Nicolas Kranz

Probably never coming back to this website, if you're inclined to find me I'll be at bsky.app/profile/norcal…, plus as always writeforcalifornia.com

Wilcox deserved to be fired three years ago, he’ll finally be fired this year.

@AGuyNamedNam Interestingly, Georgia is the only team to have a higher post-game win expectancy over Auburn than Cal. Cal: Better than Arkansas, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Missouri (in this one specific way)

-3 shot equivalents in a sleep, sloppy 2nd half. Not exactly thrilled with how Cal closed the game, but it was entirely acceptable as a first game with the entire rotation turned over

20 minutes of Ben Braun warning me about how Cal was in imminent danger of a CSUB comeback in a game that was not once in any meaningful doubt

Have some SHAME Georgetown, my god

+10 shot equivalents is nice to see, and I'd say that CSUB may be shooting a little better than their shot quality. Blacksher the standout for me. Encouraging so far.

@CasaDeHank If we get Ernie Kent next we riot

@NorCalNickW4C ACCN swoopin’ in for that cheap, low demand west coast“talent.”

Kinda was hoping that the death of the Pac-12 meant no more Braun on color

Cal gonna like triple their block rate this year

Didn’t predict that Andrej would go from a 20% usage rating to 80%

Andrej three shots on three possessions, intriguing

Cal WBB first game takeaways: Good: 3 point shooting generally, Twidale specifically. Sustainable? Ackerman looking like an efficient back up 4 Concerning: St. Mary's shoots 21-45 on their 2s, would like to see stronger interior defense against this level of opposition

Hadn’t really thought about this, but where you spend your NIL money matters and Cal maybe not very efficient this year (without knowing who makes how much)

Lulu Twidale sophomore leap possibilities 👀👀👀

@rob11hwang Yeah I think I agree

@NorCalNickW4C The latter because it’s more chaos fun if we have a random super nova game against a Duke or other powerhouse women’s team later in the year

Debating if I want to see this team pound the ball inside more, or if it’s better to embrace their likely long term identity as a high volume 3 point dependent team

42-26 Cal WBB lead at half. A big 3 point shooting disparity explains some of the margin, but Cal has been physically dominant against a short-handed St. Mary's in the way that you would hope and expect. Cal's been able to get 11 players onto the floor including 4 freshmen

Krimili is such a great player to have in a late shot clock scenario

Cc @TwistNHook

Wait Brittany Boyd is an assistant coach for St Mary’s?! WELCOME To MORAGA BRITTANY!