i'm not sure what happened. i don't think anyone in blue and gold knows what happened after that - i think we all were blindsided. all of our shots that rattled home in the first half rattled out after that point - it was like our shooting in the cal game. but of course a team is susceptible to that type of thing when it has no inside presence. overall, our effort was solid, but everything on offense was from the perimeter. fey and hollins combined for 4 points on 2 for 5 shooting. defensively, our problem (again) was just giving up too many easy looks close to the hoop - either off a post player catching the ball too deep or guys getting offensive rebounds.

on a positive side, farmar played great. career high 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 turnovers. but obviously, it was not nearly enough.

looking forward, it would seem that two events that took place today improved our chances of finishing third in the conference: Stanford lost Dan Grunfeld for the rest of the year, and ASU lost to USC. despite this, the bruins still have plenty of work before they have a spot in the NCAA tourney sewn up, so hopefully we will take care of business, beginning with the NoCal schools this week.

Recap and box score of today's game.