Basketball

February 2, 2012

Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road

By Kristen Henneman

If the UCSB women’s basketball team could find a way to score, it would be a very dangerous team. Offensive inconsistency once again killed the Gauchos, who lost to USC 50-39 in a nonconference matchup. The loss was th...

February 2, 2012

Road Trip Up North

By Christian Peterson

The following is the first Online Nexus Sports Blog, from Christian Peterson, senior forward on the UCSB men’s basketball team. This past weekend was our longest road trip of the year and, for me and many other tea...

January 31, 2012

Gauchos Hit the Road to Take on Trojans

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team takes a break from conference play tonight to take on USC, the strongest team on the schedule for this year. The Gauchos enter the game at 8-11 overall and 3-5 in the Big West, while th...

January 30, 2012

Gauchos Overcome by Late Pacific Rally

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team dropped another close game Saturday afternoon at home against University of the Pacific by a score of 52-48. With the loss, the Gauchos (8-11 overall, 3-5 Big West) drop to seventh plac...

January 27, 2012

Gauchos Host Pacific in Big West Tiebreaker

By Kristen Henneman

  UCSB women’s basketball will seek revenge Saturday afternoon against Pacific, which stunned the Gauchos at home last season in the first round of the playoffs to end UCSB’s season. With a 51-47 loss to UC Davi...

January 26, 2012

UCSB Takes on Reigning League Champs UC Davis

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team will look to ride the momentum created from its double overtime victory against Northridge Saturday when the team hosts last year’s winner of the Big West tournament, UC Davis, tonigh...

January 26, 2012

Gauchos Begin Weekend Road Trip

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team will hit the road for a four-game road trip, beginning with a game at UC Davis on Thursday night followed up by a game at Pacific on Saturday. The Gauchos (9-7 overall, 4-2 Big West) will...

January 24, 2012

Tuesday Ballin’ With Nexus Sports

By Ryan Porush

With the Boston Celtics off to a sluggish 6-9 start to the season and currently tied for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, rumors have been swirling that General Manager Danny Ainge may decide to break up the team....

January 24, 2012

Tuesday Ballin’ With Nexus Sports

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The Orlando Magic currently hold an 11-4 record in the NBA this season, good for second in the eastern conference. Most of their success is attributed to the best big man on the planet: Dwight Howard. “Superman” is d...

January 23, 2012

Gauchos Suffer Lopsided Loss Against Long Beach

By Ryan Porush

National television cameras scanned the Thunderdome crowd on Saturday night as a sold-out crowd of 6,000 fans awaited tip-off between the top two teams in the Big West. But once the game began, UCSB struggled offensively...

January 23, 2012

UCSB Wins 2OT Thriller at CSUN

By Kristen Henneman

It takes big plays to win a double overtime game. For the UCSB women’s basketball team (8-9 overall, 3-3 Big West), which defeated top-ranked Cal State Northridge (10-9 overall, 5-2 in conference) 71-67 Saturday night,...

January 20, 2012

UCSB Hosts Long Beach on National Stage

By Ryan Porush

This is what it’s all about. In a nationally televised game on ESPNU, the UCSB men’s basketball team will host visiting Long Beach State in the Thunderdome Saturday night in what is anticipated to be one of the bigge...

January 20, 2012

Gauchos Fall to Long Beach, Host Northridge on Saturday

By Kristen Henneman

Offensive shooting woes plagued the UCSB women’s basketball team Thursday night in an ugly 46-34 loss to Long Beach State. The 34 points was the lowest total scored by the Gauchos this season. With the loss, UC Santa B...

January 19, 2012

Gauchos Travel to Take on CSULB

By Kristen Henneman

After an easy victory against UC Riverside last weekend, the UCSB women’s basketball team will see tougher competition when it hits the road to face Long Beach State tonight. The Gauchos are currently 7-8 and 2-2 in co...

January 19, 2012

UCSB Faces CSUN in League Home Game

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team will welcome visiting Cal State Northridge into the Thunderdome tonight when the Gauchos (8-6 Overall, 3-1 Big West) host the Matadors (5-10, 2-3) in the second of three consecutive home ...

January 18, 2012

A Starry Forecast: Porush’s NBA All-Star Predictions

By Ryan Porush

WESTERN CONFERENCE: GUARDS: Chris Paul (LA Clippers), Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) FORWARDS: Kevin Durant (OKC Thunder), Blake Griffin (LA Clippers) CENTER: Andrew Bynum (LA Lakers) Pretty predictable, yet incredibly amazing....