New season. New faces. The Cal Poly men’s basketball team lost to TCU, 53-46, last Friday in the season opener, but with freshmen forwards Brian Bennett and Zach Gordon combining for 17 points and 17 rebounds in their Cal Poly debuts, the future of the Cal Poly basketball program looks promising, head coach Joe Callero […]
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Cal Poly men’s basketball kicks off season at TCU
Last season, they had an 18-15 overall record, going 8-8 in the Big West Conference. Last season, they finished with Cal Poly’s highest seeding in conference (2nd). Last season, they had six seniors and two freshmen. But on Friday, the Mustangs will kick off their season against TCU, and the lineup is going to be […]
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Men’s, women’s basketball prepare for 2012-13 season
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The entire Cal Poly men’s basketball roster will look different this upcoming season. There will be no David Hanson, no Will Taylor, no Chris Donahue and no Amaurys Fermin. But with a roster filled with names such as Chris Eversley, Drake U’u and Kyle Odister, Cal Poly will open practice in preparation […]
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Maliik Love undergoes surgery, out for at least three weeks
Stephen Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Maliik Love, the potential starter at point guard for the Cal Poly men’s basketball team suffered a major setback to his chances of seeing the court this upcoming season. The junior guard underwent surgery on his left foot Thursday, after suffering a broken fifth metatarsal bone in a mid-September workout. The unofficial […]
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Callero brings in the bigs
Even in the offseason, basketballs can be heard bouncing in Mott Gym. While the Cal Poly men’s basketball team can’t officially practice as a unit until next school year, the players take it upon themselves to hit the gym. “Even though the season just ended two months ago, I can’t wait to get back out […]
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Men's basketball Big West Tournament preview
It’s March. It’s tournament time. And head coach Joe Callero can’t hide his excitement to be vying for a championship in this week’s 2012 Big West Conference Tournament. “This is Christmas for us,” he said. “We’ve worked seven months for this when we started this journey. This culminates it. I sleep well as a coach […]
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Men win two games, clinch fourth seed
Head coach Joe Callero knows momentum is everything going into the Big West Conference Tournament. The Cal Poly men’s basketball team secured a No. 4 seed heading into this week’s tournament with a 67-38 rout of Pacific in Mott Gym on Saturday, the team’s second double-digit win in as many games. “The momentum of winning […]
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The weekend roundup
Men’s basketball The Mustangs will compete in their final two regular season games this weekend in Mott Gym as UC Davis and Pacific visit the Central Coast. After suffering an eight-point loss to UC Santa Barbara last Saturday, Cal Poly fell into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big West. The final standings […]
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Men's basketball can't overcome slow start
The road woes continued for Cal Poly men’s basketball on Saturday night as the Mustangs ceded a 16-point lead to rival UC Santa Barbara in the first half and eventually fell 68-60. Head coach Joe Callero flatly took the blame for Cal Poly’s (15-14, 6-8) slow start. He said the Gauchos took apart their zone […]
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Friends-turned-rivals debate Cal Poly vs. UNC
J.J. Jenkins (JJ) is a Cal Poly business administration sophomore and Jordan Doucette (JD) is a University of Northern Colorado journalism sophomore. They attended high school together in Denver where they wrote a column entitled “Quadruple J: Question of the Day” for the school newspaper. The Big West and Big Sky conferences matched up in […]