This is the winter of Cal’s discontent. The Wyking Jones era has begun with a 2–30 conference record, a series of humiliating losses and no discernible improvements. In a conference filled with disaster stories, the Golden Bears are on another level entirely.
If this continues, the 2018 Cal squad could make a case for worst major conference team of the 21st century (or the kenpom.com era, if you will). This is a subjective ranking, of course. However, Cal sits at No. 284 on kenpom, the lowest of any team since Utah finished at 302 in 2012. But that Utah team is excusable, as they won three conference games and were transitioning into a new league.