# @dailycal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CucajTErHgZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7911315-dailycal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-08T17:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Daily Californian (@dailycal) — https://gondola.cc/dailycal

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Coming off a difficult 3-29 campaign, Cal entered this offseason in need of a top-to-bottom overhaul. After Mark Fox’s tenure had gone historically stale, new head coach Mark Madsen represented a breath of fresh air for Cal fans — he is an up-and-coming coach and East Bay local who recently led Utah Valley through the best seasons since the program’s inception.

The hire signaled Cal’s commitment to a new identity: Madsen’s career trajectory bears little resemblance to Fox’s, with Madsen having spent seven years as an assistant coach in the NBA, and he would immediately be entrusted to conduct a complete rebuild of the Cal team through the transfer portal following a mass exodus.

After Madsen’s first few months in charge, the Bears have still not touched the Pete Newell court, but he has already overseen massive squad turnover. With seven outgoing and five incoming transfers, Cal is set to look like a completely different team next season.

Last season’s veterans Joel Brown and Lars Thiemann entered the transfer portal soon after the conclusion of the 2022-23 campaign. Brown departed for Iona after a season on the hardwood for 81% of available minutes, and Thiemann joined Loyola Marymount after having played in all but two games during his four years in the blue and gold. Forwards Kuany Kuany and Sam Alajiki, the Bears’ two most prolific three-point shooters last season, followed suit to join VCU and Rice, respectively, and three more players left through the transfer portal with them

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