We’re here at the conference tournament quarterfinal round at what we like to call the best mid-major league in America, the Pac-10 Conference. Cal might be a ‘favorite,’ but that term is relative in this year’s league as even the Bears won the regular season with five losses. The Bears are only at about a 40% shot to win this thing, and the odds of a team that’s nowhere near the bubble getting into the NCAAs using a weekend run is pretty high at 16% (normally, it’s south of 2%). As for this particular matchup, Cal won both previous games handily, but the Ducks have been playing much better in recent weeks than they were when they faced Mike Montgomery’s team, having won four of five. Then there’s the additional incentive that the Duck players have in trying to send their coach out on a positive note after reports have surfaced that Ernie Kent will be gone from the UO job at the end of the season. Will it be a good game? We think so, but in this wild and wacky league, you really never know. Join us at 2:30 pm PT for a little afternoon hoops from the Staples Center with Cal and Oregon on RTC Live.