Kansas City, Mo. – I’ll keep this post open for anyone who wonders what the Matadors are up to since right now (Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. CT) until it’s time for their NCAA Tournament first round match-up against Memphis. Wednesday 11:30 p.m. CT: Team meeting adjourned. Everyone to sleep! Can the Matadors actually sleep tonight? Maybe Rodrigue Mels can … 9:20 p.m. CT: The team had practice in a private gym and ate dinner. Assistant Coach Louis Wilson saw his… Read more

It’s been two hours since the Matadors men’s basketball team took off on a bus to Bob Hope Airport, but they’re still waiting inside their charter plane to leave California towards their NCAA Tournament first round destination: Kansas City, Mo. No problems. They’re only waiting on everyone to get checked in by security. Pretty soon they’ll be as high as their hopes to upset No. 2 Memphis.

The MTV show ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’ (ABDC) has amazed a lot of people and made me give up my Thursday night college parties.

Reason finally trumped ideology as President Barack Obama lifted many of the arcane and politically extreme executive limitations on embryonic stem-cell research.

Extras from the days leading up to the men’s basketball team first round debut against Memphis in the NCAA Tournament. It’s the first time since 2001 that the Matadors make ‘the dance.’

After soaking in his first-ever Big West Championship and the news that his No.15 seeded Matadors men’s basketball team would play the Memphis Tigers, Head Coach Bobby Braswell reflected on the season before heading off to Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday.’

It was the men’s basketball team first entrance into the NCAA Tournament in eight years, and it was also the first Invitational at Northridge for the track and field team since 2008 on Saturday.’

CSUN third baseman Ryan Pineda extended his hitting streak to 16 games Sunday at Matador Diamond, but the Matadors baseball team dropped the second of three weekend games against San Jose State, 6-1.

The Cal State Northridge softball team went a perfect 5-0 at the San Diego Classic II last weekend. The Matadors looked impressive against some tough competition and were the only team to go undefeated in the tournament. CSUN is red hot, going 15-3 over its last 18 games. The main reason for the Matadors success of late is the pitching of their ace, Debbie Duran. For the season, Duran has a record of 13-5 with an ERA of 1.55. Duran also went 5-0 in San Diego with an 0.93 ERA and a .160 batting average for the opposition.’ ‘ ‘