I’ve barely written a word about Cal men’s basketball since their lost week in Hawaii, because I’ve been trying to collect my thoughts.
On one hand, it feels wildly premature to make any kind of pronouncement. We’re eight games into the season and by extension just eight games into Wyking Jones’ entire tenure as a head coach in any capacity.
On the other hand, it’s been an unusually eventful quarter of a season. We’ve seen three performances (UC Riverside, Wichita State, Chaminade) that defied expectations in various directions, and a very unusual mid-season shift in the coaching staff.