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No. 7 seed UCI will take on No. 6 seed Cal Poly at approximately 8:30 pm tonight (Wednesday, March 10) in the first round of the Big West Tournament. The ‘Eaters will try to keep up their momentum from their epic comeback win against Cal Poly in the last game of the year. They will need [...]

- Ace Daniel Bibona reportedly turned down more than $100,000 in signing bonus from the St. Louis Cardinals to return to UCI for his senior season.
- Much to the chagrin of the UCI coaching staff, top recruit Paul Strong will forego his college career, instead signing with the Texas Rangers after being drafted in the 17th round.
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Thanks to Head Coach John Speraw, MVP Ryan Ammerman and the rest of the UCI men’s volleyball gang, another national championship banner will be going up at the Bren Events Center on Thursday.
UCI men’s basketball will take on rival Long Beach State at 7:35, with the banner to be unveiled at halftime. The Anteaters will [...]

Coming off of a solid win against UC Santa Barbara to start conference play, the UC Irvine men’s basketball team suffered a letdown against the Cal Poly Mustangs, losing 95-81 on Monday, Jan 5.
Cal Poly guard could not miss from three, pouring in 38 points, a career high for him. Meanwhile, fellow guard Kyle Odister [...]

The Bracket for the Men’s soccer NCAA Tournament has been released, and UCI has earned a first roud bye for the second straight year. After earning a No. 14 seed last year, they have received a No. 16 spot in 2009, and will play the winner of Stanford and St. Mary’s. That game will be [...]

Here is the 2009-2010 UCI basketball introduction video that was played at Midnight Magic.
Staff photographer Scott Roeder made the video, while staff writer Ryon Tanara wrote about the experience in this week’s issue of the New U.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwJBkIHTYs

Lost in the hooplah of Shocktoberfest (Oct 16, 6 pm) is Midnight Magic, the official kickoff of UCI men’s and women’s basketball. The event celebrates the official starting date when NCAA basketball teams around the country are permitted to conduct official practices. It also means the season is less than  a month away.
Midnight Magic used to be [...]

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