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Cal vs UVA

Recently, we went as a family to the University of California at Berkeley (Cal) vs University of Virginia (UVA) basketball game at Haas Pavilion on the Cal campus. My brother-in-law Ronnie went to UVA for undergrad and med school. I went to Cal for undergrad.

Since Ronnie got us tickets through his alumni association, Dean and I were straggler Bear fans in a sea of Wahoos, a nickname for the UVA sports teams and players. It was so much fun even though we lost! Plus I love basketball.

I asked Ronnie about some fun facts about UVA, but he couldn’t come up with very many. Frankly, it’s been so long, I couldn’t come up with any fun facts about Cal either, except that we’re the #1 public university in the country. Sorry Wahoos!

Here’s a comparison of the two schools I put together. Any alum who are reading? Please share your thoughts in the comments!

Post I did comparing Duke vs UNC.

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  1. Sunny

    December 28, 2016 at 11:59 am

    We went to this game last year at UVA and were lost in a sea of UVA fans. More of a nail-biter than this year, I can’t diss on UVA too much since it’s still a good school, and as much as I would love for my girls to go to Cal, it’s so far and we’ll get in-state tuition for UVA (if they can get in).

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  2. Janine Huldie

    December 28, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    Looked like a fun night was had and thanks for the breakdown of the two schools, as well here.

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  3. Patrick Weseman

    January 1, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    Very nice. Looks like a fun time. I love going to Haas.

    Here is one. UVA’s women’s hoops coach was the Cal head coach before she left for UVA.

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  4. Dana

    January 4, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    I love basketball too! The one stat that stands out to me is the huge price difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition. Crazy! My daughter was considering William and Mary, but as an out-of-state resident it would have cost $60,000 a year. No thanks!

    Oh – also just saw your Christmas in SF post – loved it! Hope you had a wonderful holiday.

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