OTTAWA, Ontario - When its bus driver got lost going from the hotel to Carleton University for an exhibition game on Thursday night, the UCSB basketball team should have gotten the message.The adventure of the wayward driver was soon followed by a slow start in the Gauchos 71-61 loss to Carleton, the defending Canadian National Champion. The game was played in front of a frenzied and sold out crowd at the Ravens Nest on the Ottawa, Ontario campus."This was a great environment for us … [Read more...]
Gauchos matched up with Gators in NCAAs
Sunday, March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It'll be the Gauchos and the Gators.For the second year in a row, the UCSB men's basketball team gathered at the ICA Building on campus to learn who would be its first opponent in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. After not seeing their name come up in the first three Regionals, the Gauchos were finally matched up against No. 2-seeded Florida as the No. 15 seed in the Southeast Regional. VIEW NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET UCSB (18-13) will travel to Tampa, Florida for a Thursday game in Gator … [Read more...]
Gauchos brush back Lions, 89-84
Saturday, November 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES - On the road for the first time and an undefeated season on the line, UCSB senior James Powell pulled out his best game this year to help the Gauchos hold off hard-charging Loyola Marymount 89-84 in Gertsen Pavilion on Saturday night.The Gauchos improve to 4-0, in large part thanks to Powell's 21 points, six rebounds and four assists. Powell hit five 3-pointers and knocked down his only two free-throw attempts with 13 seconds remaining to put away the Lions."To start … [Read more...]
Johnson jams Dons to keep Gauchos unbeaten
Monday, November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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...]
