Cal, Stanford hoops game now scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday

The Pac-12 Conference moved the Cal-Stanford men’s basketball game, originally scheduled for the weekend of March 6 or March 7, to Sunday, Feb. 7, otherwise known as Super Bowl Sunday.

The game will tip at 7 p.m. at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz and be televised on FS1.

The change was made in order to free up the final week of the regular season to allow for previously postponed games to be played at that time.

ALABAMA LEAPS TO NO. 9 IN AP TOP 25 » Gonzaga and Baylor remained 1-2 in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the 10th straight week, while Alabama vaulted into the top 10.

Undefeated Gonzaga and Baylor are followed by Villanova (10-1) at No. 3. Michigan (13-1) moved up three spots No. 4, and Texas (11-2) held firm at No. 5, despite not playing last week because of COVID-19 issues among their opponents.

Virginia (10-2) climbed five places to No. 8 and Alabama (13-3) moved up nine spots to No. 9.