Derek Mead

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal Poly

By Derek Mead

Despite being picked to finish fifth in the conference in preseason polls, the Cal Poly women's basketball team shot out to the best preseason record in the Big West. Things changed a bit for their conference opener, whe...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal State Northridge

By Derek Mead

Preseason discussions about Big West women's basketball all revolved around how evenly matched all nine squads in the conference are. With quality matchups across the board, teams will have to come out firing on all cyli...

December 4, 2008

SB On Road Again

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team plays their last game before settling down for finals week in a match against Utah Valley. The game is the Gauchos' fifth road game in a row, and is a chance for the 3-4 squad to pu...

November 26, 2008

Gauchos Dump 11 Point Lead

By Derek Mead

A team that out-shoots and out-rebounds their opponent usually wins, and a team that gives up a 15-0 run late in the game will usually lose. Last night the UCSB men's basketball team did both, and gave up a 65-54 lead wi...

November 24, 2008

Gauchos Outlasted by No. 1 North Carolina

By Derek Mead

If this is how wild the crowd becomes after a couple losses, imagine how intense the Thunderdome will be after some wins.

November 21, 2008

Welcome to the Thunderdome, UNC

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team will face #1 University of North Carolina. The sold-out matchup is the first home game against a national #1 for the Gauchos since 1991 against UNLV.

November 20, 2008

Murked Off the Bo$$ Sauce

By Derek Mead

I woke up on Saturday morning mostly covered in dried blood. Sure, waking up in a random hotel while manwiching some bird is nice, but making your white sheets redder than the aftermath of a proper Victorian wedding is a...

November 18, 2008

UCSB Lands South of Utah

By Derek Mead

If last night was any indicator, the Thunderdome is going to be the site of some amazing basketball games this year. It's just too bad for the home fans that the Gauchos lost.

November 17, 2008

UCSB Ends Big Season With Loss at Stanford

By Derek Mead

After making the NCAA tournament for the first time in 17 years, the UCSB women's soccer team could have either ended their season with an NCAA title or a loss, and unfortunately the latter happened.

November 13, 2008

Get Crunk Through Cinema

By Derek Mead

With winter’s freezing 50-degree temps and drizzly moistness fast-approaching, soon only the most hardcore of lightly toasted hoe cakes will be cruising the I.V. streets in miniskirts. For all of you ombrophobes, a...

November 10, 2008

Champions of the (Big) West

By Derek Mead

After 10 games decided by a single goal, nine total overtime periods and a semifinal game already decided in a shootout after not having one in 23 years, what’s a few extra penalty kicks to decide the Big West Cham...

November 7, 2008

SB Stays Alive

By Derek Mead

Sometimes even two overtimes aren't enough to decide a winner, but hey, no one ever said playoffs were boring.

November 6, 2008

Obama Offers His Drink

By Derek Mead

Like orange Mad Dogs and Old English, boozing and politics just go together. It’s really a chicken and egg situation. No one is sure if the perennially partying and democracy-creating Greeks gave the people a voice...

November 6, 2008

Gauchos Poised to Pummel Cal Poly

By Derek Mead

After 19 games, 38 goals and countless hours spent practicing, this is what a team dreams for: starting postseason play with a home match against your heated rival.

November 5, 2008

Harder Than Hell

By Derek Mead

It's finally playoff time at Harder Stadium, and if you're reading this, you'd better be extremely excited. In the past 16 years, UCSB has made the transition from showcasing a mediocre football team to become a futb&#24...

November 3, 2008

SB Drops Title In Last Minute

By Derek Mead

All Santa Barbara needed was a single wasted minute. After playing 19 games over the past few months, the UCSB women's soccer team came 62 seconds away from taking the Big West season title, but an 89th-minute stunner s...