The weather is getting colder, as an increasingly bleak year mercifully draws to a close. Through the ups and downs of 2017, I’ve kept myself warm imagining the possibilities of Cal basketball 2016-17.
Some of those thoughts were exciting day dreams: alley oops from Charlie to Ivan, Jabari and Grant raining 3s as the defense overreacts to the threat of Ivan. Some of them have been mundane: the beauty of a penetrating guard missing a runner because 7 feet of Kam Rooks is between him and the rim while Ivan pulls down the weakside rebound.
We’ve seen flashes.