PORTLAND – When the Long Beach State and University of New Mexico men’s basketball teams take the floor Thursday afternoon, the players may act buddy-buddy with one another, but the real friendship will be on the sideline. LBSU head coach Dan Monson and UNM head coach Steve Alford have a[Read More…]
Men’s Basketball
49ers prepare for New Mexico
PORTLAND – The Long Beach State men’s basketball team will play its first NCAA tournament game since 2007 against the University of New Mexico on Thursday at 1:40 p.m. It will also be the first NCAA appearance for the four 49er seniors – Casper Ware, T.J. Robinson, Eugene Phelps, and[Read More…]
Long Beach State preps for No. 5 New Mexico
PORTLAND – The Long Beach State men’s basketball team will play its first NCAA tournament game since 2007 against the University of New Mexico today at 1:10 p.m. It will also be the first NCAA appearance for four 49er seniors – Casper Ware, T.J. Robinson, Eugene Phelps, and[Read More…]
Media coverage reward for LBSU fans, players
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team has been hurling toward national notoriety this entire season. Last Saturday, they arrived and a slew of media attention came with it, confirming what 49er fans have known all along. “Numerous NCAA tournament teams have hungry veterans,” Myron Medcalf wrote in ESPN’s College[Read More…]
‘Niners draw New Mexico in NCAA tournament opener
Two rows of seats awaited the Long Beach State men’s basketball team in a private room at Legends Sports Bar to view its fate on Selection Sunday. The first row, designated for LBSU head coach Dan Monson and the seniors, was strategically placed in front of two flat-screen televisions. The[Read More…]
LBSU ousted in Big West championship
After becoming the first team ever to eliminate the number one and two seeds in a Big West Conference tournament, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team has seen its run come to an end Saturday. The seventh-seeded ‘Niners (14-18) were defeated, 63-54, by UC Santa Barbara (16-15) in the[Read More…]
‘Niners headed to the Big Dance
ANAHEIM — There’s nothing that can keep the Long Beach State men’s basketball team from the “Big Dance” now. The 49ers sealed their own fate with a 77-64 victory over UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Conference championship game Saturday night in front of a crowd of 7,564 at[Read More…]
49ers advance to Big West title game
ANAHEIM — The Black and Blue rivalry between the Long Beach State and UC Irvine men’s basketball teams spilled into the semi-finals of the Big West Conference tournament Friday night at Honda Center. The Anteaters took a one-point lead into halftime, but were unable to stop the second half onslaught[Read More…]
LBSU stuns top-seeded Cal Poly
ANAHEIM — What a difference a few weeks can make. The seventh-seeded Long Beach State women’s basketball team accomplished the improbable by upsetting second-seeded Cal State Northridge on the Matadors home court last Tuesday. Today, they achieved what many thought was the virtually impossible. The ‘Niners upset top-seeded Cal Poly[Read More…]
‘Niners trounce UC Davis
ANAHEIM — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team stepped right over the vastly out-matched UC Davis Aggies in its first round game in the Big West Conference tournament Thursday night at Honda Center. The top-seeded 49ers took controlled the contest from start to finish, cruising to an 80-46 wire-to-wire[Read More…]