CDR just threw an errant pass, which Brett McDade tipped and stole, streaking toward his basket. D-Rose took off, caught up with McDade, blocked the layup off the backboard, defended the Tulsa player who got the rebound, forced him to miss, then got THAT rebound. Who cares how many points he’s scored? This kid is all heart.

The Tigers are leading 46-15, and Derrick Rose just scored his SECOND BASKET. Talk about deep. Cal should hold a contest and let a lucky fan suit up to play the second half.

At the half, the Tigers have a 29-point lead. They’re shooting 59.3 percent from the floor, 44.4 percent from the three-point line and even 66.7 percent from the free-throw line (that qualifies as outstanding for the Tigers). No one has more than one foul (and Joey Dorsey has none!). Every one who’s played (10 Tigers) has scored except Willie Kemp (and he’s only taken one shot).

Barring a huge letdown, this game will cement the Tigers as a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament (if they weren’t a lock already).

It’s halftime, and the Tigers are up 42-13. Yes, a 29-point lead. The Golden Hurricane scored just 13 points in the first half. They shot 22.2 percent from the floor and 33.3. percent from the free-throw lane. So, what happens when Tiger fans get bored silly at a game? Some options:

Gamble. Bet on whether or not Tulsa’s field-goal percentage will rise above their free-throw percentage.

Call your mom. And your grandma.

Try and figure out exactly what the Tulsa mascot is. It’s reputedly a Golden Hurricane. But it really looks like shredded wheat before your pour the milk over it.

Ask CA reporter Jim Masilak, who’s here at the game, what his drink order is. After CA columnist Geoff Calkins repeated Masilak’s quip in this morning’s paper that he’d had a blood-alcohol content higher than Southern Miss’s shooting percentage, U of M athletic director R.C. Johnson keeps asking Masilak what he wants to drink.

Or go online and start checking hotel and ticket prices for Little Rock. Let me know what you find out.

I’ve noticed that Robert Dozier never toes the free-throw line, always positioning his right foot back at least six inches. Maybe it works for him, but he just missed the back end of a 1-and-1. I wonder why he never scoots all the way up?

After a miserable game yesterday in which he played just 20 minutes, picked up four fouls, grabbed just two rebounds and didn’t score a single point, Joey Dorsey is back to rights today. So far, he has six points and six rebounds, pacing the Tigers to their 36-11 lead.

Thursday afternoon, the former Tiger great said this was the deepest Tiger team he’d ever seen. He may well have been right: the Tigers are up 31-11, and for the last few minutes, the lineup has been Andre Allen, Willie Kemp, Jeff Robinson, Doneal Mack and Shawn Taggart. No dropoff.