What a difference a week makes.
Seven days after suffering its worst loss of the season, a 74-44 annihilation at Utah, Cal bounced back to beat those same Utes 78-75 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament.
“Up at their place, they really got into us,” Jabari Bird acknowledged. “They brought the game to us and we didn't respond. And today, we remembered that game. It was only a week ago, and we came prepared for a battle and it showed.”
“I think at this point in the year, we came to the conclusion that we were going to play for ourselves,” said sophomore forward Ivan Rabb.