Sports

February 4, 2010

Armchair QB

By The Armchair QB

National letter of intent day for football was yesterday! While UCSB doesn’t have a team, we Gauchos could still follow which recruits abandoned football to do more drinking on the beach. They were the smart ones.

February 3, 2010

Who Will Win Super Bowl XLIV?

By Matt Connolly, Ravi Bhatia, Mark Bogard, Josh Greenberg

Who said fate wouldn't bring these two almost perfect teams together? In one corner, the perennial AFC Champion Colts, a team that has everything going for them except being from Indiana. In the other corner, the newly o...

February 2, 2010

SB Slips in Northridge

By Matt Connolly

With first place in conference within striking distance, UC Santa Barbara chose to live and die by the three at Cal State Northridge on Saturday. After converting only 10 of a season-high 34 attempts from beyond the arc,...

February 2, 2010

Gauchos Thrive in Tourney Tune Up

By Austin Pardo

It was a busy weekend for the UCSB swim teams, who swam their final meets of the regular season on Friday at UC Davis and Saturday at the University of the Pacific. The men's team fell short against Davis, losing by a na...

February 2, 2010

Washington Welcomes UCSB

By Victor Bryant

Women's track and field opened their indoor competition season at the University of Washington Invitational this past weekend. Though several UCSB athletes put on impressive opening performances, the two-day event showca...

February 1, 2010

UCSB Makes Matadors See Red

By Miles Yim

Coming off a disappointing 67-62 loss at rival Cal Poly last Thursday, the UCSB women's basketball kicked off their four-game homestand in convincing fashion, taking care of conference doormat Cal State Northridge 69-55 ...

February 1, 2010

SB Gets Mixed Results

By Ryan Eagleson

A weekend jam-packed with action handed UCSB its first losses of the season, as well as a couple wins and a lot of good experience.

February 1, 2010

Armchair QB

By Staff

The AFC bested the NFC in an especially irrelevant edition of this year’s Pro-Bowl. With 34 players sitting out, the MVP ended up being Matt Schaub. That alone shows how little the game truly meant.

January 28, 2010

Cal Poly Heads Into Hostility

By Matt Connolly

The rivalry just got heated. With identical Big West records and sole possession of second place on the line, UC Santa Barbara (10-7 overall, 5-2 Big West) welcomes Cal Poly (8-10, 5-2) into the Thunderdome at 7 p.m. wit...

January 28, 2010

Men’s Basketball

By Matt Connolly

January 27, 2010

Armchair QB

By Staff

The Raiders have hired Hue Jackson (not the Wolverine) to try and do for JaMarcus Russell what he did for Joe Flacco. That’s right, Joe “who?” Flacco is the new role model for the 2007 first overall dra...

January 27, 2010

Seniors Sink Sin City Swimmers

By Austin Pardo

It was senior day at Campus Pool Saturday afternoon and the UCSB senior swimmers brought their A games to the meet. The men's and women's swim teams battled against rival University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the final home...

January 26, 2010

UCSB Survives Showdown

By Miles Yim

UCSB needed all its weapons to hold off Fullerton 60-59 Saturday at Titan Gym, including a buzzer-beater from senior forward Jordan Franey at the end of regulation and a clutch jumper from sophomore guard Emilie Johnson ...

January 26, 2010

National Champions Edge Santa Barbara

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's tennis team lost 4-3 on Saturday to #1 USC. While the match was chalked in the loss column, it shows that the Gauchos are a far cry from the team that lost 4-0 to USC in the first round of last season's NC...

January 26, 2010

Gauchos Meet Their Match in Arizona

By Austin Pardo

The UCSB women's tennis team had a long weekend, playing three matches in three days in Arizona to open the season. Unfortunately, the Gauchos lost all three matches against Arizona State, the University of Arizona, and ...

January 25, 2010

Gauchos Grab Big Victory

By Matt Connolly

In his first year with the Gauchos, sophomore guard Orlando Johnson has already established himself as one of the premier scorers in the Big West. After last night's win over Cal State Fullerton, it's about time to start...