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Johnson jams Dons to keep Gauchos unbeaten

Monday, November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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It's not how you start but how you finish.Orlando Johnson didn't start for the first time this season, coming off the bench to score 25 points - 19 in the second half - to lead the UCSB men's basketball team past the University of San Francisco 76-65 at the Thunderdome on Monday."It doesn't matter who starts, it just matters who finishes, that's how I look at it," said UCSB forward James Nunnally, with a season-high 20 points."I got off to kind of a slow start but I can't blame that … [Read more...]

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MEN’S PREVIEW: Sophomore class ready to do damage

Friday, November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Without having played a game yet, the UCSB men's basketball team has already been called many things. Talented. Deep. Even sexy.By the end of the season, above all else, the Gauchos would like to be called Big West champions.Their season starts on Saturday with a 3 p.m. matchup with Cal State Los Angeles at the Thunderdome. The Gauchos will be starting a quest for their first conference title since the 2001-2002 season, also the last year UCSB reached the NCAA Tournament.The Gauchos … [Read more...]

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Johnson, Gauchos dominate Seawolves 101-64

Saturday, November 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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The UCSB men’s basketball team led wire-to-wire, soaring to a 101-64 exhibition triumph over Sonoma State at the Thunderdome on Saturday.With familiar faces and newly acquired transfers headlining the 2009-2010 squad, the Gauchos drowned the Seawolves with five different players reaching double-figures.“The number one weapon we have is great depth,” head coach Bob Williams said. “We have options at every position.”Sophomore guard Orlando Johnson, who sat out all last season … [Read more...]

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QUICK HITS: Spiker Bergman was an East Beach legend

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Our community lost one of its greatest athletes of all-time a couple of weeks ago with the passing of Henry Bergman.Before Karch Kiraly’s domination of beach volleyball, Bergman was the king of East Beach. His ball control and defensive skills were impeccable, but it was his crushing spikes that drew most of the attention. At Open tournaments up and down the coast, fans would rush to the court where he was playing just to watch him warm-up.Bergman possessed an incredible arm swing — … [Read more...]

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Athletic community regains focus after holidays

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

After nearly a month of tournaments, travels, triumphs and tribulations, the troops gathered back at home base Monday for the first Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Luncheon since before Santa came to town.The big guy in the sled gifted local coaches with gifted athletes and big-time performances during the break, and Carpinteria boys basketball coach John Ward is certainly appreciative.The Warriors are off to a 10-4 start, a mark which Ward said he wouldn't have believed before the … [Read more...]

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Gauchos hang with No. 1 Tar Heels, fall 84-67

Saturday, November 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
North Carolina vs. UCSB men's basketball

North Carolina got some comforting news 15 minutes before facing UCSB at the Thunderdome on Friday night, as Hall-of-Fame coach Roy Williams cleared injured returning National College Basketball Player-of-the-Year Tyler Hansbrough to play for the first time this season.But it was the Gauchos who ended up making the country's No. 1-ranked team feel mighty uncomfortable, challenging the Tar Heels for much of the game before finally falling 84-67."Even though it looks like a 20-point … [Read more...]

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