College Basketball - Big West Conference
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
| Location: Santa Barbara, CA University Founded: 1944 Enrollment: 20,559  Nickname: Gauchos Mascot: Gaucho School Colors: Blue and gold Joined the Big West: 1976 Varsity Sports: 19 U. President: Henry T. Yang Director of Athletics: Gary Cunningham Basketball Head Coach: Bob Williams Conference (Co-) Champions: 1999, 2003 Basketball Arena: UCSB Events Center (The Thunder dome) Current Capacity: 6,000 |
The men basketball team is known as the Gauchos and they won the regular conference championship in 1999 and 2003.
The team is currently coached by Bob Williams and his athletic staff and they play their home games at the UCSB Events Center also known as the Thunder dome.
The UCSB basketball team was very successful during the late '80s and early '90s when Jerry Pimm was the team‘s coach then in 2003 they were able to take home their first Big West title.
Some of the players who are currently listed in the season roster are: Nick Quick, Jordan Weiner, D.J. Posley, Chris Devine, and Paul Roumer just to mention some of them.
For the period 2007-08, the Gauchos had a great season by winning 12 games and lost only 4 in the conference games, they also got an overall record of 23-9. For this new season 2008-09, the Gauchos expected the same or better in the conference.
UC Santa Barbara 2009/2010 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 14-Nov | Cal State-Los Angeles | W 85-57 |
| 17-Nov | Weber State | W 66-57 |
| 23-Nov | San Francisco | W 76-65 |
| 28-Nov | at Loyola Marymount | W 89-84 |
| 1-Dec | Santa Clara | L 79-68 |
| 5-Dec | San Diego State | L 69-61 |
| 18-Dec | at Montana State | L 76-64 |
| 21-Dec | at Arizona State | L 69-42 |
| 28-Dec | vs. Furman | W 72-60 |
| 29-Dec | at California | L 87-66 |
| 2-Jan | at UC Irvine | L 57-55 |
| 4-Jan | at UC Riverside | W 57-53 |
| 8-Jan | UC Davis | W 68-47 |
| 10-Jan | Pacific | W 68-67 |
| 14-Jan | at Long Beach State | L 67-47 |
| 16-Jan | UC Riverside | W 63-56 |
| 23-Jan | Cal State Fullerton | W 85-80 |
| 28-Jan | Cal Poly | W 80-57 |
| 30-Jan | at Cal State Northridge | L 76-69 |
| 4-Feb | at Pacific | W 61-48 |
| 6-Feb | at UC Davis | W 81-77 |
| 13-Feb | Long Beach State | 7:00 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | at Cal State Fullerton | 10:05 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | at Fresno State | 10:30 PM ET |
| 24-Feb | Cal State Northridge | 10:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at Cal Poly | 10:00 PM ET |
| 3-Mar | UC Irvine | 10:00 PM ET |