The 2020–21 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the
University of California, Santa Barbara in the
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5.
Season ...
. The Gauchos, led by fourth-year head coach
Joe Pasternack
Joe Pasternack III (born April 15, 1977) is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, having been appointed to the position in March 2017.
Pasternack served for four years (2007–11) as ...
, play their home games at
The Thunderdome
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home of the National Football League' ...
in
Santa Barbara, California as members of the
Big West Conference. They finished the season 22-5, 13-3 in
Big West Play to finish as regular season champions. They defeated
Long Beach State
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...
,
UC Davis, and
UC Irvine to be champions of the
Big West tournament. They received the Big West’s automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to
Creighton.
Previous season
The
Gauchos finished the
2019–20 season 21–10, 10–6 in Big West play to finish in a tie for second place. They were scheduled to play
UC Riverside in the quarterfinals of the
Big West tournament, however, the tournament was canceled due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Big West tournament
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NCAA tournament
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Source
References
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