seniors. great job by coach montgomery and his staff by replacing these guys. >> steve: alex crabb, the outstanding player from southern california who really looked good as a senior. alex rossi. they produce good shooters. knezevic. >> don: important to replace that point guard, too, randle has been there for a long. given them a lot of stability for a long time. >> steve: and gutierrez. >> don: yeah. >> steve: boykin. has not missed in the second half after randle went 8 for 8 in the first half. boy -- that was amok we the

finish. >> don: that was a heat-check there for christopher. >> steve: steal by gutierrez. he loses it out of bounds. >> don: the transition three to make sure i'm not real, real hot. just kind of hot. >> steve: 21-point california lead. we've got coming up in the evening session, arizona state, the number two seed against number seven stanford. and then the closing game of the night will number three seed washington against number six arizona state. but california came out on fire. with jerome randle 22 first-half points. and they have aointon egon.

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♪ ♪ ♪ duck a lot in the quarterfinal action in the pacific life pac-10 tournament. because the ducks is being hammered by the california golden bears, 75-5 #. here's your pacific life game summary. oregon being outscored by 20. but cal is 12-0 this year. when they have shot better than 50%. >> don: we have seen this program before. when cal gets it going early and they're making shots, they're the best team in the league. what we're watching today i don't think anybody in the conference can beat them. >> steve: rebecca was talking about in pregame those seniors. the seniors have 63 of california's 75 points.

armstead with the dribble. throws it wildly at the hoop. and it's amoke with the rebound. >> don: i don't think we're going to see randle again today or christopher for that matter. robertson's still in there. >> steve: reaching around was armstead. picks up the personal foul. here's our pacific life pac-10 tournament bracket. as ucla won 75-69 in the first game of the quarterfinals today. reeves nelson went for 19 and 10. >> don: in our earlier telecast, i think that is the matchup that ucla would want. they beat cal earlier in the year. interesting when cal's the one seed and the oregon, the eight seed. >> steve: knezevic with the basket. ben howland wins a lot on thursday. he has to go one day with a

shootaround tomorrow. >> don: that's all right. they never play on friday. >> steve: so, he's 0-0 on fridays. >> don: exactly. >> steve: getting knocked down was amoke. >> done a fantastic job of managing their emotions in this ball game. off the floor, they are taking just a moment to enjoy their success. i had a moment to catch up with jerome randle. he said i want to give a shout-out to the fans back at cal. everybody's so excited. i never received so many e-mails, so many text messages. he wants everybody back at home that support has meant everything to this team in this stretch. >> steve: rebecca, you didn't have a chance to see cal knocked off oregon state. that crowd was electric. cal is now 31-3 at pavilion the last two years. >> don: because the conference

has gotten such a bad wrap this week, i think people are going to underrate this cal team heading into the ncaa tournament. this is group like we're seeing today, they get it going from multiple guys. randle, christopher, boykin. they're going to be a tough out in that ncaa tournament. i think people are going to underestimate them. >> steve: longmire with the rebound. if they play defense against arizona state, they can really -- they can knock off anybody. mike's got to shooters. the last time california had three 1,000 points scorers was 1987 when they had kevin johnson, david butler and chris washington, all go for over 1,000. this year, randle, christopher and robertson. >> don: the experience. the high basketball iq all three of those basketball players.

>> steve: porter makes his shot. cuts it to 23. 6:30 to play. tajuan chases it down.

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your 2010 pac-10 player of the year. stepped up early. and got to cruise late. and get going for the ucla bruins tomorrow. >> steve: ucla knocked off number four seed, arizona, 75-69. they will play at approximately 6:20 tomorrow night. that will be followed by the winner of washington state/oregon state and arizona state/stanford. knezevic on the drive. does not go. here's tajuan porter. playing his final game as on oregon duck. he has been a marvelous player. he now has 24 points. another three-pointer for the all-time pac-10 scoring leader from three-point range. >> don: why not finish it off the right way? i know that coach kent, every time he talks about tajuan

porter, he speaks with a lot of conviction about the type of kid he is. >> steve: california seniors will continue to move on. but for the one senior and there's a chance that joevan catron can be back. for a guy like porter who knows this is literally his last college game, what is that like? >> don: it depends on circumstances. not one of the better teams at oregon that porter has been on. for me, we lost in the elite eight. we were supposed to go to the final four. there's disappointment. the expectation level the whole bit. it's an interesting feeling because, you know, for me i was going to play at the next level, i don't know if he can or not, i think tajuan porter can make money playing somewhere, maybe not in the nba. you get reflective about the great teams you were on, what

you accomplished not only as a team but individually. porter, for a guy his size, you can't say it enough how much they have accomplished in a big-time conference at the size that they are. i mean, at 5'6," your the conference all-time leading three-point shooter. pretty impressive stuff. >> steve: ernie spread the floor and basically let his 5'6" guy take his man. >> don: that's my point. you would think it would be easy to take him out of the game with his size. guard him and blanket him and he's repeatedly gotten loose and changed the cop mrmplexion time time again. >> steve: knezevic. he's got to semifinal with ucla tomorrow. but a lot of those cal seniors, they know the experience. just like rebecca was talking

about earlier with her visit with jerome randle and his feelings he had about the california campus and the excitement really stirred up fans. garrett smith with a three and he knocks it down. >> don: you hope -- there's a pretty good amount of cal fans here for the pacific life pac-10 tournament, travel well to the ncaa tournament. if they can stay out west, you never know with what. if they stay out west, get more fans out to the tournament. >> steve: let's check out play of our game. in the first half back to back by jerome randle. >> don: that's after knocking down a 28-foot three. steps behind the back. and the finish. jerome randle got them going early and again, another guy at his size, what he's able to accomplish. and is going to be the catalyst

for them not only to win this tournament but heading into the ncaa tournament. >> steve: cal will win their 22nd game of the year. they finished the conference play with a record of 13-5. nailing down their first conference title in 50 years. porter with 26. he had 32 last night. here's sim with a long-range shot. but the golden bears moving on with a 17-point lead inside of two minutes to play. >> don: what's different, looking ahead to the matchup tomorrow, now ucla playing a lot more zone and they weren't in that first meeting against cal. but they kind of tricked arizona today. they wouldn't man to man the entire first half. against arizona. and it was effective.

>> steve: surprised me a little bit. i thought ucla might suffer a little bit when tyler honeycutt fouled out. >> don: ben howland feels like maybe he has the ability to switch it up. whereas for the last month and half, he's been almost exclusively in that two-three zone. >> steve: tajuan porter in his final college game. gives it up. and a three-point basket by jamil wilson. the oregon ducks' season will end at 16-16. and they'll finish at 7-11. there's a chance they could be invited to the play in the cbi.

you have to finish over .500 to be invited to the nit. >> don: it's over .500 for the nit. not at .500. >> steve: you have to be at least .500. >> don: speaking of the arizona people, they said, after their loss to ucla, they would absolutely play in the nit. probably not in any of the other tournaments. they would accept an nit bid if they were given one. . >> steve: so, they'll count it down at stap is also center. an impressive win for cal. when we were on a conference call with our executive producer, if california, washington and arizona state can do their job this weekend and win, they'll all three should be win. now, california has won their first-round game of the quarterfinals. >> don: the most interesting

game of tournament if everything goes as it supposed to tonight, it's tomorrow night washington and arizona state playing tomorrow. >> steve: quite frankly all three should be in. but california nailing down their 22nd win this year. winning their first conference title in 50 years. pretty impressive. that guy, jerome randle withmon excellent game. randle scored all 22 of his points in the first half when he went 8 of 8 in the first half. including two three-pointers. california with a 90-74 win over the oregon ducks. we'll check out the pacific life pac-10 tournament bracket as you recollect cla beat arizona earlier today. reeves nelson the freshman, went for a double-double. 19 points and 10 rebounds. they'll meet california tomorrow at 6:00 in the semifinal game. and then, we've got two more

later tonight. number three seed washington against oregon state the six seed and number two arizona state against stanford down here with coach mike montgomery. 90 points. solid defense. when you take a look at the season, was this more of a complete games you have had all year? >> no, not really. we shot the ball well today. so you know, when our guys shoot the ball we're hard to beat. i thought we made some mistakes. the fact that we were shooting the ball well, we got a lot of people to play. got some rest. having to play 40 minutes three straight -- two straight days is tough. i thought that helped us a little bit. but, we shot the ball well. you know, oregon's a team that's capable of scoring a lot of points. >> talking about the luxury that you're able to take your star out at the ten-minute mark, that's a lot of rest? >> it stayed the way.

i rested patrick in the first half, rested theo in the first half. i didn't rest jerome at all. we kept the lead and the last thing you feel terrible about, is if a kid went in and a kid got injured up 20. that was a good opportunity to keep guys get some rest. >> this game down, ucla tomorrow. talk about that matchup. >> ucla is in l.a. they got talent. no question. they got reeves nelson back. gives you an inside presence. it's going to be a tough game. they beat us at our place. we know they're capable. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> jerome not too often you get to come out at the ten-minute mark in the second half. how important is that you did get that rest? >> it's very important. i knew i needed a little rest. the most important thing, i twisted my ankle at the enof the

first half. i came out and was really stiff. i said coach, i might need rest in the second half. luckily, my teammates were able to pick me up and i was able to get some rest. >> is this something you're concerned with moving forward? >> no, not really. things like that happen. you get your bumps and bruises. i'll be ready for tomorrow. >> all year long, you have been talking your supporting cast. they were on fired tonight? >> definitely. if my offensive game is not going, i know that theo and patrick will pick me up. i wasn't worried about it at all. the second half they picked me up. >> jerome this tourney is all about building confidence and momentum, how comfortable are you heading into tomorrow to get this win over ucla? >> i'm very confident. we won our last five games. from our perspective, i feel that we play great team

basketball. if we keep our focus and not get complacent, i think the sky's the limit for this team. >> it was cal all the way in this one. led of course by jerome randle. he'll have mren of rest heading into tomorrow. >> don: absolutely a huge factor. we talked about it during that second half. if you're going to win three, if you can get rest, you got to take it. good matchup tomorrow, ucla went up and beat them. they won easily. good matchup tomorrow. >> those four seniors, boykin, christopher, robertson, randle, 63 of their 90 points, congratulations to california. don't forget the pacific life pac-10 tournament continues tonight at 9:00 eastern. 6:00 pacific.

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