UC-Santa Barbara Captures Big West Tournament Title, Heads To 2011 NCAA Tournament

For the second straight year, the Gauchos of California-Santa Barbara are going dancing as they won the Big West tournament 64-46 over the Long Beach State 49ers, despite blowing a ten point lead in the first half. Senior guard Orlando Johnson led the way with 23 points, 18 of them coming in the second half.
UCSB became the first 5 seed in the Big West tournament to win the title today, despite losing six out of 10 coming into the tourney. But now they are marching on to March Madness 2011.