Title Game

In the past 20 years, Cal has never been the Pac-10 champion; Stanford has been the champion 16 times.

But this season, Stanford is #2 with conference losses to USC and UCLA; Cal is #1 with just one loss -- to Stanford.

The game on Saturday at Haas Pavilion is the title match. What's in it for the winner?

• Bragging rights
• The #1 seed in the Pac-10 Tournament
• A higher seed in the NCAA Tournament
• Possibly a more favorable regional location, although we won't know that until Selection Monday (March 17). ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme's current prediction is Stanford a #2 seed in Spokane, Cal a #3 seed in New Orleans. CollegeRPI's prediction is Stanford a #2 seed in Spokane, Cal a #3 seed in Oklahoma City.

What's certain is that the game will be hard-fought and exciting. Hope you can be there to see it. If not, watch it on television.

Do you want to refresh your memory of the first Stanford/Cal game this season? Read this and this.

Here are stories about the upcoming game:

• Women to Battle Bears by Wyndam Makowsky and Scott Bland (The Stanford Daily)
  
  
• Bears have a date with history by Gerald Nicdao (The Daily Californian)
  
  
• Battle of the Bay Round II by Dick Rockne (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  
  
• Stanford vs. Cal: The biggest women’s game in Bay Area history by Jon Wilmer (College Hotline)
  
  
• Pac-10 showdown fast approaches by Gordon Kass (Palo Alto Daily News)