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he UCSB swim team and Head Coach Gregg Wilson have their sights set on the Big West Conference Championships, and are wasting no time in preparation for the meet which will be held Feb. 15-18 in Long ...
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If you have a weak heart, it might not be a good time for you to be a Gaucho basketball fan. For the second game in a row, Santa Barbara (10-8 overall, 5-2 in the Big West) stole a narrow victory on t...
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If a strong defense wins championships, it does not look as though the UCSB men's basketball team will be cutting down any nets come March. In their 59-46 loss to Cal State Northridge last night, the ...
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It was dirty, ugly and tough, but the UCSB women's basketball team came out clean last night when it scraped out a victory against Cal State Northridge on the road 54-51. Head Coach Mark French and th...
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The UCSB men's volleyball (2-5 overall, 1-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) team hosts a pair of MPSF opponents this weekend, starting Friday night against Pacific (2-5 overall, 1-3 MPSF).
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The number-one scorer in the Big West and the seventh best shooter in the nation will meet at the Thunderdome tonight. Yet, when the UCSB men's basketball team hosts Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m., fi...
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It's the fifth week of Big West Conference action, and Santa Barbara finds itself somewhere it isn't used to being - third place. The Gauchos (8-8 overall, 3-2 in the Big West) look to do something ab...
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As the saying goes, there's no place like home. The Gaucho men's and women's swim teams return to UCSB for the first time in three months when they take on rival University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)...
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The UCSB men's tennis team's hot start came to a halt Tuesday as it suffered a lopsided loss at the hands of USC. After an exciting 4-3 win over #63 BYU that came down to the final match Monday, the G...
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The time has come for the world, even Sacramento, to acknowledge what Los Angeles fans have known for about nine years now - Kobe Bryant is basketball's God. I was playing NBA Live the other night, an...
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The #69 UCSB women's tennis team traveled down south to Westwood looking to upset #12 UCLA. However, the Gauchos were outmatched, getting swept 7-0 in their first match of the 2006 season.
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It all came down to one court, but the UCSB men's tennis team was able to finish off #63 BYU with a nail-biting 4-3 win. After losing all three doubles matches, the Gauchos (3-0 overall) rallied in si...
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The UCSB men's swimming team completed a weekend sweep on the road against Davis and Pacific, while the women's squad lost both of its northern meets.
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Experience is the one thing every coach wants to start the season with, and #69 UCSB women's tennis Head Coach Pete Kirkwood has just that.
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