<p>Caltech basketball beat Occidental yesterday! It's Caltech's first conference win since 1985.</p>
<p>Some perspective: none of Caltech's players were born the last time they won a conference game. For years, they have been fielding a team of geniuses, many of which had never even played high school ball. Recently they have been recruiting actual players who are also Caltech smart.</p>
<p>I even heard about this on NPR</p>
<p>I’m amazed!Oxy had a great team. In 2004, I watched Oxy beat Williams. When Oxy use to play Caltech, they’d rotate all their players into game.</p>
<p>I saw this news on NYTimes front page (online version). 1985 was when I recieved doctorate here … and couldn’t help but smile ! A conference game win by caltech is, emotionally, even better than a major national championship victory by a big name sport school or even by a pro team. It made me realize that the sports games are all a matter of perspective. Folks attending all those losing games must have had something to cheer for …</p>