Ahead of Cal's official regular-season opener on Nov. 5, the Golden Bears will offer an exhibition game preview this Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in Haas Pavilion. A free in-arena videoboard live stream will be available for those not in attendance in Berkeley.

This will be fans' first opportunity to see the new-look Bears under head coach Mark Fox and a roster that now features seven newcomers, including six freshmen -- Joel Brown (Brampton, Canada), Kuany Kuany (Melbourne, Australia), Lars Thiemann (Leverkusen, Germany), D.J. Thorpe (Lake Travis, Texas) and Dimitrios Klonaras (Thessaloniki, Greece). Graduate transfer Kareem South also joined the Bears after a successful career at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, where he was a three-year starter for the Islanders who averaged 10.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

The Bears return a dynamic scoring duo in Paris Austin and Matt Bradley, who each averaged scoring totals in double figures last season. Cal also welcomes back battle-tested players in Andre Kelly, Juhwan Harris-Dyson,  Grant Anticevich and Jacobi Gordon, who all saw time in at least 20 games last season.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: A live stream utilizing videoboard footage of Wednesday's exhibition game will be available, free of charge. Fans will be able to follow the game by watching the footage live on pac-12.com/live/university-california. Live stats, broadcast info and links and more for each of Cal's games this season can be accessed via the Cal men's basketball schedule page on CalBears.com. Fans can follow the Bears on social media via @CalMBball on Twitter and Instagram, and at Facebook.com/CalMBball.
 

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BY THE NUMBERS

11.6 -- Cal's leading returning scorer is Paris Austin, who averaged 11.6 points in his debut season with the Bears last year. The senior point guard is one of two returners who averaged in double figures.

1st -- Matt Bradley broke the Cal freshman record for 3-point field goal percentage last season, going 50-106 beyond the arc for a 47.2 shooting percentage.

56 percent -- Cal's returners combined to average 38.5 points of last year's 68.4 points per game a year ago -- more than 56 percent of its offensive scoring production.

55.1 -- Andre Kelly shot 55.1 percent (70-127) from the field last season - Cal's best shooting percentage by a rookie since Ivan Rabb shot 61.5 percent (161-262) as a freshman in 2016.
 

SCOUTING SAINT MARTIN'S

• Saint Martin's head coach Aaron Landon is in his first season at the helm of the program.
• The Saints return just three players from last year's squad and were chosen to finish 11th in the GNAC preseason coaches poll.
• The Saints fell to Seattle U in an exhibition earlier this month, losing 92-71 on Oct. 22.
• Cole Alton led the squad with 21 points and added 6 rebounds. 
• Two other Saints student-athletes scored in double figures -- Alex Schumacher (12) and Marky Adams (10). Both led their team with 8 rebounds apiece.
 

OFFSEASON OVERHAUL

Cal's offseason roster overhaul started at the top, with head coach Mark Fox's changes among his coaching staff. He retained assistant coach Marty Wilson and brought on talented recruiters and veteran coaches in Andrew Francis and Chris Harriman. Francis joined the Bears after serving as an assistant under Fran McCaffery at Iowa for nine seasons, while Harriman headed to Berkeley with experience under Rick Majerus (Saint Louis), Tim Miles (Nebraska) and Paul Weir (New Mexico). Fox also brought on longtime colleague, mentor and friend Trent Johnson as Cal's Deputy Analyst & Director of Player Development. He previously helmed the men's basketball programs at Nevada (1999-2004), where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, as well as at Stanford (2004-08), LSU (2008-2012) and TCU (2012-16).
 

CAL IN THE PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL

• The Golden Bears are projected to finish 12th in the Pac-12, according to a preseason vote by media who regularly cover the conference.
• Oregon is the favorite to win the conference.
• Cal has finished 12th in the league in each of the last two seasons.
 

BEARS IN THE NBA

Five Golden Bears are listed on NBA rosters this year: Ryan Anderson (Houston Rockets), Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics), Allen Crabbe (Atlanta Hawks), Ivan Rabb (New York Knicks) and Tyrone Wallace (Atlanta Hawks). Numerous former members of the Golden Bear roster own front-office roles, including G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Lakers assistant coach Jason Kidd, Nets General Manager Sean Marks and Warriors player development coach Theo Robertson, as well as several Bears in scouting and development roles or in the G League, including Marcus Lee (Sioux Falls Skyforce) and Roger Moute a Bidias (RG Vipers) .
 

NEXT UP

The Golden Bears officially open the season on Tuesday, Nov. 5 against Pepperdine. The Bears host the Waves at 7 p.m. in Haas Pavilion, airing live on the Pac-12 Networks.