After losing five seniors — including three starters — to graduation this season, the UCSB men’s basketball team is best described by two words: young and inexperienced. This year’s crop of five recruits, following last year’s six-man recruiting class, will further serve to jumpstart the rebuilding process for the Gaucho program in the next few [...]
A three-day trip to face lower-ranked UC Irvine turned into a three-game series sweep for the Anteaters and two shutout losses for the UCSB baseball team. The Gauchos fell to UCI 2-0, 2-0 and 5-4 on the road this past weekend in a Big West Conference series. “Their pitchers did a good job of switching [...]
To win a championship, a team needs players who step up in big moments. For the UCSB women’s basketball team this past season, Kelsey Adrian was one of those players. “Kelsey’s always had a reputation as a clutch shooter and she steps up big at the end of the season,” senior guard Emilie Johnson said. [...]
After a year in which UCSB women’s basketball Head Coach Carlene Mitchell led her team to a Big West Conference Tournament Championship and an NCAA tournament birth, the first-year coach was named one of three finalists for the Spalding Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Head Coach of the Year Award. The award, presented on Tuesday, [...]
The UCSB women’s basketball team experienced firsthand why Baylor is the No. 1 team in the nation this past Sunday when the Lady Bears handed the Gauchos an 81-40 defeat in the first round of the NCAA tournament. With the win, Baylor continues its campaign for a perfect record, improving to 35-0 overall on the [...]
The UCSB women’s basketball team will look to pull off a major upset on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament when the team takes on Baylor, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation. The Baylor Bears are an undefeated 37-0 and have beaten some of the best teams in the country, including [...]
In ending its Cinderella story season, the UCSB women’s basketball team brought home something better than a prince this past weekend in Anaheim: a Big West championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. It was the first time a No. 6 seed has ever won the Big West Tournament, as the Gauchos overcame [...]
In ending its Cinderella story season, the UCSB women’s basketball team brought home something better than a prince — a Big West Championship and an automatic berth into the Big Dance. It was the first time a number six seed has ever won the Big West Tournament, as the Gauchos overcame Long Beach State [...]
The UCSB men’s basketball team hosted a party for three on Thursday afternoon at the Honda Center. Riding 10 three-pointers on the day at 47 percent shooting from behind the arc, the Gauchos beat University of the Pacific 72-52 in first round action of the Big West Conference tournament. With the win, No. 3 UCSB [...]
With momentum on its side and a Big West championship two games within reach, the UCSB women’s basketball team heads to the Honda Center to take on Pacific this afternoon. Although Pacific swept the season series, the sixth-seeded Gauchos has won seven of their last ten and are currently 15-15 overall, while the fifth-seeded Tigers [...]
The UCSB men’s basketball team will begin its defense as the two-time defending Big West Tournament Champions today when the team faces Pacific in the first round of the conference tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim. “We feel good coming into the weekend, but we are very realistic,” Head Coach Bob Williams said. “It’s [...]
The following is the latest installment of the Nexus Sports athlete blog series, featuring Chrisitan Peterson, a senior forward on the men’s basketball team. So after a great senior night and closing out league at 12-4, we are now headed down to Anaheim for the Big West tourney as the number three seed. Fullerton [...]
Despite being swept in the season series, the UCSB women’s basketball team beat UC Irvine 61-51 and will head to the Honda Center to continue their quest for a Big West Championship. “I’m excited for this team,” senior guard Emilie Johnson said. “I want nothing more than to see my team cut down nets.” It [...]
After another stellar season from guard James Nunnally, the UCSB men’s basketball team enters the Big West Tournament this Thursday as the No. 3 overall seed. Daily Nexus Sports Editor Ryan Porush sat down with Nunnally for a look into the life of the standout senior. Ryan Porush: You were recently named to the [...]
It’s win or go home as March Madness kicks off for the UCSB women’s basketball team, which will face UC Irvine on the road tonight. The Gauchos enter the tournament as the sixth seed, finishing at 8-8 in the Big West and 14-15 overall. The Anteaters took third at 9-7 in conference and 13-16 overall, [...]