Paul-Michael Ochoa

February 15, 2013

UCSB Running This Rivalry

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

As the youngest team in the Big West, the UCSB men’s basketball team has shown it can compete with the top teams in the conference. However, as injuries have piled up this season, the Gauchos have had to play at times ...

February 12, 2013

With Football Over, It’s Time To Hoop It Up

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The 2012-13 football season has been over for more than a week and I’m already depressed by the thought of waiting over six months for football to start back up again. There will be no more disoriented Sunday mornings ...

February 11, 2013

Gauchos Snap Skid, Overpower Pacific

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With their backs against the wall, the UCSB men’s basketball team came out Saturday night with a clear sense of urgency. Opening up the game with a 12-0 run, the Gauchos never trailed Saturday on the way to a 66-53 vic...

February 8, 2013

Cold Gauchos Fall to Sharpshooting Davis

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The shots weren’t falling for the UCSB men’s basketball team last night as the Gauchos dropped a 64-56 game to UC Davis that extended Santa Barbara’s season long losing streak to five games. UCSB falls to 7-15 on t...

February 7, 2013

UCSB Seeks to Break Four-Game Skid

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team will attempt to break its season high four-game losing streak tonight when they host UC Davis at the Thunderdome. Santa Barbara was without its best player in sophomore center Alan Willia...

February 4, 2013

Gaucho Comeback Falls Short in Irvine

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Santa Barbara fell behind early in the first half against UC Irvine, and despite a furious second-half comeback, the Gauchos dropped a 62-60 decision off a game-winning three-pointer from Irvine. Sophomore center Alan Wi...

February 1, 2013

UCSB Looks to Break Three-Game Losing Skid

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Times are tough for the UCSB men’s basketball team, but it is still fighting hard without its best player in sophomore center Alan “Big Al” Williams. Santa Barbara, losers of three-straight by an average of fewer t...

January 30, 2013

Super Bowl Issue

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The Super Bowl is more than just an athletic event; it is a cultural phenomenon. It is the biggest and by far the most highly-watched television event in the country each year. This year’s Super Bowl is unique in featu...

January 30, 2013

Ravens Can’t Slow Down Kaepernick

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Super Bowl XLVII is this upcoming Sunday and the media coverage is already in a frenzy. The same story lines of the Harbaugh brothers, Ray Lewis and Colin Kaepernick are sure to grow old by Sunday. However, what won’t ...

January 28, 2013

UCSB Falls in Televised Game to Hawaii

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Injuries have begun to take their toll on the UCSB men’s basketball team as the Gauchos dropped their second consecutive game in a 78-73 loss to Hawaii Saturday at the Thunderdome. Without its star player in sophomore ...

January 25, 2013

Cal State Long Beach 49ers

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Following an unexpected run to last season’s conference championship game, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team has carried over that momentum into an impressive start to this season’s Big West play. Long B...

January 25, 2013

UCSB Drops Tough Contest Against Matadors

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team looked as if it was going to win its third straight game — and then things took a turn for the worse. Santa Barbara committed 15 second-half turnovers on the way to a 75-69 loss at the ...

January 23, 2013

Adrian Peterson Brings MVP to Twin Cities

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

This year’s NFL season certainly faced high levels of controversy ranging from the replacement refs to on-field fines and rule changes, but before the final game of the season is played in two weeks, one final hot topi...

January 18, 2013

Dome Will Be Loco for Blue-Green Rivalry

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

College basketball rivalries are synonymous with rocking gyms, rabid fans and exciting play. Throw in a televised game, and UC Santa Barbara’s match up against rival Cal Poly on Saturday has the ingredients for what ha...

January 15, 2013

Patriots, 49ers Favorites To Reach Super Bowl

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

This NFL postseason has been a tale of two weeks. The wild card round was one of the worst rounds of playoff football in recent memory, with really only one game providing a somewhat compelling ending. This past week’s...

January 14, 2013

UCSB Splits Weekend Series in Nor Cal

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Despite receiving a pair of monster performances from sophomore center Alan Williams, the UCSB men’s basketball team split its two conference games this week. UCSB dropped an 80-62 game at Pacific on Thursday before ea...