this season after a nearly half-century absence, took the next step Friday night with a 58-56 second-round victory over San Diego in the Credit U...

Seattle U celebrates its long-awaited return to the WCC with a victory Friday night in the conference tournament.
My report on the two men's games:
tr.ee/wYx60D

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele Wins Pop Warner Trophy as Top Player in the West Cal freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has been named the best college football player on the West Coast in 2025 by winning the Glenn “Pop” Warner Me

An award we haven't seen in years returns and goes to Cal's freshman quarterback
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship March 6 The San Francisco women’s basketball team made just two of its 21 shot attempts in the first quarter against San Diego in their second-round matchup at the Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Women’s...

Defense carries the day for the USF women in their second-round WCC tournament victory over San Diego.
My report from Las Vegas:
tr.ee/9fNxCP

Cal's Game Against Wake Forest Critical for Bears' NCAA Tournament Chances .Cal’s road game against Wake Forest on Saturday (1 p.m. Pacific time) is the Bears’ final regular-season game, and it s critical for Cal’s hopes of landing an

Cal's regular-season ACC finale has consequences
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Ex-Cal Star Cameron Jordan May Have a New NFL Address in 2026 Defensive end Cameron Jordan, one of Cal’s most enduring NFL players, is expected to become a free agent for the first time next week. But that doesn’t necessar

Will he still be in New Orleans come September?
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship Notebook - March 5 Jermaine Ballisager Webb didn’t make a 3-point basket in his first 55 college games. Rarely attempted one. But the 7-footer’s ability to light it up from beyond the arc was a difference-maker in Portl...

For two seasons, Jermaine Ballisager Webb never made a 3-point basket.
He more than made up for it tonight.
My report from Las Vegas on the men's games at the WCC tournament:
tr.ee/INq7k2

Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship Notebook - March 5 Washington State’s Alex Covill gets at least one more game in a season that sometimes seemed determined to keep her on the sidelines. The junior center and her teammates advanced through the first rou...

WSU center Alex Covill keeps ticking despite multiple setbacks this season.
My report from Las Vegas on the women's session on Day 1 at the WCC Championship
tr.ee/sYtZET

Cal Rally Falls Short in Women's ACC Tournament Loss Despite a strong second-half rally, Cal was eliminated from the women’s ACC tournament as a result of a 70-59 loss to seventh-seeded Syracuse in a second-round

Cal women bow out of the ACC tournament.
Our story:
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Keeps NCAA Tournament Hopes Alive by Beating Georgia Tech Cal kept alive its slim hopes of reaching the NCAA tournament by beating Georgia Tech 76-65 in Atlanta on Wednesday. This win did not help the Bears’ NCAA tourn

Cal stumbles through the first half, then tops GA Tech for its 21st victory
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Players of the Year Graham Ike and Lauren Whittaker Exceeded Lofty Expectations He is 6-foot-9, a redshirt senior originally from Colorado. She is 6-foot-3, a redshirt freshman from New Zealand. If the two Gonzaga basketball stars don’t seem to have much in common, they are alike...

A tribute to two WCC players who stood above the crowd:
tr.ee/kjoqAk

Trent McDuffie Trade Opens Way for Nohl Williams to Be Chiefs Starter It appears that former Cal cornerback Nohl Williams will join the Chiefs’ starting lineup in 2026. The Chiefs’ trade of all-pro cornerback Trent McDuffie to the

A big opportunity awaits ex-Cal cornerback Nohl Williams in his second NFL season
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Women Breeze Past Wake, Set Up Rematch with Syracuse The 10th-seeded Cal women overcame a sluggish start and breezed past No. 15 seed Wake Forest 75-52 in their first-round game of the ACC tournament at Gas South

Cal women off to a good start at the ACC tournament
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Nine Sites Give Us Cal's NCAA Tournament Prospects as of March 4 Cal is still in the hunt for an NCAA tournament berth heading into heading into Wednesday road game against Georgia Tech. Nine reputable projections of Cal’s bu

It's getting down to the nitty-gritty . . .
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Top-50 Recruit Nicolas Mitrovic Commits to Cal Basketball Nicolas Mitorvic, a four-star, 7-foot center/forward from Serbia, has committed to Cal for 2026, according to multiple reports. He was originally in the class o

Cal gets commitment from promising Serbian power forward
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Rebounding Continues to be a Thorn in Cal Bears' Paw Cal basketball coach Mark Madsen is 50 years old and the father of five, but in college and the NBA he made his living as a rebounder.  But rebounding has been

Cal continues to struggle with this significant aspect of the game
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal's ACC Women's Challenge: Five Wins in Five Days Cal’s mission is daunting, but not impossible. The Golden Bears (18-13, 9-9 ACC) must win five games over the next five days to win the women’s ACC tournament a

A difficult assignment? Absolutely
Impossible? Charmin Smith knows that's not the case
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Are Changes Coming to Cal's Lineup After Bad Outing vs. Pitt? In the wake of his team’s most disappointing performance of the season in a potentially costly 72-56 home defeat to Pitt, Cal coach Mark Madsen is contemplating

Not sure what changes he could make, but Cal coach Mark Madsen says it could happen for Wednesday's game at Georgia Tech
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Announces Dates for Spring Football and Pro Day Cal’s will begin its intriguing one-month spring football practice sessions on March 18 with a Spring Game scheduled for April 18. Cal also announced that its P

The 2026 Cal football team under new coach Tosh Lupoi will begin to take shape on the field in about two weeks
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Women Prepare for ACC Tournament With Easy Win Over SMU Cal warmed up for the women’s ACC tournament by blowing by overmatched SMU 78-34 on Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion in the Bears’ final regular-season game. L

Cal women have work to do in the ACC tournament
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal’s Home Loss to Pitt Did Not End Bears’ NCAA Tournament Hopes Cal’s hopes for an NCAA tournament berth remain alive -- although they are on life-support. Cal’s home loss to lowly Pitt on Saturday brought a feeling of resig

What do the experts say about Cal's NCAA prospects the day after the Bears' loss to Pitt?
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Misses a Big Chance, Falls to Lowly Pitt in Home Finale Cal’s regular-season home finale was a chance to fatten its NCAA tournament resume against one of the ACC’s bottom feeders. It didn’t work out way, as Pitt led

A costly defeat at the wrong time for the Golden Bears
www.si.com/college/cal/...

What Will Be Cal's Defining Game of the 2026 Football Season? Occasionally one game can define a season for a college football team, and ESPN attempted to pick a season-defining game for 2026 for all Power 4 conference tea

ESPN made its pick in this conversation for every Power 4 school, but we disagree:
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal CB Hezekiah Masses Posts Good 40-Yard Time at NFL Combine Former Cal cornerback Hezekiah Mases had a second chance to run the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine on Friday, and it’s a good thing, because he improved his ti

Did former Cal cornerback Hezekiah Masses help himself or hurt himself Friday at the NFL Combine?
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Which Results This Weekend Would Improve Cal’s NCAA Tournament Chances? Cal fans are in a quandary, often not knowing which results across the country will improve the Bears’ chances of landing an NCAA tournament berth. Immediately

An updated on Cal's complicated path to the NCAA tournament:
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Women Miss First-Round ACC Bye After Loss to Clemson The Cal women’s hopes of securing a first-round bye in the ACC tournament were ended after a 70-63 loss to Clemson on Thursday night at Haas Pavilion. The Bears

Cal women will get started Wednesday at the ACC tournament
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Cal Boosts Its NCAA Tournament Hopes by Beating SMU Cal gave its NCAA tournament hopes a boost Wednesday night when the Bears beat SMU 73-69 at Haas Pavilion. The Bears’ chances to get into March Madness are not

Cal takes another step -- a big one -- toward the NCAA tournament
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Saint Mary's Embarks On A Final Week Of The Schedule Like No Other West Coast Conference fans will be treated to a dramatic buzzer-beater for the final week on the regular-season calendar.

An imposing but potentially rewarding week for Saint Mary's basketball gets under way tonight. My column for the West Coast Conference:
tr.ee/onL5L6

Cal, SMU in Clash With ACC Tournament Seeding Implications Cal faces the stiffest test remaining on its ACC regular-season schedule tonight when high-scoring SMU visits Haas Pavilion. Tipoff is 7 p.m. The Bears’ path ov

A challenging and consequential game tonight for the Cal Bears
www.si.com/college/cal/...

How Significant Is It That One Prominent Projection Has Cal in NCAA Tournament Field? Cal remains squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble, and one prominent site projects that the Bears would be in the tournament if the selections were today. In a

Our continuing efforts to unravel Cal's complicated NCAA tournament resume
www.si.com/college/cal/...

Travel Aside, the ACC Has Been Good for Cal Basketball The travel remains challenging but Year II in the ACC has been good for Cal basketball. A year after going 6-14 in conference play in their inaugural season in

How have other ex-Pac-12 basketball teams done in their new conference this season?
www.si.com/college/cal/...