Big West Conference Notebook by Shaan Hassan It’s no secret that the Big West struggles to gain the national publicity that bigger conferences such as the Pacific 10, Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference receive. And with a chance to change some of that, two Big West teams recently […]
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Big West Preview
Big West Conference Preview by Shaan Hassan The Big West Conference lost two valuable players in guards from UC Irvine, Jerry Green, and Utah State, Tony Brown, but the departure of those two leaders, along with some resurgence from unproven, young talent only paves the way for what should be […]
Big West Recap
Big West Recap by Shaan Hassan Last season, seven of the ten teams in the Big West Conference finished with a .500 record or better (just Idaho, UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton had a losing record) and that strong competition opened the door for a wide open conference tournament […]
Midnight Magic of UC Irvine
Midnight Magic of UC Irvine by Shaan Hassan Most parents believe nothing good happens at night. But to college students, that’s when the fun’s just getting started. The fun began for the basketball fans of UC Irvine Oct. 11 at the Bren Events Center for Midnight Magic at 10:30 p.m. […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Notebook Championship Showdown Cal-State Northridge probably thinks otherwise, but the regular season conference championship should be decided February 9th at UC-Irvine. On that day, the Utah State Aggies visit the Anteaters. The two dominant teams in the conference will battle it out for the second time of the […]
UC Irvine Prime Time
Irvine Ready for Prime Time by Don Weinstein 3,299 attended the UC Irvine Anteaters and UC Riverside Highlanders game at Irvine’s Bren Event center the other night, including one gentleman from Hoopville. The Bren Center is located on the UCI campus, in lower Orange County, California. I went expecting to […]
Big West Notebook
Big West Notebook SLO . . . but in a good way Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s basketball team is living the university’s guiding philosophy of ‘learn by doing’. What the Mustangs have been doing is nothing short of learning to win. At 2-1 in conference, 8-3 overall, this team […]
Big West Preview
2001-02 Big West Conference Preview by Don Weinstein Apparently the West is just that . . . Big. There’s abundant collegiate talent from the Mountain time zone to the Pacific, and the Big West plays 120 of those players. While the Pac-10 is the picture of tradition and stability, the […]
