by Michael Duca

BERKELEY–I used to go to high school five miles from the campus of where the Cal Bears will be playing on Friday night San Diego State. Guys I knew in high school went there and played sports including basketball. That’s always been a pretty decent basketball school.  Steve Fisher came there to coach and since then it’s become an excellent basketball school.

They have always been ready to play and San Diego State has a great defensive team they’re always long, their always athletic. Both Cal head coach Cunzo Martin and the players talked about playing a team that’s a challenge this Friday. The thing that is most impressive about Cal whose won their first three games at home is what you see is what you get.

Cal has a strong defense and defenses take awhile it requires trusting the other guys which requires people knowing how players are moving in certain situations. When you integrate two highly touted freshman Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown into your line up it’s easy because Cal hasn’t played any top notch teams right yet. So when the Bears get into the Pac 12 schedule it’ll be interesting to see what Rabb and Brown can do.

AP photo: Cal Bears Tyrone Wallace leading team scorer with 20.3 per game

Michael Duca does the Cal Bears basketball podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below he’ll thank you for it