The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

in Santa Barbara,

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, United States. The school's team currently competes in the

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. The current head coach is Joe Pasternack.

The Blue–Green Rivalry

The main rival of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team is the

Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball The Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represents California Polytechnic State University, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference. The Cal Poly men's basketball team's first ...

team. The rivalry is a part of the larger Blue–Green Rivalry, which encompasses all sports from the two schools.

Yearly records

Source

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Gauchos have appeared in six NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 1–6.

NIT results

The Gauchos have appeared in five

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

s (NIT). Their combined record is 0–5.

Vegas 16 results

The Gauchos appeared in the first and only

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tournament held. Their record was 1–1.

CBI results

The Gauchos have appeared in the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI s ...

(CBI) one time. Their record is 0–1.

CIT results

The Gauchos have appeared in one

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(CIT). Their combined record is 0–1.

NAIA tournament results

The Gauchos have appeared in the NAIA Tournament one time. Their record is 3–2.

Retired numbers

The Gauchos have only retired one number in program history, that of guard

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Gauchos in the NBA

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, 1982–1990 * Don Ford:

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, 1975–1982 *

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: Houston Rockets,

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, 1986–1988 *

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, Sacramento Kings,

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, 2012–2016 *

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, 2021-2022 *

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, Houston Rockets, 2014–2019 *

: Boston Celtics,

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, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers 1988–2003 * John Tschogl: Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, 1972–1975 *

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: Miami Heat, 2020-present * Alan Williams:

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2015–2019

Gauchos in international basketball

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(born 1970) *

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(born 1997): American-Israeli basketball player in the

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(born 1990): basketball player for

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of the

and the Euroleague

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