Eliav Appelbaum

April 10, 2002

UCSB Men’s Basketball Sneak Peek at 2003 Season: Gauchos in Sweet Sixteen?

By Eliav Appelbaum

Junior forward Mark Hull drained six three-point buckets against Arizona in the first half of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

April 3, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Little-Big Men Think Small

By Eliav Appelbaum

What was Donald Little thinking? The 6'11" junior center for the University of Cincinnati is in jail for allegedly kidnapping, beating and burning his roommate, Justin Hodge, according to a report from The Associated Pre...

April 2, 2002

Gauchos Dance in Duke City

By Eliav Appelbaum

The scene: The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rounds one and two of the NCAA Basketball Tournament on March 14-16. The UCSB men's basketball team was scrounging around somewhere.

March 7, 2002

Gauchos Pass First Round

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB women's basketball team survived an early 7-3 Cal State Fullerton lead and a late 13-3 Titan run to hold on for a 73-62 win Wednesday evening at the Anaheim Convention Center.

March 4, 2002

Gauchos Pull Away From Highlanders

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos pulled away from Riverside in the final four minutes for a 80-58 victory Saturday night at the Thunderdome to send senior centers Adama Ndiaye and Mike Vukovich out on a winning note.

February 28, 2002

Adama Ndiaye, Mike Vukovich End Home Careers as Gauchos on Saturday

By Eliav Appelbaum

Going into their last weekend of basketball at the Thunderdome, fifth-year senior centers Adama Ndiaye and Mike Vukovich are ready to put a turbulent season behind them for the chance to win before their college careers ...

February 25, 2002

Irvine Sink UCSB With Late Game Heroics

By Eliav Appelbaum

Green punched home three of four free throws in the waning moments to help the Anteaters gut out a 71-67 win Saturday night at the Bren Center.

February 22, 2002

Santa Barbara Chokes in Loss at Pyramid

By Eliav Appelbaum

Run 'n' Gun might have worked for former Big West members UNLV in the early 1990s, but that strategy didn't work for the UCSB men's basketball team last night.

February 19, 2002

UCSB Rips Cal Poly

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos overcame deficits of 10 points in the first half and nine points in the second frame to oust the Mustangs 69-66 behind a game-ending 17-5 run Saturday night at the Thunderdome.

February 15, 2002

UCSB Gears Up for ‘Stangs

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team will lock horns with Cal Poly Saturday night at 7 in the Thunderdome in a game where both squads must stick to the fast lane.

February 14, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Trotters Dazzle T-dome

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Harlem Globetrotters made a quick pit stop while whistling past perennial pushovers the New York Nationals at Santa Barbara before a delighted T-dome crowd of over 2,600.

February 11, 2002

UCSB Hits The Zone

By Eliav Appelbaum

Yet the Gauchos success at getting to the charity stripe and converting on opportunities was enough to nudge them over the Matadors 58-51 Saturday night at the Thunderdome.

February 8, 2002

Don’t Forget the Olympic Athletes Who Died in ’72

By Eliav Appelbaum

The tragedy of Sept. 11 is sure to resonate in the minds of all the athletes, coaches and spectators. International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage declared with a raised fist, "The Games must go on!"

February 8, 2002

UCSB, Hull Hit Bank

By Eliav Appelbaum

If Michael Jordan is the Royal Flush in the game of basketball, then Mark Hull is the quiet and steady two pair that keeps giving you back your change.

February 4, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Patriots, Summerall Show What Football Is All About

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Pats were in The Big Easy to play football, not to twirl off a famous jazz number. They made their victory over the St. Louis Rams look like bobbing for apples in a Vermont orchard.

February 4, 2002