2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record22–11 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Washington 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 18 UCLA 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
No. 19 Arizona State 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
California 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
USC 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Arizona 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Washington State 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Oregon State 7 11   .389 18 18   .500
Stanford 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Oregon 2 16   .111 8 23   .258
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Mike Montgomery's first season at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion and participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Golden Bears finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Pac-10 play to finish in third place. They lost to USC in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 7 seed in the West Region. They were beaten by 10 seed Maryland in the first round.