by Michelle Richardson

Cal 60 Arizona 58: This game was a shocker to me of all teams that took Arizona down it was a Cal Berkeley team that did that and yes I still can’t believe it Cal took them down. Yes it was on Haas Pavilion but you really didn’t expect that this game was really tight. It was a tight game all the way through. The first half basically The Bears held Arizona to 29 points in the second half.

The Bears just ended up beating Arizona by a bucket, Arizona was looking beyond Cal and at Cal the fans went crazy. Usually the Bearcats challenge teams but it just wasn’t enough as the Bearcats top scorers Kaleb Tarczewski 18, T.J. McConnell 13, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson with 10. For Cal’s top three scorers Justin Cobbs 19, David Kravish 14, Richard Solomon with 12.

That jumper that Cobbs hit with 0.9 seconds to win that game is going to go down as one of those “oh my God where were you at” moments for Cal fans. It’s going to be one of those moments, the problem with Arizona was they really didn’t get a lot of help. There were a few people doing the scoring and litterally that was mostly Tarczewski and McConnell. Those were the only two players that scored for the Bearcats and they were looking for Eric Gordon but he was held to just eight points.

Syracuse 91 Duke 89: You knew this game was going to be spectacular welcome to the ACC Syracuse (21-0) and Duke and these two teams are not new to facing each other but their new to the ACC. They came in as championship like teams they’ve been to the Final Four before and I really like the way these teams let the ACC know that their in it to win it.

Right now Syracuse is the top dog in the ACC, number two Syracuse who will be polled at number one on Monday is just on a roll they’re playing so well and what can you say about them with top scorers like T.J.Fair with 28 points on Sunday, Jerami Grant 24 points, and Trevor Cooney and Tyler Ennis both finishing with 14.

Everybody was in this game from the beginning, even guys who were on the bench but that last second shot that forced the game into overtime that’s when that gets your heart going. That last second shot from Grant to take it into overtime, “it’ll make you say, are you kidding me, this can’t be happening.” That’s the thing that makes the college game so great when things like that happen.

Cincinnati (21-2, 10-0) 50 U South Florida (11-1) 45: It was a five point differential for the Bearcats in the win against the Bulls on Saturday. In this game USF gave Cincy a scare, the Bulls gave the Bearcats a run for their money but Cincinnati topped it off with a five point win. Top scorers for the winning Bearcats 18 for Sean Kilpatrick, Justin Jackson 15, and Ge’Lawn Guyn with eight points.

It was kind of an even game but what made it close there were quite a few turnovers on both sides, and the Bearcats were able to hold on and make the AAC. The next four games of the Bearcats schedule is Connecitcut, SMU, Houston, and UCF. Saturday Feb 22 Cincinnati will face Louisville

South Florida is one of the top dogs in the conference and you kind of have to wait for this kind of excitment that’s waiting to happen and it’s going to happen and can’t wait to see it happen and can’t wait to get into the tournaments I’m going to lose my mind.

Michelle Richardson does commentary on the NCAA each week