Sports

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #2 UC Santa Barbara

By Chris Hoffman

One would think that eight new players and an injured top scorer and starting forward would spell doom for any basketball team. At the least, 2006-2007 seemed to be a rebuilding year for the UCSB men's basketball program...

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #3 Cal State Fullerton

By Kip Hanson

As the Fullerton men's basketball team (12-3 overall, 3-1 Big West) chewed through its preseason schedule, humbling one mid-major opponent after another with bewildering swiftness and a rapidly maturing NBA prospect lead...

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #4 University of the Pacific

By Alex Pavlovic

After three years of dominating the Big West Conference, the Pacific men's basketball team now finds itself in the unfamiliar stage of rebuilding.

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #5 UC Irvine

By Jeff Gibson

After being knocked out of the 2005-06 Big West Tournament semifinals thanks to a buzzer-defying Long Beach three-pointer, UC Irvine will look to improve upon last season's second-place conference finish despite its 2006...

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #6 Cal State Northridge

By Derek Mead

Last season, the Cal State Northridge men's basketball team took a 7-7 record into Big West play, but finished the year with a 4-10 run that left the team seventh in the conference.

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #7 Cal Poly SLO

By Monique Moyal

While it is true that the Big West title may very well be up for grabs to any team in the conference this year, the Cal Poly men's basketball team under Head Coach Kevin Bromley has a shot at being one of the top contend...

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #8 UC Riverside

By Tiffany Polfer

After finishing at the bottom of the Big West with a 3-11 record last season, the Riverside men's basketball team can only hope to improve. After the Highlanders finished the 2005-2006 season with a 76-44 loss to UCSB in...

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball Future Big West Member, UC Davis

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

From the looks of its performance thus far in the season, the Davis men's basketball team will benefit from its final year of transition status before becoming a full-fledged member of the Big West Conference in the 2007...

January 8, 2007

Gauchos Ascend Conference

By Derek Mead

For any team, a combination of talent and hard work generally leads to success.

January 8, 2007

SB Drops Home Tournament

By Kip Hanson

After asserting their dominance over #12 USC in the opening match of the Elephant Bar Invitational last Friday, the #6 Gauchos floundered against #3 UCLA and landed themselves in the consolation match on Saturday.

January 8, 2007

UCSB Rebounds From Worst Defeat Since 1979 by CSULB

By Chris Hoffman

After the UCSB men's basketball team closed the books on Fall Quarter, it continued its fast start and emerged as a contender in the ranks of the Big West.

January 8, 2007

Santa Barbara Takes UNLV Invite

By Staff

In the interim between Fall and Winter Quarters, the UCSB men's swim team came out even, winning two meets and losing one at the UN Las Vegas Winter Invite and then losing another at USC; the women's team went 3-0 at the...

December 7, 2006

Gauchos Bring National Title to Santa Barbara

By Chris Hoffman

Put the country on notice. Santa Barbara has itself a national champion.

December 7, 2006

UCSB Cruises Past Fresno St.

By Alex Pavlovic

On a night when the National Champion men's soccer team was honored at halftime, the UCSB men's basketball team showed that it is ready to pick up right where the soccer team left off.

December 7, 2006

Maryland Pummels SB 105-44

By Derek Mead

The UCSB women's basketball snapped its five-game losing streak after splitting a pair of games on its East Coast road trip this last weekend.

December 7, 2006

Swimming: UCSB Finishes Among Nation’s Best

By Galen Carrico

In the annual Austin Invitational hosted by the University of Texas this past weekend, the UCSB swim team finished eighth in the women's division while the men took ninth.