After so much happened to the men’s basketbal team this season, some could have thought the Matadors were cursed. Head Coach Bobby Braswell, though, never agreed with that notion.

Here it is. From user gauchojd on youtube.com Description: “Down two with 6.8 seconds left and no timeouts, Gaucho freshman Will Brew Jr. dribbles the full length of the court and dishes the ball to fellow freshman James Nunnally, who takes the shot. I filmed this six rows behind our bench.” UCSB beats 49ers

CSUN Head Coach Bobby Braswell has been named the Big West Conference’s Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season today. Braswell compiled an overall record of 15-13 (11-5 in the Big West) and led the Matadors to a conference regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming tournament despite losing two of his top players, guards Josh Jenkins and Deon Tresvant, in the midst of the conference season. CSUN forward Tremaine Townsend was selected to the… Read more

CSUN men’s basketball Head Coach Bobby Braswell was named the Big West Conference’s Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season on Monday. Also, forward Tremaine Townsend, who ‘- among active players ‘- leads the Matadors in scoring at 11.1 points per game, was selected to the All-Big West First Team.

The men’s basketball team lost to Pacific, 62-55, Saturday night, but won the Big West Conference championship outright thanks to UC Santa Barbara defeating the 49ers. The Matadors, who are assured of post-Big West Tournament play, were outrebounded 41-25 in the loss.

The Matadors are your Big West Conference champion outright tonight thanks to a 76-75 UC Santa Barbara win over the 49ers. How in the world did that happen? I’ll find out.

Michael Kirby made an unbelieveable layup to push the Pacific lead to 60-55 with 16 seconds to go and Rodrigue Mels missed a three at the other end. The curse of Pacific continues. Final score: Pacific 62 – CSUN 55. Wait on Long Beach State to see if CSUN can claim an outright championship. Full recap to come.

Bryan LeDuc converted a three-point play. At the other end Rob Haynes missed a three-pointer. There is 26.4 seconds left (Shotclock has 13 seconds in it) and CSUN’s got to get a stop and then go for a three to tie the game. That’s the only way.

And Pacific leads 54-53 with 2:55 to go. Critical possessions here: Pacific … goes for a layup, misses but gets the offensive rebound … two minutes to go. Pacific again … James Doran goes for a running layup that turns out to be an airball, but his teammate, Bryan LeDuc grabs it and gets fouled. He misses the first free throw and makes the second. CSUN down 55-53, 1:35 to go. Townsend ties up the score with an easy layup…. Read more