2026–27 season
California
Golden Bears · ACC
- Record
- 2–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +1.7
- No. 136 in Division I
- Head coach
- Mark Madsen
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Berkeley, CA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
No stat reaches the top or bottom 15% of the field — a balanced profile.
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who California beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
8
Record
4–8
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 20164Round of 64Lost to 13 Hawaiʻi 77–66. Bracket
- 201312Round of 32Beat 5 UNLV. Lost to 4 Syracuse 66–60. Bracket
- 201212First FourLost to 12 South Florida 65–54. Bracket
- 20108Round of 32Beat 9 Louisville. Lost to 1 Duke 68–53. Bracket
- 20097Round of 64Lost to 10 Maryland 84–71. Bracket
- 20067Round of 64Lost to 10 nc-state 58–52. Bracket
- 20038Round of 32Beat 9 nc-state. Lost to 1 Oklahoma 74–65. Bracket
- 20026Round of 32Beat 11 Penn. Lost to 3 Pitt 63–50. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Michael Cooper
- 19.7 ppg
- Tallest
- Nicolas Mitrovic
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Lee Dort
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Nojus IndrusaitisGuard · Lemont, IL | 6′5″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 29.7 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 55.6 | 72.7 | 23.3 |
| 2Jordan RossGuard · Pleasant Grove, UT | 6′3″ | 195 | 1 | 3 | 27.7 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 25.0 | 66.7 | 20.0 |
| 55Michael CooperGuard · Jeffersonville, IN | 6′3″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 19.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 62.5 | 100.0 | 25.0 |
| 21Jake WilkinsForward · Lilburn, GA | 6′9″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 21.7 | 9.0 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 17.8 |
| 23Sammie YeanayForward · Gainesville, FL | 6′9″ | 240 | 2 | 3 | 20.3 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 36.4 | 64.3 | 28.7 |
| 17Mantas KocanasCenter · Karciupis, Lithuania | 6′11″ | 240 | 2 | 3 | 19.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 13.4 |
| 3Semetri CarrGuard · Mill Valley, CA | 6′1″ | 170 | 2 | 3 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 15.8 |
| 1Jovani RuffGuard · Long Beach, CA | 6′5″ | 205 | 2 | 3 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 21.0 |
| 12Dhiaukuei Manyiel DutForward · Rumbek, South Sudan | 7′0″ | 210 | 2 | 3 | 11.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7.0 |
| 14Amier AliGuard · Dallas, TX | 6′8″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 66.7 | 22.3 |
| 77Gabriel Sularski · Lemont, IL | 6′6″ | — | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| 8Dominykas Daubaris · Mazeikai, Lithuania | 6′10″ | — | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.7 |
| 26BJ FisherGuard · Ross, CA | 6′1″ | 180 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15Luke ButlerGuard · Austin, TX | 6′4″ | 180 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.4 |
| 6Jorell ClarkGuard · Palo Alto, CA | 6′2″ | 180 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| 19Dionycius Bakare · Vancouver, BC | 6′5″ | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10Nicolas Mitrovic · Frisco, TX | 7′0″ | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34Lee DortForward · Dallas, TX | 6′10″ | 235 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
1–1
ATS neutral court
1–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
1–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
1–0
Over / under
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsADAAdams State | W115–86 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 4 | vsRADRadford | W84–70 | -16.25 | 157.25 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 8 | NHOU#8Houston1 | L68–86 | +19.5 | 144 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 11 | vsUSCUSC | L65–77 | +8.5 | 160.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 14 | vsUTAUtah Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | vsEASEast Texas A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsALAAlabama State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | NMINMinnesota | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @UTAHUtah | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | vsVAN#22Vanderbilt2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 10 | vsSE SE Louisiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsUC UC Riverside | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | vsSOUSouthern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsNORNortheastern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | @UNCNorth Carolina8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @DUKE#2Duke1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | vsFLOFlorida State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsVIR#6Virginia3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @LOU#10Louisville5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @NOTNotre Dame | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsSTAStanford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsnc-state | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsSYRSyracuse | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | @SMUSMU11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @CLEClemson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | vsVIRVirginia Tech11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsMIA#17Miami (FL)9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | @PITTPittsburgh | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @nc-state | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsBOSBoston College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsWAKWake Forest | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @STAStanford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |