Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg It’s his prerogative Bobby Brown has arrived and I’m not talking about the singer who is on the run from the police. Brown, a freshman guard from Westchester High School (CA) is making his mark for Cal State Fullerton. After a rough two […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Marcus Vanderberg Big West team finally comes through Finally, after a week filled with near-upsets, leave it to Cal State Fullerton to actually pull one off. The Titans went into Firestone Fieldhouse and knocked off the Pepperdine Waves 78-74. Earlier in the week, Cal State […]

Big West Conference Preview by Marcus Vanderberg Tragedy, an NCAA investigation, grand theft auto and a change in the conference tournament: Just your average summer in the Big West conference. If Big West Commissioner Dennis Farrell wanted to get his conference more publicity, he was successful. Unfortunately, most of the […]

Big West Offseason News Update by Dean Austin You know, when one of the biggest pieces of news during the off season is one school putting in a new scoreboard, it might be time for a little more excitement in your conference. Certainly no conference wishes to go through the […]

Big West Conference Recap by Shaan Hassan The conference season started unusually with UCSB playing very poorly and teams such as Cal Poly SLO and Idaho starting well. But when all was said and done, it was the most consistent team in the conference, Utah State, which advanced through to […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Utah State Advances – As Predicted For once I was right. In last week’s column I said Utah State would win the conference title as the third seed, and indeed they did. Everything I predicted would happen did happen to a “T,” with […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan All as Planned in Final Week During the last week of the regular season, few upsets took place which means whatever seeding teams entered the week with, chances are they left with it. UC Santa Barbara (14-4) won both their games last week […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine Neck-and-Neck The top seed for the conference tournament has been up for grabs nearly all season, so it comes as no surprise that with just one week left in the regular season, we have a new first place […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan Irvine Takes Advantage of Other’s Pitfalls Just weeks ago, UC Irvine (11-4) was in a rut, placed fourth in the conference and its outlook wasn’t looking too positive. This columnist even said that their winning ways were of the past. What do I […]

Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine Shine in Crucial Week During a week when all four of the top teams played one another, it was UC Santa Barbara (10-3) and UC Irvine (9-4) that shined the brightest. The biggest game of the week came […]