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This Week in the Big West - November 26-December 2, 2012
11/26/2012
Josh Greene and Cal State Northridge will attempt to be the second Big West team to knock off UCLA this week.
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Big West Athlete of the Week Cortney French and UC Davis will host No. 1 Stanford Friday. (Photo by Wayne Tilcock)
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Big West Player of the Year Emily Hartong and Hawai'i will head to the Pacific Northwest for their 20th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. |
Women's volleyball heads to the postseason as men's and women's hoops enter their second month of play.
Men's Basketball
The road awaits teams, with 11 out of 13 games this week being played away from friendly
confines. Highlights include Cal State Northridge, off to their best Division-I start, at UCLA and Pacific, fresh off two wins at the DIRECTV Classic at Gonzaga.
- UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside host the lone home matchups, with the Gauchos facing Wyoming Wednesday and the Highlanders welcoming Northern Colorado Saturday.
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 #4
Women's Basketball
In contrast to the men, 10 of 14 women's contests this week will be on home floors. Tough tests await, including UC Davis hosting No. 1 Stanford Friday. Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, Hawai'i, and Pacific will also host home games.
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 #4
Women's Volleyball
The University of Hawai'i completed their first season back in the Big West with an umblemished 18-0 record, the first team to do so since UC Santa Barbara in 2002. The Rainbow Wahine will head to Seattle, Washington for the first and second rounds of their 20th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, facing Santa Clara on Friday with No. 13 Washington or Central Arkansas in the other half of the bracket.
Women's Volleyball NCAA Tournament Preview
NCAA Tournament Bracket
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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.
Volleyball rankings based on AVCA Coaches Poll.
[1] - NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds (Seattle, WA).
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