Basketball

Men’s Hoops Splits First Eight Games

Author: Jack McHenry The Occidental College men's basketball team is off to a 4-4 start to the season following the recent trouncing of American Sports University...

Football, women’s basketball to host Bone Marrow Drive

Author: Juliet Suess The Occidental football and women’s basketball teams will be sponsoring a “Be The Match” Bone Marrow Drive tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2...

Staff and students come together on the hardwood

Author: Claire Cancilla On a Friday afternoon, the pounding of basketballs and squeaking of shoes on the wood floor echo through Rush gym. But these sounds...

Johnson sets example on and off the court

Author: Ryan Whalen For the past three years, forward Andrew Johnson (junior) has played an integral role on the Occidental men's basketball team (10-10 overall; 4-7...

Winter Sports Prepare for Matches to Start in November

Author: Sant Kumar & Jeremy Shapiro Men's Basketball The Occidental men's basketball team hopes to rebound from last season. In 2010 the Tigers compiled a 12-13 record,...

D’Antoni coaching style toxic for Lakers

Author: Joe Siegal When Kobe Bryant crumbled to the floor with what turned out to be a season-ending torn achilles tendon on April 12, it devastated...

Media unfairly blasts Bryant

Author: Joe Siegal The National Basketball Association (NBA) season has not even begun, and yet criticism of the Los Angeles Lakers has already reached a critical...

Men’s basketball pulls off thrilling victory on senior night

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental men's basketball team (12-12 overall, 6-9 SCIAC) played their final home game of the season this past Saturday — and they...

Lockout Lifted

Author: Jeremy Shapiro Just in time for the holiday season, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) players and owners agreed to a ten-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA)...

Men’s, Women’s hoops poised for opening tip-off

Author: Tim O'Donnell The Mackenzie Brandon '13 era is over. The preseason All-American graduated last spring, leaving behind one of the most accomplished legacies in Occidental...

Tiger basketball ready for breakout season

Author: Ryan Whalen After two years of recruiting and adjusting to a new, fast-paced offense, the Occidental men's basketball team is finally ready to run. Despite...

Mountain West basketball needs to rebound

Author: Dylan Bordonaro In the shadow of the Pac-12, the Mountain West is the second most prominent conference in the West. But their basketball teams are...