UC Santa Barbara Men's Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

Big West (27-7, 15-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 3/10 vs UC Riverside (92-87), 3/11 vs Cal State Fullerton (72-62)
Bad Losses: 11/18 at Northern Arizona (54-63), 2/4 at Cal State Northridge (67-72)
Coach: Joe Pasternack
 
Probable Starters:
Miles Norris, Senior, Forward, 14.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Andre Kelly, Senior, Forward, 9.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg
Ajay Mitchell, Sophomore, Guard, 16.4 ppg, 5.2 apg
Josh Pierre-Louis, Senior, Guard, 9.7 ppg, 2.5 apg, 4.0 rpg
Calvin Wishart, Senior, Guard, 7.3 ppg, 2.9 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Evans Kipruto, Junior, Forward, 1.3 ppg
Matija Belic, Freshman, Guard, 1.4 ppg
Cole Anderson, Sophomore, Guard, 7.4 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.8 (177th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.4 (49, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.5 (7, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.0 (202, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.5 (328, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.8 (149, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.3 (147, 5)
Rebound Margin: 2.7 (101, 6)
Assists Per Game: 14.4 (93, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.7 (95, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021NCAARound of 64 loss to Creighton
2015CBIFirst Round loss to Oral Roberts
2012CITFirst Round loss to Idaho
2011NCAARound of 64 loss to Florida  
2010NCAARound of 64 loss to Ohio State
2008NITFirst Round loss to Mississippi
2003NITFirst Round loss to San Diego State
2002NCAARound of 64 loss to Arizona
 
*all team stats through 3/5