SB Vies to Sink Stanford

The UCSB women's basketball team plays the first of its final two non-conference contests against #14 Stanford tonight at 7. The Cardinals (16-5 overall, 11-2 in the Pac-10) currently sit on top of th...
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Santa Barbara Cracks Cal Poly in Road Win

They say that vengeance is bittersweet, but don't tell that to the UCSB women's basketball team. Santa Barbara (11-8 overall, 6-2 in the Big West) went to Cal Poly and came away with an 80-71 victory ...
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Rivals Await in San Luis Obispo

It is not politically correct to say that you are out for revenge. But the Gauchos have got to have their sole Big West home loss on their mind when they tip-off against Cal Poly in San Louis Luis Obi...
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Seniors Finish Up Big West Schedule

With the end of the season and the approach of the Big West Tournament, all eyes will be on the seniors tonight when the UCSB women's basketball team plays host to Pacific in the Thunderdome.
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Late Free Throws Throttle Pacific Upset Bid

If you have a weak heart, it might not be a good time for you to be a Gaucho basketball fan. For the second game in a row, Santa Barbara (10-8 overall, 5-2 in the Big West) stole a narrow victory on t...
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Santa Barbara Uses Physical Presence to Squeak Out Win

It was dirty, ugly and tough, but the UCSB women's basketball team came out clean last night when it scraped out a victory against Cal State Northridge on the road 54-51. Head Coach Mark French and th...
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Injury-Riddled Matadors Host Reeling Gauchos

It's the fifth week of Big West Conference action, and Santa Barbara finds itself somewhere it isn't used to being - third place. The Gauchos (8-8 overall, 3-2 in the Big West) look to do something ab...
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Just Like Heaven

The time has come for the world, even Sacramento, to acknowledge what Los Angeles fans have known for about nine years now - Kobe Bryant is basketball's God. I was playing NBA Live the other night, an...
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Gauchos Look to Tame Mustangs

With two of their three injured starters likely to return, UCSB's women's basketball team looks poised to take on Cal Poly on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the Thunderdome.
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King of the Court

Win a championship and it's a great season; two in a row - a great team; one more win and it's a dynasty. But what do you call 10 championships in a row? Dynasty cannot begin to describe such a comple...
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Eight Players Fuel UCSB in Victory Over UC Davis

The UCSB women's basketball team needed only eight players to keep the Aggies down in its 70-55 win over UC Davis on Sunday afternoon in the Thunderdome.
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Gauchos To Host Davis

The UC Davis women's basketball team might reconsider their decision to join the Big West after they visit the Thunderdome on Sunday to face off against defending Big West Champion UCSB.
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UCSB Picks Up First Road Victory

For the first time this season, the UCSB women's basketball team tasted the sweet taste of victory away from the friendly confines of the Thunderdome last night, when they defeated Irvine 71-60 in Irv...
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Santa Barbara Continues Road Winless Streak

After a disappointing road match, which saw the UCSB women's basketball team lose their first game against current conference members since 2003, the Gauchos (6-7 overall, 2-1 in the Big West) head to...
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A Season to Remember

I watched a great men's soccer season end one hot winter Tuesday at an undersized soccer field in Northridge. I slinked away while a couple hundred Gaucho Locos chanted "Good luck Northridge," and "Go...
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