Sports

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Santa Barbara

By John Greely

For the first time in what seems like decades, UCSB women's basketball is a bit of a mystery. After all, it is not every year that a team has to replace a legendary head coach who won 11 of 12 conference regular season t...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Davis

By Matt Connolly

A year ago, the Aggies (4-7) were the figurative new kids on the block, playing in their first season as official members of the Big West. Using a lineup stacked with veteran players itching to play with a championship o...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Pacific

By Mark Bogard

With a 14-16 overall record last year, including 9-7 in the ultra-competitive Big West, the Pacific Tigers women's team was good enough for fourth place in the conference. But for third-year Coach Lynne Roberts and Chico...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal Poly

By Derek Mead

Despite being picked to finish fifth in the conference in preseason polls, the Cal Poly women's basketball team shot out to the best preseason record in the Big West. Things changed a bit for their conference opener, whe...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Irvine

By Joshua Greenberg

Last season, the UC Irvine women's basketball team finished with a 7-24 record overall and a 3-13 record in conference. This year, they have a new coach, but things are not shaping up much better than they did last seaso...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal State Fullerton

By Miles Yim

Picked to finish sixth in the Big West, a battle-tested Cal State Fullerton squad looks to prove the doubters wrong come league play, even if their guard-heavy roster, rebounding woes and abysmal non-conference record sa...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal State Northridge

By Derek Mead

Preseason discussions about Big West women's basketball all revolved around how evenly matched all nine squads in the conference are. With quality matchups across the board, teams will have to come out firing on all cyli...

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Long Beach State

By Ryan Eagleson

January marks the beginning of the New Year, where people make resolutions to change their life for the better. While some people vow to lose weight, be a better parent or get out of debt, for others, a New Year's resolu...

January 5, 2009

UCSB Undefeated to Start Big West Play

By John Greely

UC Riverside was the preseason pick to take home the Big West title. Defending champion UCSB felt disrespected. Sunday afternoon, in what may well have been a preview of the Big West Championship, the Gauchos did somethi...

January 5, 2009

Gauchos Lose Twice in Conference

By Matt Connolly

Unfortunately for James Powell and UCSB (6-8 overall, 0-2 in the Big West), this shot from beyond the arc was released just a second after the end of regulation and was waived off, giving the Gauchos a heartbreaking 71-6...

December 4, 2008

SB On Road Again

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team plays their last game before settling down for finals week in a match against Utah Valley. The game is the Gauchos' fifth road game in a row, and is a chance for the 3-4 squad to pu...

December 4, 2008

UCSB Attempts to Rebound

By John Greely

The UCSB women's basketball team is coming home from their road trip just in time for the holidays. However, the Gauchos have a couple of obstacles to hurdle before they can celebrate -- and that is not even counting fin...

December 4, 2008

Gauchos Feeling Good in the Scrum

By Miles Yim

After finishing a respectable 8-6 overall and 6-3 in the Southern California Conference during the 2008 regular season, the UCSB men's rugby team looks to close out the 2009 preseason against Utah after going 1-1 at the ...

December 1, 2008

SB Takes Second In World Vision Invite

By John Greely

The UCSB men's basketball team spent Thanksgiving weekend taking on the field at the World Vision Invitational in Normal, Illinois, and came away with mixed results.

December 1, 2008

Gauchos Fall to Southern California

By John Greely

The slump continues for UCSB, as the Gauchos fell to the University of Southern California 62-53 on the road Sunday afternoon.

December 1, 2008

UCSB Finishes Fifth in MPSF Tournament

By Miles Yim

With an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships on the line, the sixth-seeded UCSB men's water polo team came up short of perfection in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, losing to #3 Pepperdine in the fi...