2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

The 2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's first season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to USC in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They were beaten by 10 seed Maryland in the first round.

2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	22–11 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery
Assistant coaches	Jay John Travis DeCuire Gregg Gottlieb
Home arena	Haas Pavilion

2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 15 Washington	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
No. 18 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
No. 19 Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
California	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
USC†	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Arizona	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Washington State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	18		.500
Stanford	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
Oregon	2	–	16		.111			8	–	23		.258
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Jerome Randle 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Jr Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Mike Montgomery Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Source

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 15, 2008*		Pacific	W 68–56	1–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 18, 2008*		San Francisco	W 87–74	2–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 20, 2008*		Texas–Pan American	W 85–58	3–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 24, 2008*		North Carolina A&T	W 82–47	4–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Nov 28, 2008*		at UNLV	W 73–55	5–0	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, Nevada
Nov 29, 2008*		vs. Florida State	L 77–80	5–1	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, Nevada
Dec 3, 2008*		DePaul	W 77–67	6–1	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Dec 7, 2008*		at Missouri	L 66–93	6–2	Mizzou Arena  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 10, 2008*		at Utah	W 72–69	7–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 20, 2008*		Nevada	W 75–66	8–2	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Dec 22, 2008*		Colgate	W 83–48	9–2	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Dec 27, 2008*		Dartmouth	W 98–62	10–2	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Dec 28, 2008*		Portland	W 81–61	11–2	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Pac-10 Regular Season
Jan 2, 2009		Arizona	W 69–55	12–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan 4, 2009		No. 17 Arizona State	W 81–71	13–2 (2–0)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan 8, 2009		at Washington State	W 57–50	14–2 (3–0)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Jan 10, 2009		at Washington	W 88–85 3OT	15–2 (4–0)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Jan 17, 2009	No. 22	at Stanford	L 69–75	15–3 (4–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 22, 2009		Oregon State	L 65–69	15–4 (4–2)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan 24, 2009		Oregon	W 76–69	16–4 (5–2)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Jan 29, 2009		at No. 17 UCLA	L 66–81	16–5 (5–3)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan 31, 2009		at USC	L 62–73	16–6 (5–4)	Galen Center  Los Angeles, California
Feb 5, 2009		No. 22 Washington	W 86–71	17–6 (6–4)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 7, 2009		Washington State	W 71–63	18–6 (7–4)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 14, 2009		Stanford	W 82–75	19–6 (8–4)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 19, 2009		at Oregon	W 78–60	20–6 (9–4)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Feb 21, 2009		at Oregon State	L 54–65	20–7 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 26, 2009		USC	W 81–78 OT	21–7 (10–5)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 28, 2009		No. 22 UCLA	L 68–72	21–8 (10–6)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Mar 5, 2009		at Arizona	W 83–77	22–8 (11–6)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 7, 2009		at No. 21 Arizona State	L 66–83	22–9 (11–7)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Pac-10 tournament
Mar 12, 2009*	(3)	vs. (6) USC Quarterfinals	L 75–79	22–10	Staples Center  Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 2009*	(7 W)	vs. (10 W) Maryland First Round	L 71–84	22–11	Sprint Center  Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific.

Source

Rankings

See also: 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

External links

• CalBears.com Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine