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Morgan, Solomon new prep recruits as ‘Birds undergo complete roster overhaul...
VANCOUVER — Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s five seasons of player eligibility has always offered the ability to maintain a high level of continuity within a team’s roster of players, and Kevin Hanson...
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Basketball ‘Birds hit floor, new group preps for NCAA Div. 1 Eastern...
VANCOUVER — The UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team began official practices Monday in advance of its Sept. 8 exhibition home opener against NCAA Div. 1 Eastern Washington. “I’ve asked the...
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New-look basketball ‘Birds drop exhibition opener to Eastern Wash but show...
VANCOUVER — If it’s overstating the facts to call Saturday night’s game between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Eastern Washington Eagles at War Memorial Gymnasium an historic night from a UBC...
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UBC’s freshman trio make instant connection as host ‘Birds head into Canada...
VANCOUVER — Early Tuesday morning, as they prepared to attend UBC’s annual Millenium Breakfast athletics fund-raiser at Canada Place, the three freshman members of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball...
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Uni notes 3.01.13: Great day for UBC hoops, volleyball; tough one for TWU, UFV
VANCOUVER — With under three minutes remaining on the game clock at War Memorial Gymnasium on Friday, a Fraser Valley Cascades basketball team which had seemingly been thrown every possible piece of...
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Luka The Bazooka fully loaded and ready to make big-time impact with UBC’s...
VANCOUVER — The Bazooka is going to War. Kitsilano Blue Demons star big man Luka ‘The Bazooka’ Zaharijevic, the big-boned 6-foot-8, 270-pound forward, has abandoned his thoughts of playing NCAA...
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Bandaged but unbowed, hoop ‘Birds won’t use wounded wings as crutch as TWU...
VANCOUVER — The injury situation is so ridiculous these days with the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team that head coach Kevin Hanson can only laugh at its incredulity. Except Hansen won’t laugh,...
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Crossroads weekend comes for hoop ‘Birds, sub-.500 mark rare territory for...
VANCOUVER — It’s been so long since the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team has been in the kind of position it finds itself in this weekend. So long, in fact, that even its longtime head coach, now...
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UBC men’s basketball silences early-season alarm bells, gets back to work at...
VANCOUVER — It’s no stretch to say that in late November, the clock was ticking down the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball season. Mired with a 1-5 record and looking like a shell of its former self,...
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Uni notes: Weekend re-cap, plus getting ready for UBC vs. Trinity Western...
The UBC Thunderbirds have got their hockey and basketball teams on streaks that make them among the hottest teams in the Canada West’s Pioneer Division, but if the school’s two volleyball teams want to...
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Canada West hoops: UBC teams split with Dinos, men lose a heartbreaker at the...
UBC basketball teams earned a split with visiting Calgary on Friday. In advance of Saturday’s rematches at War Gym, here’s a look at Friday’s two games. MEN CALGARY 93 UBC 92 VANCOUVER — Despite what...
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UNI NOTES 02.09.15: UBC men’s hoops sees greatest turnaround in program history
VANCOUVER — When the calendar turned to 2015, the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team was mired in ninth-place in the Canada West’s 11-team Pioneer Division standings. From the dire depths of...
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Rally-ready TWU Spartans come back again, top Pandas for first-ever CIS...
It’s not like it’s ancient history, but if you look back on the humble beginning of Trinity Western Spartans women’s volleyball, it certainly seems like a long time ago. Starting in the 1999-2000...
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UBC’s CIS Final 8 journey begins at home Friday with new point guard...
VANCOUVER — In a manner of speaking, you could say that the 2015-16 edition of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team is embarking on a journey of epic proportions beginning Friday when the team...
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Young Clan set to face ‘Birds as Buchanan Cup hoops classic resumes after...
BURNABY — Ask first-year Simon Fraser head men’s basketball coach Virgil Hill about the 2015-16 edition of the Clan, which makes its local debut Tuesday (7 p.m.) against the host and crosstown rival...
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UBC’s Conor Morgan re-charges hoop batteries, re-discovers shooting stroke...
VANCOUVER — If Conor Morgan’s basketball career came complete with a dashboard full of gauges and dials, he might have noticed that the gas tank was running a little low on fuel, and that the...
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Saturday night fever afflicts hoop ‘Birds bid to secure a weekend sweep of...
VANCOUVER — Basketball success in the CIS’ Canada West conference is almost always determined by what happens in the period of time between the end of the first game of a two-game weekend series on...
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CIS FINAL 8: UBC tops McGill, plays for fifth; Hanson wants tourney back in...
VANCOUVER — The UBC Thunderbirds almost blew a double-digit lead for the second time in as many nights. Jordan Jensen-Whyte stepped up to the free throw line with 19.9 seconds remaining and hit both of...
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CIS FINAL 8: Wagner ends UBC career on high, ‘Birds top Gee-Gees to finish in...
VANCOUVER — With exactly two minutes remaining in Saturday’s fifth-place final at the CIS Final 8 men’s basketball championships, UBC Thunderbirds head coach Kevin Hanson rose from his seat on the...
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