Cal Basketball: Bears Announce Final Two Non-Conference Games

Cal officially added two home games to its men’s basketball schedule on Thursday, including a matchup vs. Seattle next Tuesday afternoon.

As previously reported, the Bears will face Cal State Northridge on Saturday at Haas Pavilion.

Both games will tip off at 2 p.m. and will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

*** Cal's new released Pac-12 TV schedule is at the bottom of this story

The Bears added the games to replace a pair they hoped to play on a trip to the East next week. Cal was scheduled to play at Boston College on Dec. 22, and was working on finalizing a second game on the trip.

But a COVID-19 situation involving the second opponent led to Cal cancelling the entire trip.

Instead, the Bears get two lower-profile opponents, but they get them at home, eliminating the need to travel during the holidays and when health officials are advising against it.

And, more than anything, they get a couple more games.

The Bears 3-4 after their 72-70 win over USF on Sunday. That record includes an 0-2 start to the Pac-12 schedule.

The two new games will mark the end of an abbreviated non-conference schedule. The Bears resume Pac-12 play at Oregon on Dec. 31.

Northridge, which plays in the Big West Conference, is 3-2 and boasts a win over Pepperdine, which took UCLA to triple-overtime and beat Cal.

Seattle plays in the Western Athletic Conference and is 4-4 with only two victories over Division I opponents. The Redhawks lost 76-65 to Northridge and lost by 28 points to UCLA and by 32 to Washington. They play tonight against College of Idaho, another non-DI.

The Redhawks are led by junior wing Riley Grigsby, the son of former Cal standout Al Grigsby. Riley Grigsby averages a team-best 17.8 points with three games of at least 20 points.

Al Grigsby was a big-time recruit from Houston who battled injuries through a six-year career at Cal but was part of four teams that played in the NCAA tournament. Cal retired his jersey as a tribute to his perseverance fighting injuries.

Here is Cal's Pac-12 TV schedule:

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