Cal Basketball Caption Contest: NCAA Tournament Edition
Caption this California Golden Bears basketball photo from the NCAA Tournament!
Friday, Mar 19, 2010, 10:19 PM EDT
NCAA Tournament - South Region - First Round - Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL
| Final - 3.19.2010 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Cardinals | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| California Golden Bears | 41 | 36 | 77 |
Caption this California Golden Bears basketball photo from the NCAA Tournament!
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| California | 41 | 36 | 77 |
| Louisville | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samardo Samuels | 35 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Jared Swopshire | 21 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Edgar Sosa | 29 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Reginald Delk | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 25 | 2-8 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Preston Knowles | 18 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Peyton Siva | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Rakeem Buckles | 19 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 20 |
| Kyle Kuric | 23 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Terrence Jennings | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Mike Marra | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chris Smith | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Richie Phares | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stephan Van Treese | DNP - | ||||||||||
| George Goode | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Chris Brickley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26-60 | 5-19 | 5-9 | 37-15 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 19-1 | 62 | |
| .433 | .263 | .556 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| California | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Boykin | 34 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Theo Robertson | 38 | 8-11 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 5-1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Jorge Gutierrez | 32 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Jerome Randle | 40 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 9-10 | 5-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Patrick Christopher | 38 | 7-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Nikola Knezevic | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Max Zhang | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Markhuri Sanders-Frison | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| D.J. Seeley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bak Bak | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brandon Smith | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Nigel Carter | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Omondi Amoke | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Harper Kamp | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Robert Thurman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26-51 | 8-15 | 17-22 | 28-7 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 14-0 | 77 | |
| .510 | .533 | .773 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||