On February 27 , 2010 , Cal defeated Arizona State , 62 – 46 , to clinch at least a tie for the Pacific-10 Conference championship , the first for the school since 1960 . On March 6 , the Bears defeated Montgomery 's former team , Stanford , 71 – 61 , to clinch an undisputed conference championship . Cal was defeated by Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament , but received a bid to the NCAA Tournament , where they were seeded 8th in the South Region . The Bears advanced to the second round , where they were defeated by eventual National Champion Duke
Pac-10 Tournament
2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Mike Montgomery