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California head coach Mike Montgomery previews the Bears' upcoming season. Find out which players Montgomery thinks will have the biggest impact.
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" Our coach -- Kenya -- our respect Mateen went 22 games a year ago so how hire Beckett expectations of Berkley right now -- as. Well there are certainly there more than a year ago. You know the two years ago it finished in ninth place. And go with this group kids -- expectations last year nobody knew what to thought. What to think in things change obviously had a good year kids responded very well. To me. It's a little bit. Always glass half full some of the issues that we've had. We still have things need to get all. But our perimeter pretty well I would say that to all conference players coming back. Kids can really shoot the ball and five seniors. That aren't you know we're all our our post play who have a couple of injuries there that. That we need to get solved I think -- would be -- good but there's a little but now I mean people were talking about us and thank you -- you know. I enjoyed what the kids were able to lecture at the product and power to play it and so all that's pretty good. Early on yes a toss games Syracuse and possibly North Carolina Ohio State is -- early evaluation of where you guys are going to be. Well I I don't know I mean I don't know -- were ready for that level frankly not. You know Kansas on the schedule and at Kansas and so we've got of people that are have been the premiere college basketball programs in the country for years. But we do you have in your group and I think probably they deserve the opportunity get in that environment and a souls who we can do. In some ways obviously winning one of those games would be huge. This time going into competing straight up and and feeling like -- belonged it's also fairly important too well. Talk about your backcourt -- Randall Patrick Christopher to couple seniors what's it like having that kind of experience factor for. Well I hope it's a good thing -- we know they can play would add Theo Robertson that that group. Three very strong perimeter guys can all shoot the ball. That are there are mature kids know now how to win a little bit. But -- you know -- the old senior right thing is is certainly something that you concern yourself with I think his coaches. What we -- to look for something to worry about now would be a concern is. They start to ankle okay what's next for me this is my last go around really going to be important for us to stay together. Think in terms of just winning basketball games. And but those career or nice starting point even -- a pet -- for quite some time to get in the race this wide open heading into the season that you can work off. Our usher and I couldn't I couldn't give you a year. And there are really no clear cut favorite to Washington did a marvelous job last year studio in the when the games they had to. We ended up third with the most kids back and that's warm bodies kind of pick and a little bit but. You know some of the perennial power houses maybe don't have. The same numbers of guys that they had in the past and a lot of that is product of the NBA. I -- off the best players from the best programs. But. Yeah I'm I do think that you know probably Washington should be clear cut favorite now after that there's probably all passel of people could be in that next. Vicious sense in this season will be set all it. My big people in -- game comes along and we can be productive coach at times there."
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