Derek Mead

February 4, 2009

SB Crosses USC to Start ’09 Season

By Derek Mead

This Saturday UCSB men's lacrosse opens up its season against the University of Southern California. The Gauchos, who won the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Championship in four of the last six years en route to a pa...

February 2, 2009

UCSB Can’t Pass Northridge

By Derek Mead

On a night that saw the Gauchos shoot a ridiculous 57.1 percent from three-point land, the UCSB men's basketball team could not get the winning trey to fall, dropping a 72-70 decision to Northridge last Thursday night.

January 29, 2009

UCSB Set to Quake CSUN

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team will shoot to rebound from a pair of bad losses in the friendly confines of the Thunderdome. The Gauchos (8-11, 2-5 Big West) need to snag a win in the ESPNU-televised match against...

January 29, 2009

On the Subject of Beer Blankets

By Derek Mead

I've been freezing my ass off for the last three months. Sure, the last mini heat wave got me back into swapping my pants for tall boys of St. Ides, but now that Taaka-induced sleeve ripping leaves me feeling as chilly a...

January 29, 2009

UCSB Set to Quake CSUN

By Derek Mead

January 28, 2009

He Said, He Said

By Matt Connolly, Derek Mead

The new-age steel curtain is back, and the upstart Redbirds somehow find themselves one win away from their first title since 1947.

January 26, 2009

UOP Manhandles Gauchos

By Derek Mead

If a team holds their opponents to 10 points below their scoring average they are usually going to be in a good position to win. Of course, no amount of good defense is going to matter if that same team can't even break ...

January 22, 2009

Why Your Drunk Brain Is Stupid

By Derek Mead

After being forced to publicly harangue my admittedly drunk and heinous writing last week, I went on a long spiritual journey to try to reclaim a little bit of the spark that once inspired me to write at a level slightly...

January 21, 2009

Be a Good Fan, Save Your $cratch

By Derek Mead

With the inauguration taking place yesterday, hope and optimism throughout the majority of the American populace are at their highest levels in a decade. Despite the economy going Chernobyl, a tremendous lack of fresh wa...

January 20, 2009

SB Rolls on Poly

By Derek Mead

With the Big West conference better than it ever has been, it takes 40 full minutes of solid effort to snag a win. Saturday night against Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team did just that. The Gauchos (8-9, 2-3 Big...

January 15, 2009

SB Heading for SLO Victory

By Derek Mead

After giving up yet another come-from-behind loss to Cal State Fullerton last Saturday, the UCSB men's basketball team will be shooting to pick up some Big West momentum this Saturday night against conference rival Cal P...

January 15, 2009

Philosophic Ramblings of a Drunkard

By Derek Mead

January 12, 2009

Gauchos Waste Lead Against CSUF

By Derek Mead

When a team shows up with two very different mentalities in two different halves of a game, all the coach and players can hope for is that their more productive minutes were enough for them to prevail. Unfortunately for ...

January 8, 2009

SB Seeks Rebound at Home

By Derek Mead

After opening up Big West play last weekend with a pair of losses, UCSB men's basketball needs to get back to winning form quickly. With 16 total conference games, opening up the season with a losing streak of any size d...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Santa Barbara

By Derek Mead

After a rough-and-tumble preseason that saw two losses by a combined margin of three points along with a loss while hosting then-#1 North Carolina, the UCSB men's basketball team was looking forward to a clean slate with...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Irvine

By Derek Mead

Becoming a consistently winning program is tougher in college sports than anywhere else. Student turnover rates are high, and often a team is forced to field young and inexperienced squads if they graduate a large senior...