Basketball

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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More Than Just a Small-Town Boy

Some of the biggest stars have humble, small-town roots. For Taran Brown, a native of Wyoming, the transition from small-town boy to college basketball player has shown he has the potential to be a st...
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Lakers at a Crossroads Without Owner Jerry Buss

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost a legend. Long-time majority owner and real estate magnate Dr. Jerry Buss has died at the age of 80. Buss bought the Lakers in 1979 and created a modern-day empire. Hi...
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Gauchos Fall to Rival Cal Poly at Home

Most teams prefer to play at home — not the UCSB women’s basketball team. The Gauchos’ home struggles continued Saturday as they dropped a critical game to Cal Poly 65-56. Santa Barbara is now 4...
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UCSB Running This Rivalry

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 h...
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UCSB Seeks Revenge in Blue-Green Rivalry Game

The Blue-Green Rivalry game is always an intense matchup, but this Saturday, a potential Big West title could be on the line. The UCSB women’s basketball team is currently in a three-way tie for sec...
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Gauchos Snap Skid, Overpower Pacific

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 th...
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Gauchos Make Epic Comeback to Bring Streak to Three

The UCSB women’s basketball team went into Stockton as the clear underdog. It left as a top contender for the Big West title. Looking like the team that won the Big West Tournament Championship last...
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Gauchos Back to Winning Ways

All season long, the UCSB women’s basketball team has said its defense fuels its offense. That was certainly the case last night as the Gauchos edged out UC Davis on the road, 60-52. With the victor...
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Cold Gauchos Fall to Sharpshooting Davis

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. UCS...
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UCSB Seeks to Break Four-Game Skid

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 sophomor...
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Gauchos Travel North for a Pair of Games

With just two games separating the second and seventh place teams in the Big West to begin round two of conference play, every game counts. And after losing to lower-ranked UC Riverside last Thursday,...
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A Day in the Life of Kirsten Tilleman

On the UCSB roster, Kirsten Tilleman is listed as a senior, but she is definitely no ordinary student athlete. For one, Tilleman isn’t an undergrad; she’s a second-year graduate student at the Bre...
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UCSB Wins 40th Straight Against CSUF

Usually when Head Coach Carlene Mitchell makes her patented five-man line change, she’s looking for an increase in intensity, which is exactly what she got. After blowing a 10-point lead and watchin...
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