Cal Poly men’s basketball fell to UC Irvine 72-48 on Saturday, Jan. 29 inside Bren Events Center. The Mustangs (5-13, 2-5 Big West) couldn’t build off of a win earlier in the week while the Anteaters (8-7, 3-3 Big West) have now won back-to-back games. The teams exchanged leads at the start of the game, […]
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Men’s Basketball overcomes 13-point deficit, opens road trip with 59-55 win over UC San Diego
Cal Poly men’s basketball began their four game road trip with a 59-55, 13-point comeback win against the UC San Diego Tritons on Thursday, Jan. 27 at the RIMAC arena in La Jolla. The win helped the Mustangs (5-12, 1-4 Big West) snap a two game losing streak while the Tritons (8-11, 0-0 Big West*) […]
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Men’s basketball drops matchup with University of Hawaii 69-56
Cal Poly men’s basketball fell to the University of Hawaii 69-56 on Saturday, Jan. 22 inside Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (4-12, 1-4 Big West) erased a double-digit first-half deficit, but ultimately lost to the Big West Conference leader Hawaii (9-5, 4-0 Big West). The Rainbow Warriors jumped out to an early double-digit advantage in […]
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Men’s basketball falters in the second half, falls to CSU Bakersfield 73-60
Cal Poly men’s basketball came up short against Cal State University Bakersfield and fell 73-60 on Tuesday, Jan. 18 inside the Icardo Center. Cal Poly (4-11, 1-3 Big West) dropped this game after ending a four-game losing streak in their previous matchup against UC Davis. With the win, Bakersfield (6-6, 1-2 Big West) got back […]
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Men’s basketball secures first Big West win over UC Davis, 82-74
Cal Poly men’s basketball defeated the UC Davis Aggies 82-74 on Saturday, Jan. 15th at Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (4-10, 1-2 Big West) snapped their four game losing streak against the Aggies (7-5, 0-1 Big West) to get their first win in the Big West. Cal Poly came out with energy on the defensive […]
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Men’s basketball has comeback effort fall short, loses to UC Riverside 57-46
Cal Poly men’s basketball lost their first home game of the new year to UC Riverside 57-46 on Thursday, Jan. 13 inside Mott Athletic Center. Cal Poly (3-10, 0-2 Big West) extended their losing streak to four games with the loss to the Highlanders (8-5, 1-1 Big West) in a game that was separated by […]
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Men’s basketball drops Big West opener to Cal State Northridge, 68-55
Cal Poly men’s basketball fell to Cal State Northridge 68-55 in their Big West opener on Saturday, Jan. 8 inside the Matadome. The Mustangs (3-9, 0-1 Big West) saw their last four games canceled due to COVID-19 and this matchup with the Matadors (5-8, 0-1 Big West) was their first game since Dec. 17. After […]
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Building relationships: How the Cal Poly men’s basketball program was able to recruit through the pandemic
Freshmen basketball players Daniel Esparza and Matur Dhal couldn’t take an official visit to Cal Poly before committing to the basketball program due to the pandemic. “We would do campus visits via Zoom and take the phone around and show them how beautiful Cal Poly is,” head coach John Smith said. Despite not having a […]
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Men’s basketball’s matchup with UCSB on Thursday canceled due to COVID-19
Cal Poly men’s basketball’s Thursday, Jan. 6 matchup against Blue-Green rival UCSB has been canceled due to COVID-19 within the Mustang program. This is the fourth straight game Cal Poly has not played because of health and safety protocols. Following the Big West Conference guidelines, the game will not be rescheduled and it will count […]
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Men’s basketball has first two Big West matchups canceled due to COVID-19
The Cal Poly men’s basketball program announced on Wednesday that their two Big West Conference opening home matchups have been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Mustang program. Cal Poly was scheduled to face off against Long Beach State on Thursday, Dec. 30 and Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Jan. 1 to open up […]
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Men’s basketball falls short against University of San Diego, 52-51
Cal Poly men’s basketball lost a defensive battle to the University of San Diego Toreros 52-51 on Sunday, Dec. 5 inside Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Toreros (5-5) led for most of the game against the Mustangs (2-6), who suffered their fourth loss by three or less points this season. The Mustangs came out on a […]