GAME INFO

Who: Cal (3-1; last game: 71-66 win over USC) vs. Air Force (1-3; last game: 79-71 loss to Belmont)
When: 7:00 p.m. PT
Where: Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, California
TV/streaming: ACC Network Extra | Roxy Bernstein (PxP) & Ben Braun (Analyst)
Radio: 810 AM | Justin Allegri (PxP)
All-time series: Cal leads 4-3
Odds: Cal (-15.5), O/U (135.5) – via BetMGM

Cal goes back to work tonight and it'll do so shorthanded. The Bears will be without three players who have started games this season including point guard Jovan Blacksher Jr. DJ Campbell and BJ Omot have also been ruled out for tonight's game. In their place in the starting lineup will be Christian Tucker, Rytis Petraitis and Joshua Ola-Joseph, who is making his third start for the Bears.

I'll have updates throughout the night and feel free to join the conversation throughout the game.

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Cal will be without three starters/rotation guys tonight in the first game of the Cal Classic. The Bears head into the game as a favorite so could just be precautionary at this stage since all three did play against USC on Sunday.

Cal is hosting another massive recruiting weekend with the entire recruit section sold out for Big Game, and it will be the last chance for the Bears to host prospects in the 2025 class ahead of the early signing period. There is also a lengthy dead period coming up that will keep recruits from taking visits the rest of the month, so it's a big weekend for Justin Wilcox's program.

Nearly the entire recruiting class will be on campus this weekend for the Bears including quarterback Jaron Sagapolutele making it a critical couple days for the program. Getting a big portion of the class around Sagapolutele should not go unnoticed especially with the two other Hawaii commits in town as well.

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Cal is breaking out another new look this week for the matchup with Stanford as the yellow bear claw helmet makes a debut. The Bears are going yellow/blue/yellow for the first time since the San Diego State game.


Wk. 1 (UC Davis): 🔵🔵🟡
Wk. 2 (Auburn): 🟡⚪️🟡
Wk. 3 (SDSU): 🟡🔵🟡
Wk. 4 (FSU): 🔵⚪️🔵
Wk. 6 (Miami): 🔵(🐾)🔵🔵
Wk. 7 (Pitt) 🔵(🐾)⚪️🟡
Wk. 8 (NC State): 🟡 (Ⓒ)🔵⚪️
Wk. 9 (Oregon State): 🔵🔵🔵
Wk. 11 (Wake Forest): 🟡 (Ⓒ)⚪️⚪️
Wk. 12 (Syracuse): 🔵🔵🔵
Wk. 13 (Stanford): 🟡(🐾)🔵🟡

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Cal's recruiting section has sold out for the second time this season as the Bears look to close out the home slate with a strong impression on recruits. We'll put together a full list soon but here are some of the prospects already saying they will be in Berkeley this weekend.

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