No. 10 Houston faces Cal in a neutral-site game at the Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic.
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Tahoe Blue Event Center (5,000); Stateline, Nev.
TV: CW with Chris Fisher (play-by-play), Matt Muehlebach (analyst) and Heidi Watney (sideline reporter).
Radio: 950 AM with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play). The game also will be streamed on The Varsity app, SiriusXM (channel 84) and the SiriusXM app (channel 94).
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Houston vs. Cal
Series history: Houston leads 4-3.
Last meeting: Cal beat Houston 95-70 on Nov. 20, 1999, in the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Cal Bears
Conference: ACC
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Coach: Mark Madsen (51-50 in four seasons at Cal; 121-101 in eight seasons overall).
Record: 2-0
About the Bears: Cal opened the season with wins over Division II Adams State (115-96) and Radford (84-70). … Nojus Indrusaitis scored 30 points on 10-of-15 shooting against Radford. He is shooting 66.7% to start the season. … Through two games, the Bears are averaging 29 3-point attempts and shooting 48.3% from beyond the arc. … Michael Cooper, a transfer from Wright State, has made a team-high 10 3-pointers and is averaging 20 points off the bench. … Jake Wilkins is the son of Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins. The roster includes nine newcomers, five transfers and four true freshmen. Jordan Ross and Wilkins transferred from Georgia. Eight players have international ties, including three from Lithuania. … Sammie Yeanay played in the final nine games last season after being sidelined with an injury. … Cal was picked to finish 15th among 18 teams in the ACC preseason poll. The Bears are coming off a 22-win season and advanced to the second round of the NIT.
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Houston Cougars
Coach: Kelvin Sampson (330-91 in 13 seasons at Houston; 830-361 in 38 seasons overall).
Record: 1-0
No. 8 (coaches poll), No. 10 (AP)
About the Cougars: UH opened the season with a 94-55 win over La Salle. … Forward Chase McCarty, who had 10 points and six rebounds in the opener, is listed day-to-day with a sprained left knee and is questionable for the game. … In his UH debut, Dedan Thomas Jr. had 16 points (11-of-14 from the free-throw line) and five assists with no turnovers. … Joseph Tugler, the only returning starter from last season’s Sweet 16 team, had nine points and six rebounds. … Corey Hadnot II, a transfer from Purdue Fort Wayne, had 14 points off the bench on 6-of-10 shooting. … Arafan Diané, the No. 1 center in the 2026 recruiting class, had 10 points and four rebounds in 20 minutes. … UH has won 41 consecutive regular-season games against unranked opponents since 2024. … The Cougars have a .903 winning percentage (65-7) in non-conference games since 2020. … UH held La Salle to 25% (15-of-60) shooting Monday. It was the lowest field-goal percentage allowed in a season opener by a Big 12 school since Baylor limited McNeese to 21% (13-of-62) to open the 2014-15 season.
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