Basketball

UCSB Faces Long Beach State at Thunderdome

While it will surely be an emotional weekend for the UCSB women’s basketball team as it plays its final home games of the season, tonight’s game against Long Beach State is without doubt the most ...
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Gauchos Battle For Position, Host Titans

With a postseason conference birth already clinched, the eighth-place UCSB men’s basketball team has a chance to improve its standing tonight when it hosts seventh-place Cal State Fullerton. Santa B...
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Johnson Making Impact with Indiana

At this time last season, Orlando Johnson was the best player for the UCSB men’s basketball team and a hopeful candidate for the NBA draft. Fast forward a year and Johnson is a thriving role player ...
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Crunch Time in the NBA: the Playoff Picture

The NBA season is almost three-quarters the way through. Now is the time when we start seeing which teams are real contenders for an NBA title and which teams can pull through to earn those final play...
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UCSB Earns Big West Tournament Berth

The UCSB men’s basketball team proved Saturday they could win the pivotal games that can make or break a season. UCSB defeated Cal State Northridge 83-74 on the road to clinch a spot in the Big West...
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Gauchos Get Revenge Against Riverside

After a horrible loss to Cal State Fullerton Thursday that broke a 40-game winning streak, the UCSB women’s basketball team responded in dominating fashion Saturday, defeating UC Riverside 62-42. Th...
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Fullerton Upsets UCSB, Snaps Second Longest Winning Streak in Nation

There’s an old saying that says, “All good things must come to an end.” The UCSB women’s basketball team had its 40-game winning streak against Cal State Fullerton snapped last night as it fel...
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Gauchos Go For 41st Straight Over CSUF

After continuing its streak against Northridge last Saturday, winning its 13th straight against the Matadors, the UCSB women’s basketball team has another winning streak to defend tonight when the t...
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UCSB Travels to Hawaii Looking to End Skid

The moments that define a young basketball team are how it responds in the face of adversity. Facing such adversity, the UCSB men’s basketball team will have a chance to make a statement and end a t...
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Like Father, Like Daughter

You could say that basketball is in Angelei Aguirre’s blood. Daughter of NBA legend Mark Aguirre, it seems as if Angelei was destined to be a basketball player. Mark was in between NBA titles when A...
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Underwood Carries Gauchos to Victory

Behind a career night from senior forward Sweets Underwood, the UCSB women’s basketball team handily defeated Cal State Northridge 66-55 at home. The win was the 13th consecutive victory over the Ma...
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Gauchos Blow Lead, Drop Third Straight

For a struggling UCSB men’s basketball team, a break from conference play for the ESPN BracketBuster game could have been a chance to gain confidence heading into the homestretch of the season. Inst...
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Lucky Number 13

The last time the UCSB and Hawaii women’s basketball teams played in Hawaii, the game went down to the final buzzer. Last night’s matchup between the same two teams was no different. Unlike the la...
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UCSB Hosts Sacramento State in BracketBusters

Losers of two straight and seven of the last eight games, the UCSB men’s basketball team could not have asked for a nonconference game at a better time. The Gauchos will host Sacramento State on Sat...
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Gauchos Prep to Host First Place Hawaii

At just 3-7, the UCSB women’s basketball team has struggled at home this season. It will need to find the answer tonight when the team takes on conference leader Hawaii in the second of its three ga...
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