Cal women drawing comparison to 2013 Final Four team

Cal head women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb has done her best the past handful of years to avoid comparing her teams to the 2013 Final Four squad.

This season’s roster is making that increasingly difficult. They’re that good.

The No. 13 Bears will play UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, sporting an 8-0 record after coming back from a 15-point deficit to beat host St. Mary’s in overtime a week ago. The rally marked the largest comeback for the program since No. 7 Cal erased No. 20 Colorado’s 16-point lead Jan. 25, 2013.

“How crazy serendipitous is that?” Gottlieb said. “I had the same feeling in this game that no one was freaking out in the huddle when we were losing.