02-01-2022, 04:39 PM
At this point I think NIT is the most likely scenario. As teejers noted, Stanford's margin of victory has not been impressive; our biggest margin was 14 points over both lowly SJSU and North Carolina A&T. 8 of our 12 wins have been single-digit or OT. On the other hand, some of our losses have been flat-out nightmarish: by 16 to Santa Clara (whom Cal defeated outright); 38 to Baylor; 28 to Arizona; 23 to a depleted UCLA team. The rankings that don't take into account margin of victory love Stanford. We're #28 in RPI! But, unfortunately for us, the committee uses NET instead.
Beat Cal!
Beat Cal!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
