SB Seeks Rebound at Home

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 ...
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Big West Preview — UC Santa Barbara

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 t...
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Big West Preview — UC Irvine

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 gra...
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Big West Preview — Cal Poly

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 co...
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Big West Preview — Cal State Northridge

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 ou...
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SB On Road Again

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...
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Gauchos Dump 11 Point Lead

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 gav...
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Gauchos Outlasted by No. 1 North Carolina

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

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.
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Murked Off the Bo$$ Sauce

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 Vi...
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UCSB Lands South of Utah

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.
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UCSB Ends Big Season With Loss at Stanford

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.
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Get Crunk Through Cinema

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 o...
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Champions of the (Big) West

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 deci...
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SB Stays Alive

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