On the podcast the Cal Bears are ranked 14th on the top 25 AP polls their nemesis Arizona is ranked 12th and Utah is at #16. Michael takes a look at the beginning of pre season for Cal. Cal plays it’s first pre season game this coming Monday against Carroll (Montana).

Cal head coach Cuonzo Martin is going to take a look at a lot of the recruits and veterans on the team. The latest crop is young players are Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb. How much impact will these two key players have the Bears are about to find out. The Bears starters Tyronne Wallace, Jabari Byrd, and Jordan Matthews will be watched by Martin and he’ll see how they jell with the younger players.

Martin is looking at Cal playing more than a dozen games before conference play and will his intensity be as it would for a Pac 12 conference game? One would hope for some success against these teams even though they are a distant time from Pac 12 Tournament.

Michael Duca covers Cal basketball and does the podcast right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

AP photo of Cal freshman Ivan Rabb