Coming off a loss in the team’s exhibition game against Cal State Fullerton, the Mustangs bounced back in a 80-62 win over La Verne.
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How the new age of college recruiting is impacting Cal Poly Athletics
Brantly Stevenson flew off a screen set by Alimamy Koroma. In one motion, he caught the ball and drained a jump shot to extend Cal Poly Men’s Basketball’s lead to 12 points. The junior guard from Etiwanda finished with 28 points in the first-round playoff matchup in the 2023 Big West Tournament against Long Beach […]
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‘Opportunity to start the season over’: Cal Poly Men’s Basketball gears up for Big West tournament
After the best non-conference record under head coach John Smith, Cal Poly Men’s Basketball stumbled to a program-worst 18-game losing streak. Now, they’re heading into the Big West tournament. The Mustangs qualified for postseason play despite having the worst conference record because UC San Diego is in its transition period to Division-I and doesn’t qualify […]
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Men’s Basketball drops 17th straight in 58-52 loss to UC Davis
Cal Poly Men’s Basketball let another late lead slip in a 58-52 loss to UC Davis on Saturday, Feb. 25 inside Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (7-23 1-17 Big West) have now lost a whopping 17 games in a row while the Aggies (17-12 10-7 Big West) continued their solid season with the win. Midway […]
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Men’s Basketball lets halftime lead slip in 70-62 loss to CSU Bakersfield
Cal Poly Men’s Basketball dropped its 14th straight game, the program’s longest losing streak in its Division-I history, by a score of 70-62 to Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday, Feb. 15 inside Mott Athletics Center. After the best non-conference stint in head coach John Smith’s tenure, the Mustangs (7-20, 1-14 Big West) have failed to […]
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Men’s Basketball extends losing streak to eight with 70-52 loss to Long Beach State
Cal Poly Men’s Basketball dropped its eighth straight game in a 70-52 loss to Long Beach on Thursday, Jan. 26 inside Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (7-14 1-8 Big West) couldn’t contain the Beach (10-10 5-4 Big West) offense as they continued their freefall down the standings. Cal Poly quickly started the contest off in […]
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Men’s Basketball comes up short in 71-64 loss to UC San Diego
Cal Poly Men’s Basketball dropped another Big West matchup, 71-64, against UC San Diego on Thursday, Jan. 19 inside Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (7-12, 1-5 Big West) have now lost their last six games. Meanwhile, the Tritons (7-12, 2-5 Big West) used the Thursday night win to snap their previous five-game losing streak. UCSD […]
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Men’s basketball struggles early in 80-43 loss to Stanford
Cal Poly men’s basketball fell in a lopsided affair with Stanford by a score of 80-43 on Friday, Nov. 18 inside Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Cali. The Mustangs (1-2) have now dropped back-to-back games after winning their season opener while the Cardinal (2-2) are now .500 on the year. Stanford led wire-to-wire, and it […]
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Why Chance Hunter can impact men’s basketball on day one
Matthew Ho is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News sports columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Every time I’ve talked to one of the players or coaches in the Cal Poly men’s basketball program, there’s one thing that always stands out: togetherness. Even in a year where the team […]
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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 loses heartbreaker to Sacramento State in final seconds, 58-57
Cal Poly men’s basketball dropped another close game to Sacramento State 58-57 on Monday, Nov. 15 inside Mott Athletics Center. For the second game in a row, the Mustangs (1-2) lost within a minute of play, this time to the Sacramento State Hornets (2-1). After a heartbreaking loss to North Dakota State on Friday, the […]