by Michael Duca

photo credit: AP Cal’s center Kameron Rooks jumps on Virginia’s forward Jarred Reuter for an defensive foul

The Cal Bears (9-3) who completed a four game homestand and went on the road for just one game and that was to Virginia Cavaliers (10-1) had the lead  and twice held an 11 point lead but saw a three pointer by the Cavs London Perrantes sink the Bears with 10.5 seconds left in OT 63-62.

The Bears squandered an 11 point lead twice to a number five team in the nation on it’s home court. There are so many things, they never got the sense that Cal head coach Cuonzo Martin was ready to go out and make a play call and get them to score. The Bears couldn’t stop the bleeding, Martin didn’t call any time outs down to about one minute left in the whole run.

Then the Bears come out in overtime and do the same thing, they took a big lead and established themselves and stopped shooting the ball they took only two shots in the last two and half minutes in overtime and squandered a five point lead again and wound up losing.

Michael Duca does the Cal Bears basketball podcast each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com click below to hear the podcast