Cal will attempt to do something it has failed to complete in the Mark Madsen coaching era when the Golden Bears go for a third straight season-opening victory in a nonconference matchup with Cal State Fullerton on Monday night in Berkeley, Calif.

After going 0-12 to begin Mark Fox's final season at the coaching helm in 2022-23, Cal lost the second game of Madsen's employment to Pacific in November 2023 before falling at Vanderbilt last November following a pair of curtain-raising wins.

Madsen's third season has opened with a pair of home wins, dispatching of Cal State Bakersfield and Wright State. The Fullerton matchup completes a three-game homestand, after which Cal (2-0) will travel to the Midwest to take on Kansas State.

While 27- and 10-point wins might look good on paper, Madsen

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