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1956-57 California Golden Bears Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-5 (14-2, 1st in PCC MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Pete Newell

PS/G: 67.8 (128th of 176)

PA/G: 57.1 (4th of 176)

SRS: 10.41 (15th of 167)

SOS: -0.36 (90th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (86-59) versus Brigham Young
Lost West Regional Final (50-46) versus San Francisco

PCC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1956-57 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
California	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	15	19	12	15	-	14	13

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	REG		San Francisco	WCAC	4.35	L	56	70		0	1	L 1	Harmon Gym
2	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	REG		Arizona State	BIAA	-11.08	W	80	50		1	1	W 1	Harmon Gym
3	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	REG		Saint Mary's (CA)	WCAC	-1.93	W	59	47		2	1	W 2	Harmon Gym
4	Tue, Dec 18, 1956	REG		Kansas (1)	Big 7	20.94	L	56	66		2	2	L 1	Harmon Gym
5	Thu, Dec 20, 1956	REG	@	Arizona State	BIAA	-11.08	W	74	61		3	2	W 1	Sun Devil Gymnasium
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	REG	@	Arizona	BIAA	-6.21	W	70	49		4	2	W 2	Bear Down Gym
7	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	REG		Pacific	WCAC	-14.26	W	76	34		5	2	W 3	Harmon Gym
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	REG		San Jose State	WCAC	-3.65	W	69	47		6	2	W 4	Harmon Gym
9	Fri, Jan 4, 1957	REG	@	Washington State	PCC	-5.87	W	66	58		7	2	W 5	Bohler Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 5, 1957	REG	@	Washington State	PCC	-5.87	W	61	51		8	2	W 6	Bohler Gymnasium
11	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	REG		Stanford	PCC	-0.09	W	59	45		9	2	W 7	Harmon Gym
12	Fri, Jan 11, 1957	REG		Oregon	PCC	-6.27	W	53	46		10	2	W 8	Harmon Gym
13	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	REG		Oregon	PCC	-6.27	W	71	57		11	2	W 9	Harmon Gym
14	Fri, Jan 25, 1957	REG	@	Stanford	PCC	-0.09	W	67	64		12	2	W 10	Old Pavilion
15	Fri, Feb 8, 1957	REG	@	Oregon State	PCC	1.67	W	73	60		13	2	W 11	Gill Coliseum
16	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	REG	@	Oregon State	PCC	1.67	W	62	51		14	2	W 12	Gill Coliseum
17	Fri, Feb 15, 1957	REG		Idaho	PCC	-3.38	W	91	54		15	2	W 13	Harmon Gym
18	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	REG		Idaho	PCC	-3.38	W	71	56		16	2	W 14	Harmon Gym
19	Fri, Feb 22, 1957	REG	@	Washington	PCC	5.83	L	57	70		16	3	L 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
20	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	REG	@	Washington	PCC	5.83	W	72	62		17	3	W 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
21	Fri, Mar 1, 1957	REG		UCLA (6)	PCC	10.91	L	66	71		17	4	L 1	Harmon Gym
22	Sat, Mar 2, 1957	REG		UCLA (6)	PCC	10.91	W	73	68		18	4	W 1	Harmon Gym
23	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	REG	@	Southern California	PCC	0.31	W	61	55		19	4	W 2
24	Sat, Mar 9, 1957	REG	@	Southern California	PCC	0.31	W	89	83		20	4	W 3
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Fri, Mar 15, 1957	NCAA	N	Brigham Young	MSAC	2.99	W	86	59		21	4	W 4	Gill Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	NCAA	N	San Francisco	WCAC	4.35	L	46	50		21	5	L 1	Gill Coliseum