2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Washington	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
No. 18 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
No. 19 Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
California	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
USC†	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Arizona	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Washington State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Oregon State	7	–	11	.389	18	–	18	.500
Stanford	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Oregon	2	–	16	.111	8	–	23	.258

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's first season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to USC in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They were beaten by 10 seed Maryland in the first round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Nican Robinson (W)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Oakland, California
G	1	D.J. Seeley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Stockton, California
G	2	Jorge Gutiérrez	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Chihuahua, Mexico
G	3	Jerome Randle	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F	10	Jamal Boykin	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Los Angeles, California
G	12	Nigel Carter (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Los Angeles, California
G	13	Nikola Knezevic	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Belgrade, Serbia
C	14	Max Zhang	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Fr	Yantai City, China
F	21	Omondi Amoke	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Fr	Oxnard, California
G	22	Eddie Miller (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Antioch, California
G	23	Patrick Christopher	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Compton, California
F	24	Theo Robertson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Pittsburgh, California
C	32	Taylor Harrison	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	San Clemente, California
C	33	Jordan Wilkes	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Los Angeles, California
F	43	Harper Kamp	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Mesa, Arizona

Head coach

Mike Montgomery

Assistant coach(es)

Travis DeCuire
Gregg Gottlieb
Jay John

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 13 March 2025

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 15, 2008*		Pacific	W 68–56	1–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Nov 18, 2008*		San Francisco	W 87–74	2–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Nov 20, 2008*		Texas–Pan American	W 85–58	3–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Nov 24, 2008*		North Carolina A&T	W 82–47	4–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Nov 28, 2008*		at UNLV	W 73–55	5–0	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Nov 29, 2008*		vs. Florida State	L 77–80	5–1	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Dec 3, 2008* CSN California		DePaul	W 77–67	6–1	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 7, 2008* ESPNU		at Missouri	L 66–93	6–2	Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri
Dec 10, 2008*		at Utah	W 72–69	7–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 20, 2008* CSN Bay Area Plus		Nevada	W 75–66	8–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 22, 2008*		Colgate	W 83–48	9–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 27, 2008*		Dartmouth	W 98–62	10–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 28, 2008*		Portland	W 81–61	11–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Pac-10 Regular Season
Jan 2, 2009 CSN California		Arizona	W 69–55	12–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 4, 2009 CSN California		No. 17 Arizona State	W 81–71	13–2 (2–0)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 8, 2009		at Washington State	W 57–50	14–2 (3–0)	Friel Court Pullman, Washington
Jan 10, 2009 CSN California		at Washington	W 88–85 ^3OT	15–2 (4–0)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
Jan 17, 2009 CSN Bay Area	No. 22	at Stanford	L 69–75	15–3 (4–1)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 22, 2009		Oregon State	L 65–69	15–4 (4–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 24, 2009 CSN California		Oregon	W 76–69	16–4 (5–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 29, 2009 FSN		at No. 17 UCLA	L 66–81	16–5 (5–3)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 31, 2009 FSN		at USC	L 62–73	16–6 (5–4)	Galen Center Los Angeles, California
Feb 5, 2009		No. 22 Washington	W 86–71	17–6 (6–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 7, 2009 FSN		Washington State	W 71–63	18–6 (7–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 14, 2009 FSN		Stanford	W 82–75	19–6 (8–4)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 19, 2009 CSN California		at Oregon	W 78–60	20–6 (9–4)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
Feb 21, 2009		at Oregon State	L 54–65	20–7 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 26, 2009 CSN California		USC	W 81–78 ^OT	21–7 (10–5)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 28, 2009 ESPN		No. 22 UCLA	L 68–72	21–8 (10–6)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Mar 5, 2009 FSN		at Arizona	W 83–77	22–8 (11–6)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 7, 2009 CBS		at No. 21 Arizona State	L 66–83	22–9 (11–7)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Pac-10 tournament
Mar 12, 2009* FSN	(3)	vs. (6) USC Quarterfinals	L 75–79	22–10	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 19, 2009* CBS	(7 W)	vs. (10 W) Maryland First Round	L 71–84	22–11	Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	22	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	22	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—

References

^ "2008-09 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ "2008–09 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ "2008-09 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

External links

CalBears.com Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine

[roster-1] "2008-09 M Basketball Roster". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

[2] "2008–09 California Golden Bears Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

[schedule-3] "2008-09 M Basketball Schedule". University of California at Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

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California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics