Alex Pavlovic

April 29, 2008

Saved by the Bell, 15 Years Later

By Alex Pavlovic

Literally half the conversations I've had in the past week revolved around my "Boy Meets World" column in some shape or form. It's been a long week.

April 23, 2008

NBA Western Conference Playoff Picks

By Alex Pavlovic

As much as I hate them, the Lakers will easily wax the Nuggets before squeaking by a tough Jazz team that'll have no problem with poor T-Mac and whoever he's playing with.

April 22, 2008

Boy Meets World, Eight Years Later

By Alex Pavlovic

T.G.I.F.: For some, the acronym refers to the restaurant with delicious chicken fingers. For others, the four letters bring pleasant thoughts of a weekend filled with drinking, sleeping or watching football.

April 16, 2008

Playoff Re-seeding Not a Shabby Idea

By Alex Pavlovic

While the players may get bigger, faster, stronger and richer, professional sports leagues are in general pretty slow to accept changes to the actual rules that govern their sports. Interleague play - now a summer tradit...

April 15, 2008

NBC’s Lineup Saved With Power of ‘Rock’

By Alex Pavlovic

At the conclusion of my "American Idol" column last week, I wrote the following words: "The 2008 Idol crown appears to be Michael Johns' to lose." Shows what I know. Two days later, Johns was eliminated, proving once aga...

April 11, 2008

Gauchos Host Aggies in Battle for First

By Matt Connolly, Alex Pavlovic

After a five-game road trip that ended with a season sweep of Cal State Northridge this past Tuesday, the UCSB baseball team (22-9 overall, 5-1 in the Big West) will return home this weekend for its third and most challe...

April 8, 2008

TV Viewers Prefer “Idol” Matters

By Alex Pavlovic

As an entertainment columnist, I'd be remiss if I didn't eventually dedicate a column to the highest-rated show on TV. Many of you love it, but I'm sure that even more of you hate it, so I won't be offended if you stop r...

April 8, 2008

Bathroom Reading Material:

By Alex Pavlovic

Youth movement... I suppose those two words could mean a number of different things depending on your perspective, but from a baseball point of view, it means your team is getting younger.

April 4, 2008

French Retires From Coaching Position

By Alex Pavlovic

After 21 seasons at the helm of the UCSB women's basketball program, Head Coach Mark French announced his retirement yesterday, just weeks after leading the Gauchos to their 12th NCAA Tournament appearance.

March 31, 2008

Big West Champs Go Dancing

By Alex Pavlovic

Back in the Big Dance for the first time since 2005, the UCSB women's basketball team gave its ranked opponent quite a scare before the music stopped.

March 31, 2008

Harris Breaks UCSB Career Scoring Record

By Alex Pavlovic

A year ago, as he wrapped up a remarkable junior season, Alex Harris stood on the Thunderdome floor after practice and responded to a question about the possibility that he would break the school's scoring record by reit...

March 31, 2008

SB Stunned in Tournament Semifinals

By Alex Pavlovic

This isn't how it was supposed to end.

March 10, 2008

Cavaliers Rope Gauchos in NCAA’s First Round

By Alex Pavlovic

Norfolk, Va.-- Following a two-year absence the UCSB women's basketball team got a rude welcoming back to the Big Dance.

March 10, 2008

SB Clinches Title in Overtime Thriller

By Alex Pavlovic

Channeling memories of Christian Laettner, Chris Webber and Aaron Nixon, the UCSB men's basketball team came away with an overtime victory in the wildest game of the season, clinching the Big West regular season title an...

March 10, 2008

Poor Shooting Dooms Gauchos’ Postseason Hopes

By Alex Pavlovic

After losing only three games in the final two months of the regular season, the Gauchos lost back-to-back postseason games, ending their season and the career of the schools' new all-time scoring leader in the process.

March 10, 2008

UCSB Beats Davis to Win Big West Championship

By Alex Pavlovic

Anaheim--After back-to-back heartbreaking Big West Tournament Championship losses to UC Riverside, the UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team is finally going back to the Big Dance.