John Greely

August 26, 2009

The Good, the Bad, and the Really Bad

By John Greely

UCSB's intramural sports explained.

August 4, 2009

A UCSB football Team?

By Matt Connolly, John Greely

Matt Connolly: UC Santa Barbara has it all: the beach, the babes and a guaranteed double major in debauchery when four years of greatness come to an end. But let’s face it – our utopian microcosm of sunny ski...

June 23, 2009

Summer Updates

By John Greely

Baseball: Another member of the 2009 squad joined the MLB ranks, as pitcher Zach Samuels recently signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent. Men's Basketball: "Cowboy" Bob Williams' 2010-11 recruiting class has a b...

May 28, 2009

The Year in Review

By John Greely

Daily Nexus: What were some of your achievements in your first year as Athletic Director? Mark Massari: In marketing we’ve made huge strides, and I didn’t think that was too hard to do. We attacked breaking a...

May 26, 2009

SB Star Shines for Pro Club

By John Greely

Exactly six months ago, Chris Pontius was still stinging from his final game as a Gaucho: an overtime playoff loss to UC Berkeley on Nov. 25 that ended the stellar senior's career. How long ago that seems now.

May 21, 2009

SB Honors Athletes, Coaches

By John Greely

[Editor’s note: Originally, the Nexus printed that Lindsay Gottlieb won women’s coach of the year, and it was omitted that Charles Sotudi won the Dare to Make a Difference Award. The Nexus regrets these error...

May 20, 2009

College Cup of Tea?

By John Greely

"I'll be honest with you: If we don't pull this off, the College Cup will be in the East Coast for 10 to 20 years. It'll be the one Cup that they'll refer back to. 'Well, we tried going to the West Coast in Santa Barbara...

May 18, 2009

SB To Host College Cup

By John Greely

Four years removed from winning the men's soccer national championship in the cold, snowy confines of Saint Louis University, UCSB will now get to see the College Cup from a whole different perspective. This past Thursda...

May 15, 2009

Harder To Host College Cup

By John Greely

The College Cup is coming to Santa Barbara in 2010. It is the "Final Four" of NCAA men's soccer and, for the first time since 2004, it will take place on the west coast. UCSB will play host to the final three games of t...

May 6, 2009

Gauchos Pick Up 11 Recruits

By John Greely

After a disappointing 2008 campaign, Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg and the UCSB men's soccer team have made some key additions in their new recruiting class. By the looks of it, this could be a great year.

April 29, 2009

He Said, He Said, He Said, He Said

By John Greely

If anyone has any doubt about who's going to be in the NBA Finals, he or she has clearly not been following the entire season. There are two teams - two players really - head and shoulders above the rest. Divine interven...

April 23, 2009

SB Readying For Mustangs

By John Greely

With 12th ranked Cal Poly coming to town, the UCSB Baseball team will have its hands full at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend. The Gauchos think they are up for the challenge.

April 20, 2009

#3 Northridge Outmatches SB

By John Greely

The UCSB men's volleyball team played its last match of the season Friday night at Robertson Gymnasium, falling 3-0 to the third-ranked Cal State Northridge Matadors. And while a three-set sweep may not have been the ide...