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Mark Patton: UC Santa Barbara Seeks Running Start to Basketball Season
Home Local News Coronavirus Calendar Schools Sports Business Good for SB Arts Homes & Lifestyle Your Health Ignoring preseason expectations, success for offensively gifted Gauchos will be determined by defense and rebounding By October 30, 2022 | 3:50 p.m. Big West Conference men’s basketball favorite UC Santa Barbara is taking a literal approach to the league race.
Gauchos Release 2022-23 Game Schedule
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Sept. 7, 2022) – The UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team has a jam-packed 2022-23 game schedule, and Head Coach Joe Pasternack is ready to unveil who his team will play this season. This comes out after UC Santa Barbara is slated to finish first in The Big West by Blue Ribbon Yearbook. The Gauchos will kick off the season in the Thunderdome as they welcome San Francisco State on Nov.
Mark Patton: UCSB’s Streaking Gauchos Look to Repeat Some March Madness
There’s more than a method to UC Santa Barbara’s March Madness. There’s also a history. If the Gauchos read that history like a road map, they can find their way back to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. James Nunnally is mobbed on the court at Anaheim’s Honda Center after helping UCSB defeat Long Beach State in the final of the 2011 Big West Conference tournament.
Mark Patton: UCSB Looks to Regain Winning Touch in Big West Basketball
UC Santa Barbara’s acrobatic basketball team could get the jump on any slam-dunk contest. But those garish Gauchos, voted by both the coaches and media as the Big West Conference’s preseason favorites, are no slam dunk to defend their championship when league play begins Thursday. You don’t get style points for flushing zero-foot shots. You do get bonus points for making them from beyond 22 feet and 1.75 inches.
Gauchos Suffer First Home Loss Since 2019; Fall to UTA 70-62
Robinson Idehen (Photo by Jeff Liang) Posted: Nov 29, 2021 To view embedded media in this release, please turn off any ad-blocking programs. SANTA BARBARA, Calif.– The UC Santa Barbara Men's Basketball team (3-2) suffered its first home loss since 2019 at the hands of UT Arlington (2-5) Monday night. The Mavericks ended the Gauchos' 20-game win streak in the Thunderdome with a gritty 70-62 win.
UCSB Claims Big West Tournament Title, 79-63 Over UC Irvine, Advances to Sixth NCAA Tournament
JaQuori McLaughlin was named Big West Tournament MVP after scoring 22 points to lead UCSB past UC Irvine, 79-63, in the league championship on Saturday night. (Photo by Tre Penn) Posted: Mar 13, 2021 LAS VEGAS, Nev.
Gauchos outlast the Beach at Big West Tournament behind a career-game from Josh Pierre-Louis
LAS VEGAS, Nevada. - Josh Pierre-Louis scored a career-high 24 points and JaQuori McLaughlin had 22, including key baskets and free throws down the stretch, as No. 1 seeded UC Santa Barbara held off No. 9 Long Beach State in quarterfinal game at the Big West Tournament on Thursday at the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Gauchos Clinch Big West Regular Season Title, No. 1 Seed in Big West Tournament
JaQuori McLaughlin (Photo by David Chisholm) Posted: Mar 05, 2021 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara clinched its first Big West Conference regular season championship since 2010 with a 71-57 win over visiting Cal Poly on Friday evening.
Gauchos win 7th straight as they blowout UC Davis
DAVIS, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara used a stifling defensive performance and a balanced and efficient offense to win its seventh straight game, 72-51 at UC Davis on Friday. The Gauchos (11-3 overall, 5-2 Big West) jumped out to a 7-0 lead early, a 36-16 lead at halftime and never looked back. The Aggies (3-4, 0-1) got within 12 in the second half, but could get no closer.
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