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This Week in the Big West - November 19-25, 2012
11/19/2012
Ross Rivera and Pacific will spend Thanksgiving at the DIRECTV Classic in Anaheim.
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Kayla Griffin and Cal Poly will host three games at the Cal Poly Holiday Tournament Friday through Sunday. (Photo by Matt Brown)
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Dave Shoji will look to lead Hawai'i to the first perfect Big West season since UC Santa Barbara in 2002. |
Big West women's volleyball wraps up the regular season as Thanksgiving tournaments highlight the men's and women's basketball schedules.
Men's Basketball
Thanksgiving tournaments highlight a week with plenty of important non-conference matchups. UC Irvine heads to Huntsville, Texas for the Legends Classic whlie UC Riverside travels north to Anchorage, Alaska for the Great Alaska Shootout.
Meanwhile, Pacific will participate in the Big West-hosted DIRECTV Classic, opening the tournament with Xavier on Thanksgiving Day.
Other contests of note include Long Beach State at Arizona, UC Santa Barbara at incoming Big West member Boise State, unbeaten Cal State Northridge at BYU and Cal Poly at nationally-ranked UCLA.
All home and conference games will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Men's Basketball Weekly Release #3
Women's Basketball
It's tourney, tourney, tourney to go with turkey, turkey, turkey this week. Seven teams will compete in tournament action, with Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge and Hawai'i all hosting their own brackets.
In road tournament action, UC Santa Barbara will tip off the week at the Puerto Vallarta Tourney of Hope in Mexico Tuesday, while Cal State Fullerton plays in Berkeley, California, UC Irvine in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and UC Davis in Houston, Texas.
All home and conference games will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Women's Basketball Weekly Release #3
Women's Volleyball
The final week of the regular season is here, with nationally-ranked Hawai'i looking to cap off an undefeated Big West conference run in their first year back. The Rainbow Wahine would be the first team to finish unbeaten since UC Santa Barbara in 2002. The 'Bows also finished unbeaten in their final season in the Big West in 1995.
The battle for second is still on, with Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge duking it out. The Matadors are a game behind the 49ers for the second slot.
For the fifth year, all home and conference matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Women's Volleyball Weekly Release #14
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This Week in the Big West is the one-stop listing of the top matches taking place across the Big West Conference! Each week, This Week in the Big West will highlight the games that fans won’t want to miss and critical match-ups home or away in one location. Keep in touch with the happenings around the conference!
Basketball rankings based on AP & USA Today Coaches Poll.
Soccer rankings based on NSCAA Coaches Poll & Soccer America Poll.
Volleyball rankings based on AVCA Coaches Poll.
[1] - Legends Classic (Huntsville, TX).
[2] - Puerto Vallarta Tourney of Hope (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico).
[3] - Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, AK).
[4] - DIRECTV Classic (Anaheim, CA).
[5] - NMSU Thanksgiving Tournament (Las Cruces, NM).
[6] - Cal Poly Holiday Tournament (San Luis Obispo, CA).
[7] - Houston Baptist Tournament (Houston, TX).
[8] - Cal Classic by Doubletree (Berkeley, CA).
[9] - Woodland Hills Holiday Inn Classic (Northridge, CA).
[10] - Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown (Honolulu, HI).
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