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Friday, January 25, 2008

Need more on tomorrow's Cal-Stanford match-up? Check out Michelle Smith's article "Reaching New Heights at Cal."
"You can tell they've turned the corner," Fox Sports analyst Mary Murphy said. "Cal is not happy just to be included in the party. They are not satisfied with being a good team. They want to be making great things happen."
You say you want more? How about Andrew Kim's "Cal Aims to Knock Cardinal From Grace," which also offers a Cal podcast.

Cardinal fan? Read "Stanford women loaded for Bear in Pac-10 showdown."
The Cardinal (6-2, 16-3) will not recover from a third conference loss as the Bears (8-0, 17-2) already have finished off its two toughest Pac-10 road trips and swept both of them. Stanford was swept once, in Los Angeles at the beginning of January. Stanford needs to think sweep, one game at a time, the rest of the way or that eighth straight Pac-10 title goes merrily down the stream.
San Jose's Mercury News has something, too, in the article "Stanford's Pac-10 title defense in jeopardy."
"I wouldn't count Stanford out of anything," said Bonvicini, whose Arizona Wildcats lost to both teams last weekend. "That's not to discount that Cal can win. Obviously, this one Saturday is a big one for both Stanford and Cal. But we have a lot of basketball to be played, both at home and on the road, and the road for some has been unkind."
SI.com steps up and offers -- wait, no, it's an AP article -- "Cal leads Pac-10 standings but trails Stanford in pedigree."
When California faces Stanford in what's being billed on both campuses as the biggest women's college basketball game ever between the Bay Area rivals, there will be a reversal of roles.
Looks to be on Fox Sports Net at 5pmEST.