Long Beach State 49ers NCAA Basketball News

Pacific coach Bob Thomason's uncertainty has turned into confidence in two months.

UC Riverside will never be confused with Duke or Kentucky in the world of college basketball.

The Big West Conference portion of the Long Beach State men's basketball team begins tonight at 7 at UC Riverside.

The Big West men's basketball season begins in earnest Saturday. Here are a few things fans can expect: T.J. Robinson, Long Beach State: Robinson didn't make the preseason All-Conference team, but could he have the last laugh? The sophomore is third in the conference in scoring and first in rebounds entering the start of conference play.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky freshman basketball player DeMarcus Cousins has at times proved almost impossible for opposing defenses to contain.

Coming off one of their most impressive wins of the season, the seventh-ranked Duke Blue Devils welcome the Long Beach State 49ers to Durham for a non-conference showdown at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Long Beach State's brutal non-conference schedule ends with what may be its toughest test of all - a trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium, where Duke has won 74 consecutive home games outside of ACC play.

Long Beach State Coach Dan Monson gave instructions to his team. He praised UK's guard play and inside presence after the game.

Kentucky coach John Calipari knew the hangover was coming. And he knew he couldn't stop it.

Team Records and Series Notes a With the win, Kentucky improves to 13-0 and with the loss, Long Beach State is 6-6. a Off to a 13-0 start, UK has jumped out to the best start to a season since the 1977-78 team opened 14-0. The 1953-54 team opened a school-record 25-0. a UK won the first meeting between the two teams, marking the fourth first-time ...

The Wildcats were looking for victory #2,001. Long Beach State had other ideas during their Wednesday afternoon game, namely upsetting a third ranked Kentucky team which looked like they ready for winter break rather than playing a 1:00 o' clock start game against another mid-major team.

Fresh off the 2,000th win in program history, the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats are slated to host the Long Beach State 49ers in non-conference action today at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Drew Viney posted 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Loyola Marymount Lions to an 85-80 overtime victory over the Long Beach State 49ers in non-conference play.

GAME NOTES: The Western Athletic Conference and the Big West Conference will collide this evening when the Long Beach State 49ers host the Utah State Aggies at The Pyramid.

The victory in Green Bay was turnabout for a decisive loss to the same program a year ago in the Walter Pyramid.

With its first of a two-game California road trip successfully out of the way, Utah State has turned its attention to the more difficult of the two contests - a meeting tonight with Long Beach State.

Freshman Avery Bradley scored 17 points, leading six Texas players in double figures, and the No.

After 28 days, three time zones and seven trips to places such as Green Bay, Wis., South Bend, Ind., and Austin, Texas, the Long Beach State basketball team returned to the friendly confines of the Walter Pyramid on Saturday and soundly defeated Division II Cal Sate Monterey Bay, 96-61, in a nonconference game in front of 2,065. Stephan Gilling ...

Long Beach State tops Cal State Monterey Bay 96-61 Eds: APNewsNow. Long Beach State 96, Cal State Monterey Bay 61.

Twenty-eight days later, the Long Beach State men's basketball team will be back on display at the Walter Pyramid.