Big West Favorites Look to Go Dancing

The UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team may have just captured the Big West regular season championship, but that can only get them so far when the Big West Tournament comes around next Friday in t...
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Powell Drills Free Throws to Sink UCI

Big game James has done it again. Playing for the final time in the Thunderdome, senior guard James Powell hit a pair of clutch free throws with 14 seconds left to help UC Santa Barbara (18-9 overall,...
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Senior Guards Say Goodbye

Already having secured a first round bye in the Big West Tournament, the Gauchos head into tonight's regular season finale against UC Irvine with a new challenge: to clinch the conference crown and to...
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Cal Poly Shocks Santa Barbara

All season long, the Gauchos have prided themselves in their ability to close out games. Unfortunately for UCSB on Saturday, an inability to make shots down the stretch and a crucial turnover in the f...
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Gauchos Hold Off CSUN Rally

Up by more than 20 points almost midway through the second half, the Gauchos had the game in the bag against Big West bottom-feeder Cal State Northridge -- or so they thought.
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Bulldogs Downed in Dogfight

Sophomore center Somogyi set a school record with eight blocked shots, and sophomore guard Orlando Johnson broke out for a game-high 23 points as visiting UC Santa Barbara (16-8 overall, 10-3 Big West...
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‘Chos Take Down Titans

They were playing on the road, getting worked on the glass and couldn't buy a bucket from beyond the arc, but in the end, none of this even mattered. Led by a combined 36 points and 15 rebounds from s...
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Del Rocks the Hub Tonight

The Hub is about to get funky. The underground hip hop prodigy stopping at UCSB tonight is a man of many profiles, the more notable of which include Hieroglyphics frontman, Gorillaz ghost rapper and m...
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SB Settles Score With 49ers

What a difference a month can make. After being blown out by 20 points in a meeting with Long Beach State back in mid-January, UC Santa Barbara (9-3 Big West, 14-8 overall) rebounded to split the seas...
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Gauchos Play Host to LBSU

Though their last pair of games resulted in wins over Big West contenders Pacific and UC Davis, the Gauchos are not ready to celebrate just yet. On tap for UC Santa Barbara (13-8 overall, 8-3 Big West...
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NBA All-Star Weekend

The Daily Nexus Sports Editors make their picks for this weekend's NBA All-Star festivities.
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LEGENDS OF THE DOME

Upcoming Honorees Mark French -- Head Coach ('87-'08) Women's Basketball vs. UC Riverside Thunderdome, Thursday @ 7 p.m. Brian Shaw -- Guard ('86-'88) Men's Basketball vs. Long Beach State Thunderdome...
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Who Will Win Super Bowl XLIV?

Who said fate wouldn't bring these two almost perfect teams together? In one corner, the perennial AFC Champion Colts, a team that has everything going for them except being from Indiana. In the other...
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SB Slips in Northridge

With first place in conference within striking distance, UC Santa Barbara chose to live and die by the three at Cal State Northridge on Saturday. After converting only 10 of a season-high 34 attempts ...
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Cal Poly Heads Into Hostility

The rivalry just got heated. With identical Big West records and sole possession of second place on the line, UC Santa Barbara (10-7 overall, 5-2 Big West) welcomes Cal Poly (8-10, 5-2) into the Thund...
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