The Pacific men's basketball season opened up the 2010-11 season with a 66-61 victory at UTEP in front of a sellout crowd of 12,222. The Tigers begin the season 1-0, while the Miners start out 0-1.
Pacific coach Bob Thomason, Sam Willard and Jose Rivera recap the Tigers' win on BigWest.TV
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CSUN Suffers 83-50 Season Opener Loss At UCLA
The Bruins, using its superior size and it's cat-like quickness in the backcourt, played the role of bully on the beach to defeat the Matadors, 83-50, in the season opener for both teams on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.
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UC Riverside Drops Season Opener, 85-41, To Runnin' Rebels
If the Highlanders were intimidated by the crowd of 12,970 at the Thomas & Mack Center Friday evening in their season opener it didn't show in the early going as they connected on two of their first three shots to lead the Runnin' Rebels, 4-2, with 1:08 gone in the first half. But UNLV showed why they are knocking on the door of a top-20 ranking early in the year, running their way to an 85-41 victory.
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Gauchos Go Small to Win Season Opener, 65-49 over Denver
UC Santa Barbara went small in the second half of its season-opening game against the University of Denver in the BTI Invitational at the University of Oregon on Friday and the result was a 65-49 win. The victory was Bob Williams' 200th as coach of the Gauchos.
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UC Davis Drops Season Opener vs. FAU, 70-63
The UC Davis men's basketball team dropped a 70-63 contest vs. the Florida Atlantic Owls in their first regular season game Friday, at the Athletes in Action Classic hosted by the University of Portland. After trailing the entire first half, the Aggies fought back to take a second half lead, before a 10-0 run for FAU gave the Owls the lead for good.
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Titan Men Beaten at Buzzer
Jalin Thomas hit a 3-point field goal at the buzzer Friday night to give Central Michigan a 70-67 win over Cal State Fullerton in the Outrigger Hotel Rainbow Classic and the season opener for both teams.
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