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emotion. they want cal to knock off arizona state. time for our american airlines flashback. january 2008 here in haas pavilion. nearby heyward high school, tied them with 61 points. sun devils guard went 18 for 30 from the field including 7 of 10 from behind the arc as arizona state defeated the bears 111-108 in double overtime. one of the greatest games in pac-10 history. and cal's all-time scoring leader shawn lampley, he had 20 points in that game. he's right next to us. so much emotion at the haas pavilion today. i think arizona state has matched them in poise. >> marques: they've done a tremendous job coming out. california maybe a little too high, too intense right at the start. but once they started attacking, going to the basket, they settled down.

arizona state has more than met the challenge early on. the interesting thing about this series, steve, in the last 11 games, 9 times the road team has won this game. the last times the home team held serve and all about that, it was all about the road team. then cal goes down to tempe and wins that game back in january. so the team is not intimidated playing on the home court. >> steve: boykin and randle combined for 50 that day in tempe, including making -- what was it, 20 of 29 shots? it was amazing. >> marques: he tipped in 20 of his own. the big three would have done a nice job carrying the load offensively. i like the defensive intensity of both teams. >> steve: with the floater. off the glass. a beautiful kiss. his father is here today. derek glasser averaging 10 1/2 points per game. and he beat cal in the game-winning shot as a freshman.

cal going inside easily on the arizona state defense. >> marques: omondi amoke. he wsays it means born in the evening, which he saysson us w bn in the daytime. >> steve: look at the pac-10 standings. we told you the importance if cal can dlinclinch a lead by beg arizona state today in its final home game of the regular season. the sun devils was second of tour years in the conference in '79 and '80 and '80 and '81 when they finished second to oregon state. and again to the beavers in '81. but that's it. a steal by patrick christopher. >> marques: christopher, amoke getting on the floor, getting down, getting dirty. going after the loose ball. >> steve: as soon as the ball went on the floor, derek glasser turned to the official and said

time-out. >> marques: boateng right there. on the floor. aggressive for his team. but you got to love the effort by the big guy. eric boateng, from england, by way of duke transfer to arizona state. really came into his own as a contributor for this arizona state basketball team. >> steve: arizona state's fourth turn over. the devils had only 5 including herb sendek was amazed the last 29.32 against the victory against the cardinal. no turnover. i've never heard of that. >> marques: yeah, a lot of that has to do with how comfortable and stable derek glasser is as a ball handler. >> steve: omondi amoke. nice spin move. misses off the glass. boateng with a strong rebound. >> marques: attacker. amoke just didn't finish out the play.

>> steve: they want it low. coming in with patrick christopher. that time boateng had a little bit of an edge on boykin. and patrick noticed it. and came on the weak side. >> marques: patrick christopher. southern california. playing with an edge. he's playing terrific defense. he's attacking the basket offensively. that's the jump shot. >> steve: they've found ty abbott. the most dangerous sun dev until the last three weeks. >> marques: talking about a tremendous degree of difficulty shots that he's made in that stretch. >> steve: shot clock violation. california, i don't remember a time this year where i've seen this kind of defensive intensity. >> marques: they get to arizona the last time out. the offense was the main impetus for that victory.

but this is the type of defense mike montgomery has been trying to get them play. usually it is fueled by outside shooting. that's not been the case. they're attacking the defense inside. but locking it down on the other end. >> steve: this is a matchup op one of the best offenses against one of the best defenses. cal averages 78 points per game. that's among the best in the conference. arizona state defense only allows 58. fewest points per game since 1949. 50 by an asu team. >> marques: a lot riding the wave. >> steve: theo robertson. with a one dribble stayed. and he knocks down points 6 and 7. >> marques: he's been telling his teammates that he's a freshman on that team. has a chance to win at ucla at home. these guys need opportunities

and they don't come along very often. we've got to take full advantage of it. seize the day. car carp carpe diem. >> steve: this crowd has been crowd. it's a sellout. >> marques: you can't help but play hard when you have a crowd like this backing you up. >> steve: ty abbott. drops in his second field goal. >> marques: ty abbott, above average athletically. so much of a better job. shooting that little quick jumper off the dribble. two hard bounces. >> steve: we saw him last week in the zone being against arizona with 28 points. he was making off balance shots. there's the great defense by amoke. knocked ow of bound. still asu basketball with this game tied at 24. >> marques: talk about ty abbott

shoot off the dribble, shoot off the dribble. last hard bounce. just at the line, left elbow. he's such a dangerous medium-range jump shooter on the move nowadays. >> steve: glasser the four-year starter at point. he has not made a three yet. >> marques: nice. >> steve: inside beautiful pass. misses the easy layup. >> marques: going to finish off that play on the inside. that move. >> steve: jerome randle has it go in and out. against robertson. still has not hit a three. and he's a guy who needs to make those shots.

>> marques: omondi amoke almost got himself in trouble. robertson, no need to sag back and get him that much room on the outside. he will burn you before the day is over if you continue to do that. >> steve: t.j. seeley misses his shot. rebound controlled by arizona state. sun devils have to make the threes. they're just 2 for 11 and still tied in the game at 24. abbott misses an easy one. picking it up a taylor rohde. rohde only averages 2 1/2 points per game. already has a big rave out early and the putback. >> marques: what he does, the screen, the dirty work for his team. nice job. just kind of shoe horning his way in the interior for the offensive rebound. >> steve: robertson. bad passing shot. that's the fourth cal turnover.

glasser finds a wide open lockett who knocks it down. >> marques: that is a restricted area rule in effect. amoke tried to get over but he was wearing the rim as a halo to get underneath the rim in the opinion of the official. so no foul called on that play. >> steve: mike montgomery calls the time-out. i think he wants to change the defense. because the last two defensive possessions that cal has seen arizona have not been good. we've got a time on the floor.

e 1,po scorers and they've t had that at california since the 1987 season. kevin johnson, david butler and chris washington. here's cal with gutierrez back in the game as the point guard. >> marques: the two-three

matchup. this makes the dense look like an amoeba. change their composition as the game develops. >> steve: randle misses the shot. he complains to the official that he got fouled. >> marques: second time he's complained about the aggressive defense of derek glasser. we've seen that allowed glasser to get into his head. of jerome randle. >> steve: randle said the key was the play smart. and he had a scowl on his face. >> marques: jerome randle out of chicago, illinois. maybe one of these guys played better. >> steve: abbott misses the three. rebound by shipp. and the foul is called. >> marques: got the rebound. got his body through the offensive foul. adythng ♪ w kfy rd wi rinaen g to in t-of- tas

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ty abbott. >> steve: arizona state showing great poise in a very loud building. you can see what abbott has done in pac-10 games, averaging 16 points per game. he's been on fire recently ever since they moved to the motion. >> marques: a great finish last season. scoring in that game. nice job stopping penetration. >> steve: right now 1 of 8 from three-point range. gets it. now 2 of 9. with randle just at one. >> marques: don't speak too soon, my friend. jerome randle left wide open right side of the floor. you got to get a hand in his face. he will shoot you out of the game if you're not careful. >> steve: cal had been scoreless the last six minutes. they were 0 for 7, and then

randle hit a big three to pull his team within 1. cal led at the half in the first meeting. herb sendek very concerned about jerome randle. >> we really don't have a lot of answers for that. we didn't do a nice job first time around. randle is one of the premier point guards in the country. maybe one of the most underpublicized great players in our nation. i think he is really special. he's so quick off the dribble. he has unlimited range in his shot. perfect at the free-throw line. tremendous point guard. >> steve: randle had 25 in their victory in tempe. 10 of 16 from the floor. 4 of 7 from three-point range. they won by 8 points. coming up on the acura halftime report, "the final score," then our pack ten hoops colleague don maclean joins jerome randle for

some inside tips on his free throw shooting. that's in a few minutes on the "acura halftime report." >> marques: along with quincy pondext pondexter. especially if he leads his team to the first regular season conference championship in 50 years. >> steve: eight seconds left. boateng with a nice feed to shipp. >> marques: got to work together. boateng, nice job. jerren shipp doing a nice job. moving without the basketball. finding that opening beneath the basket. >> steve: we told you cal led by 7 at the half in tempe. they're going with a tie. randle gets it to robertson. there's jerome. beautiful shot by randle. lead cut to 1.

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after eye surgery. tyler honey cut closed the rebound down. malcolm lean jamming at the buzzer. ucla takes the lead into the break. honeycutt spotting up outside the arc. knocking down the three-pointer. bruins win it. juan porter. outside the arc. hits the three-pointer. he had 16. then porter again making the steal. to kendrick longmeyer. oregon outscores them in the second half and wins it by 10. the full 30 minutes of highlights including all the action if a very busy saturday in college basketball. tune in later tonight after boxing for "the final score" presented by burger king. until then enjoy the second half.

>> steve: welcome back to the "acura halftime report." we're back in berkeley. cal has a great guard and free-throw shooter in jerome randle. don maclean talks with randle about his time on the line. >> hey, jerome, take us through that free throw routine. >> first, i come up, come up to

the line. make sure my feet are parallel and my right is always in front of my left. take a deep breath. let it out. kiss my tattoo. three dribbles. eyes on the rim. >> pretty simple, jerome. have you had a routine for a long time? >> since i was a sophomore in high school. >> what's going through your head? late game, close game, close half. >> there's no difference. when you think about it too much, that's when a lot of guys miss. i remember my mother telling me they're free. just don't think about it. just go up there and shoot the ball. >> keep the same routine. if you do, you can become your team, your school's, you could become university of california's all-time career free-throw percentage leader. nice job, jerome. >> thanks.

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it's the brother of joe at mare fax high school has done a tremendous job so far in this game. 10 first half points. he's a big reason for the lead. and as for cal, their seniors have got to do a better job or a more impressive job of continuing to step up offensively. they each have 7 points here the first half. but they've got to carry this load in between theo robertson, patrick christopher and jerome randle. be aggressive, keep attacking. >> steve: as we take a look at the first half stats, the one thing that jumps out are adythinwing

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>> steve: they're getting to randle. he scored 5 of his last 7 in the last minute of that first half. boykin inside. amoke. foul called. it will go against asu. the three amigos each had 7 points. we told but randle getting his points in the last minute of the first half. but they're 9 for 20 combined. >> marques: you see jerome randle, what he's done on the season. he's a guy that can get it going like yesterday. bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. all of a sudden you're looking at 20 points. that's what he did the other day with arizona, that's what he did down in tempe. last time these two teams met, january 28th, three consecutive three-pointers to kind of put some distance. and -- >> steve: we've just received our eighth lead change. what's interesting is that arizona state is only 2 for 12 from three-point range.

they had a lot of good looks in the first half. that won't continue. >> marques: they've been able to capitalize more of a medium-range jump shooting. >> steve: arizona state now 2 for 13 from three-point range. and as we take a look at asu's first half scoring, the bench was fantastic. led by jerren shipp with 10 points including 4 of 4 from the floor and 2 for 2 from two-point range. >> marques: outstanding job by jerren shipp. fairfax high school, los angeles, california, stealing some senior day thunder for himself in this game. kind of like a percy jackson and the lightning. >> steve: here's robertson. and up by 3. >> marques: you get so preoccupied about w the big four. i throw in jamal boykin.

you forget about omondi amoke. along the backside of the zone defense to find the opening underneath. >> steve: amoke. 12 left on the shot clock. mcmillan with the shot. long. christopher rebounds. one and done. randle! short. and glasser will head the other way. >> marques: montgomery will give him that. that's one of those allowances for jerome randle, just to see how deep we can shoot it. to see if that jump shot is on. >> steve: glasser coming off the boateng screen misses. this team leads the pac-10 in shooting from three-point range at 38% and 8.5 per game. but they've been running on empty. cal a 5-point lead. we may see a time-out. >> marques: stepping back. derek glasser.

he does not have the check allowance. herb sendek wants this team to be a lot more deliberate.

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what, born in the evening? he was born in the evening. >> marques: he was actually born at the dawn. born at the dawn. but he was born in the evening. >> steve: i just believe every word out of your mouth. is that my mistake? >> marques: yes. be careful. defensive intensity. which team can sustain it here in the second half? >> steve: another amoke block. stays with the basketball. to bring arizona state within 1. this is a freshman. and what a freshman he is. trent lockett out of minnetonka,

minnesota, they won a state title there. >> marques: but arizona state, they've got to continue to attack the interior defense of cal. >> steve: patrick christopher. >> marques: cal on the bombing ability of patrick christopher, jerome randle. they'll continue to attack the inside. jamal boykin at 6'8". a physical presence and dominating blocker. >> steve: boateng staying with it. fired up by california's defense. the bears' energy starts with their fans. it is now out on the floor. i beli re slive

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>> marques: the rest of defensive basketball. you see christopher, just a shove on the back side of ty

abbott, which means that abbott displaying tremendous body control to avoid the offensively foul and get it to the left hand after that shove. >> steve: and i think abbott will be a little more aggressive. >> marques: you got to keep your guy in front of you if you're cal. you can't go to the fake. you continue to penetrate the paint like that. >> steve: abbott taking over. a few seniors on the sideline. >> marques: got to force him into contested jumpshots. just too many good look in the painted area. they're difficult shots but they're good looks for arizona state. >> steve: abbott has had some brilliant games against california. career high 30 two years ago. 25 in a double overtime. that ball is knocked out of bounds. ty abbott, a terrific player out of desert vista high school in feen ivgs, arizona.

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>> steve: fans going crazy in berkeley. just a week to go in the regular season. two pac-10 hoops games thursday night. dwight lewis and the usc trojans

travel to tempe to meet guy abbott and the sun devils. then it's the ucla bruins with michael rolle against nick wise of arizona. thursday night beginning at 8:30 eastern. >> marques: both teams playing for momentum heading into the pacific life pac-10 tournament. >> steve: cal with its share of the conference title by beating arizona state today. sun devils looking for their first pac-10 props ever. back in 1980 and 1981, they finished second those years to oregon state. those teams ned wolf was the coach and the players were led by lister, scott and williams, lieber. doing it with glasser and mcmillan and other. glasser and boateng back on the

floor. gutierrez cuts through that defense! >> marques: jorge gutierrez. normally known for his defensive intensity. nice dribble drive. >> steve: the hot devils ty abbott getting a break on the sideline. >> marques: get this zone to be able to dribble drive all the way from the perimeter and get to the rim uncontested. breakdown for asu. the key, defensive intensity. >> steve: shot clock at 4, at 3, at 2, mcmillan. hits the three-pointer with one second left on the shot clock. >> marques: jamal coming through for his basketball team. he's put in serious hours through the offseason. really tightening up that form on his long range jump shot. great location, great release. >> steve: they stay in that matchup zone.

crowd quiets a bit. >> marques: great man movement on the part of cal. here's a man moving. >> steve: gutierrez, he's got a chance for three! >> marques: a man-to-man defense. jorge gutierrez. that's mar curkhuri sanders-fri firing a pass to the cutter. if you get hit, you throw it up and hope for the best. the best happened that time. >> steve: it sure did. gutierrez at the free-throw line trying to make it a 5-point cal lead. >> marques: you see that here, that's a horseshoe he's wearing around his head. not a head band. that's a horseshoe. >> steve: is that for good luck? >> marques: he got a lot of good luck that last time. >> steve: the horseshoe

headband, jorge gutierrez. they've really been held down. 0 for 3 from three-point range. they've been on empty. >> marques: that's the way the intensity has picked up for cal in their man-to-man defense. they're cutting down dribble penetration. a five-minute stretch in the second half. >> steve: here comes cal. randle trying to look for an opening. >> marques: this is jerome randle. >> steve: arizona state grabs the miss. we've got a whistle on the play. and it will go california's way. no, it won't. i just saw jamal boykin celebrating like cal got the call. instead asu basketball. there's a lot of players holding their palms to the heavens

saying what's going on? >> marques: it's so loud in here! an eyeball play. goaltending. >> steve: they're calling it goaltending? oh, my. >> marques: they got so excited. put it up on the glass. that's the last thing i saw. >> steve: ty abbott. and california feeling it right now. they have their biggest lead at 49-42. >> marques: talk about defensive intensity being the key. >> steve: upstair glasser's father. arizona state made the stop here. nearing the nine-minute mark. the steal by glasser.

>> marques: amoke. >> steve: pulled down by theo robertson. >> marques: california needs to continue to focus if they want to win this game. that time a defensive breakdown. no one defending jamelle mcmillan. cal dodges a bullet. >> steve: christopher missing. to robertson. and theo. nice and one. >> marques: senior day! omondi amoke. to keep the basketball alive. there's the miss, there's the hustle. there's robertson. going by abbott. finds the angle off the glass. getting it in his hands. >> steve: theo robertson, the senior from pittsburg,

california. de la sal high school. last year fourth in the nation in three-point shooting at 49%. has always been an outstanding foul shooter. and he finishes the three-point play. it's a 10-point cal lead. did we see this for first time in 50 years? they won the title in 1960. they haven't won one since. >> marques: again the defensive pass keeping arizona state out of the paint. >> steve: good feet. >> marques: can't come together. continue to play this game in subtle defense. >> steve: five seconds left on the shot clock. glasser with a knuckle play to knock it off the glass. that's a big play by the senior. >> marques: they're not going to count the bucket. >> steve: oh, my! you're kidding. >> marques: i thought he was in the shooting motion. they've changed the rules.

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>> marques: let's take a look at our lexus playbook. it will feature cal, jorge gutierrez. you need a little help from your friends. as the great joe cocker used to say. they put it on the floor. watch here, markhuri

sanders-frison will open up that lane for gutierrez to get to the rim. take out the defender right there. and jorge gutierrez does the rest with the strong finish at the rim. >> steve: california has a 10-point lead. it's been 50 year, we talked about, since the last pac-10 championship. mike montgomery did not want to talk about it. he said, i just want our kids to focus on the game. there's so much riding on it, he knows. >> marques: he understood that it's senior day, a sold out house. he made a great adjustment. he moved their practice time from 3:00, to 11:00, so they had enough time to rest and get their legs back. i thought that was a nice adjustment on the part of montgomery. he's been here at stanford so many times competing fr a pac-10 championship. >> steve: a great coach. i believe a future hall of famer. his defense against arizona and now against arizona state, the best. on the drive. throws it up. it spun out.

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throbbing. >> steve: we can't wait for the pacific life pac-10 tournament. if the season were to start right now, arizona would face ucla. the winner of oregon and oregon state would face cal, stanford would face washington, washington state would face arizona state. but we've got another weekend to go! >> marques: that's the real season. the winner of that tournament gets the automatic bid to the ncaa tournament. >> steve: mcmillan slithers through. steal by gutierrez, steal back by abbott. ah! wow. i love the energy. >> marques: that is terrific energy at both ends. steal by mcmillan. abbott coming back, jumping into the passing lane. we saw so much on that. players go with the penetration. abbott stepped into the passing lane. both great rebounds. watch gutierrez. gutierrez at 6'3", no, no, no,

big guy. >> steve: this guy has had an amazing year. another one of the most improved. he's only made 13 field goals all last year. he had 11 alone in his last game and 11 attempts. >> marques: 11 for 11. another guy that's put in the hours. >> steve: you had a pretty good team back in '76. >> marques: yeah, pretty good. >> steve: boateng misses two. that hurts. >> marques: so that aggressive play by jorge gutierrez keeps cal in the lead. keeps this lead up by points. a 7-point lead but still aggressive because of the aggressive defense in the midst of two free throws. >> steve: boateng.

seniors working together. trying to get this thing done on this saturday afternoon in berkeley. trying to get this pac-10 championship thing done. trying to get it done. >> steve: they're smelling it. you can feel it. the crowd, every time they get down. >> marques: christopher, nice little dlraw and kick to jamal boykin. >> steve: ty abbott. short with the three. boateng keeps it to himself. glasser. still has not scored from three-point range. and that time we saw a glimpse of emotion. and a little bit of down by derek glasser, 5 for 4 from three-point range. >> marques: christopher and randle play those last two shots as well as you can play them. all you want to do is contest, not foul. get in on your shooter's hands. >> steve: robertson. inside. seniors working together.

>> marques: trying to get it done. >> steve: robertson to jamal boykin on that possession. time-out as california opens up its biggest lead. 13 points. this place is going to go crazy because the bears have not won a men's basketball title since 1960. they came in with a half game lead on arizona state. three-way tie for third between washington, usc and ucla. i think cal, arizona state and washington are in if they can finish the job. washington needs to beat washington state today in pullman. >> marques: washington state, they're going to have to get to the pac-10 championship round. cal is in regardless. they're eighth in rpi conference ranking right now. and ranked eighth. 2 1/2 teams over the last ten year getting into the

tournament. and cal just about a 21 rpi. 38 has been the lowest team to not get into the tournament. cal is in for sure. >> steve: you were showing some scouts reports of teams that had low rpi but still got three teams in. >> marques: it happened as recently as a couple of years ago. big ten got four teams in, they were ranked eighth in the rpi. all this talk about the pac-10 tournament being the only team in the ncaa is completely bogus, in my mind. >> steve: arizona state needs a big bucket. try to set a screen for glasser. >> marques: taking glasser out to the midcourt line. got to get good luck. >> steve: jerren shipp misses. rebound lockett. then he knocked down gutierrez.

no foul called. this is a physical game. >> marques: lockett. knocked down gutierrez, knocked down taylor rohde on that play. another possession for cal. >> steve: golden bears have set their jaws defensively. and they've just been so tough against arizona state's offense. look at that. the passer! >> marques: jorge gutierrez, the no look going left. off the defender's right. yet another attempt. >> steve: really getting physical down in that paint. look at this. there's got to be a foul there. jamal boykin has scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half. ght,soon t e tolantrsey

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6' 8, 8 1/2, can randle, first half. had his thing going on. robertson with yeoman's work. on the inside of the offensive rebound, pat christopher. put his head down making things happen. then they're finding each other. jamal boykin with numerous passes on the inside. >> steve: five seniors preseason pick to win the conference. because of the senior leadership. christopher, randle, robertson, have all score over a thousand points in their careers at cal. asu, basketball. glasser. still coming up empty. >> marques: arizona state shoots

about 25% in the second half of this game after about 52% in the first half. that gives you an idea of the kind of defense they've played. keeping the sun devils out of the paint. possibly getting the first pac-10 championship in 50 years. >> steve: four seconds left on the shot clock. randle with the floater. no. boykin with the rebound. seniors. making it happen. cal's done everything well. they shut out boateng who is coming off a career game against stanford. they closed out their free shooters. this has been a miserable free shooting afternoon for the sun devils. >> marques: keep them out of the paint on dribble drive

opportunities. even more impressive in my mind. >> steve: another offensive rebound. this time asu comes up with this. cal by 15. >> marques: he's got it going in a three-point barrage to get back in this thing. >> steve: robertson rebounds. cal tried to put in it the deep freeze. they will use the block. jerome randle, 5'10" inch seen your from chicago hales. just the sixth player in conference history to get 1700 points and 500 assists in his career. there's another senior coming in. the senior from serbia. nikola knezevic. mike montgomery wanted to get him in there.

>> marques: he played solid defense. talked about him like he's trying to downplay nikola knezevic. this is way too important to kind of mess and tamper with the rotation at this point. >> steve: theo robertson. that was the icing on the cake. >> marques: put that on it. >> steve: foul on kuksiks. >> marques: pretty soon you are going to get to the point where you got to get these seniors out of here for that rousing ovation that they so well deserve. >> steve: an 18-2 run the last ten minutes. the closest the bears have come to winning a pac-10 championship since they finished second or tied for second. was it 1993, 1992, 1997?

last time they did it was 2002 either finishing second or tied for second. mike montgomery who had that incredible run at stanford. the cardinal hasn't won since 1963 and he got them a title in 1999. now he comes to california with the golden state warriors. the bears haven't won since 1960. and montgomery is now on the brink. the seniors coming out. >> marques: to be picked to win the pac-10 conference, with their seen your laden cal was. another thing to get out there and make it happen on the floor. >> steve: rudd throws it down. a rare bright spot in the last ten minutes. but all the seniors hugging and congratulating each other on a marvelous season as cal will win

their 20th of the year. montgomery will be from the first cal coach ever to win 20 games his first two years at berkeley. it's been 50 years, but california can finally say they're conference champions. the bears clinch at least a share of the title on february 27th, 2010. the bear nation finally exhaling. pete newell to a championship in 1960. that team would finish up a runner-up for the national

title. they've been waiting five decades to experience the joy. and they're partying in berkeley this afternoon. the seniors made it happen. this is one of the great venues in college basketball. haas pavilion. 73 years old. it holds 11,877. every seat was taken. california clinched at least a share of its first conference title since 1950 by beating arizona state today. their record is 12-5. arizona state at 10-6 now goes home to face usc and ucla. there's a three-way tie for third place. let's go to marques johnson.

>> marques: coach mike montgomery, pac-10 championship, senior day. a lot of emotions. your feeling right now? >> well, i'm so happy for the kids. you know? we had a lot of stuff go on. you know, just guys getting hurt and guys missing stuff. and we're playing really good. i thought arizona, i thought this was a hell of a game. first half, it was. but second half we started making some plays. i'm just really proud of these kids. they've gone through a lot. i'm happy for them. >> marques: talk about your seniors on this basketball team. especially randle, christopher, boykin. >> they really stuck together. and we've had discussions about a lot of stuff. we started to figure out how to play together, you know, that we share the ball, everybody will get theirs. but more importantly, we're going to win. we played pretty well. you know, arizona thursday night

and this game two of our better games, oregon as well. so maybe we're playing well where we need to. >> marques: people think of you as an offensive team and arizona state as a defensive team. >> yeah, their emotion's good. really patrick, we challenged patrick consistently and theo's always been good. jorge did a hell of a job. i would agree with you that across the board the kids took it as a personal challenge and did a heck of a job. >> marques: congratulations again on a pac-10 championship. >> steve: mike montgomery's 589th victory quite memorable. time for our beef jerky play of the game. and this is gutierrez. foul, slips it up, lucky to go home, but scores the bucket. and he was special particularly defensively. california's defense outstanding. yes, the big three, randle,

christopher and robertson combined. there's jerome randle cutting down the net. he'll keep that forever. these are the memories that particularly seniors want the take home with them. >> marques: this is what theo robertson talked about, your legacy is defined in moems like this. for all the seniors on this entire team, they can be proud of the everies they showed in this game. they were supposed to be the offensive team. they locked down defensively. to me that was a big key to winning their first pac-10 championship in 50 years! >> steve: 1960 was the last. coming up next, many of you will see pa see pac-10 women's hoops as ucla meets oregon. join us for a thursday night doubleheader of pac-10 hoops. the celebration continues here in berkeley. we've got games first at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. usc visitsonaate. that'scla and

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