Phillip Bach is a guard on the men's basketball team at Santa Clara. The Medina, Wash. native came off the bench to provide a spark plug for the Broncos. Bach is a business major at Santa Clara and fills us in on the Bronco's off-season activities in addition to providing his World Cup pick.
Santa Clara head basketball coach Kerry Keating announced two additional signees as part of the 2010 Bronco signing class on Thurs., April 15. Julian Clarke (G, 6-3, 192, Toronto, Canada) and Lamb Autrey (G, 6-3, 185, Cibolo, Texas) both signed National Letters of Intent on April 15.
Santa Clara University's student-athletes posted a 3.08 grade point average (GPA) for the Winter 2010 quarter. Santa Clara's student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 GPA or better nine of the last 10 quarters.
Bronco fans itching to see 2009 WCC Player of the Year John Bryant on the court again can get their fix on Sat., April 3 when his NBADL team, the Eric BayHawks, play at the Main Red Claws on a nationally-televised game on VERSUS at 8 pm.
Santa Clara freshman Robert Smith has been named to the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshmen All-America Team. Smith was second on the team with 12.1 ppg and led the team with 3.1 apg. It is the second straight year a Bronco has been named to the team with 2009 WCC Newcomer of the Year Kevin Foster also receiving the honor from CollegeInsider.com.
Santa Clara University head basketball coach Kerry Keating announced Friday sophomore guard Troy Alexander has asked for and been granted a release from his scholarship.
As a follow-up to 'Traz Tid-Bits', 'Robert Smith Says!' will be Robert's take on the NCAA Tournament. In Part One, Robert talks about what he wants to work on this off-season, who he likes as the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament...
Santa Clara fell 61-59 to San Diego at the Zappos.com WCC Championship first round on Friday night. Santa Clara finishes the season at 11-21 and San Diego is 11-20 and advances to play Portland quarterfinals on Saturday.
It's hard not to admire the Swiss Army knife. The multi-purpose tool used by the Swiss Army in the early 20th century and celebrated for the many attachments stowed inside the handle. Open a can soup? Gotcha covered. Cut a nylon camping rope? Bingo. It can do a little bit of everything.
Santa Clara travels to Las Vegas for the West Coast Conference Championship this weekend. No. 7 seed Santa Clara will play No. 6 seed San Diego on Fri., March 5 at 8:15 pm in the Orleans Arena.
Santa Clara's sophomore forward Marc Trasolini and freshman point guard Robert Smith have both been honored today by the West Coast Conference as part of the conference's post-season awards.
In the final game of the regular season, Santa Clara fell 68-55 at Portland. Santa Clara will play San Diego in the first day of the WCC Tournament on Fri., March 5 at 8:15 pm in Las Vegas.
Santa Clara was led by Niyi Harrison and Marc Trasolini's 13 points a piece as No. 15/18 Gonzaga defeated the Broncos 88-51 on ESPN2. Santa Clara plays its final WCC regular season game of the year at Portland on Sat., Feb. 26 at 8 pm on COMCAST. Santa Clara is 11-19 and 3-10 in the WCC. No. 15/18 Gonzaga is 23-5 and 11-2 in the WCC.
The 2010 West Coast Conference Winter All-Academic teams honor some of the league's finest examples of the consummate scholar-athlete. Near the completion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each of the participating sponsored sports.
Santa Clara closes out the regular season with a trip to Portland for a rematch with the Pilots at 8 pm on Sat., Feb. 27. The Portland game will be shown on COMCAST and be called by Scott Lynn and Dustin Geddis.
Rallying from 16 down in the second half, Santa Clara pushed rival San Francisco to overtime, but it wasn't enough as the Dons defeated Santa Clara for just the second time in 10 tries, winning 71-68.
An article in Sports Illustrated inspires people to do many different things. Maybe run a 10K or take up bowling or go to a baseball game. For Bronco basketball sophomore guard Troy Alexander it is something totally different.
Santa Clara hosts San Francisco on Sat., Feb. 20 at 7 pm as the season's home finale. The game, televised on COMCAST, will be called by Scott Reiss and Eric Musselmann.
Kerry Keating and the Santa Clara men's basketball team invites you and your friends and family to a Bronco Basketball Fan Appreciation Open Practice on Wednesday February 17th at 6 p.m. to thank Bronco fans for their support this year.
With Marc Trasolini scoring 16 points and three other Broncos hitting double figures, Santa Clara went on to defeat Pepperdine 62-54. Santa Clara moves to 11-17, including 3-8 in the WCC and Pepperdine is now 7-19 and 3-7 in the WCC.
Marc Trasolini, a Vancouver native, is bringing the Winter Games to the Broncos! Every day or so during the Winter Olympics, Trasolini will post an insider's look at the Winter Games on video, from Santa Clara.
Steve Nash '96, who will start the 2010 NBA All-Star game on Sunday, helped Wayne Gretzky and three others light the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Olympic Flame on Friday night in Vancouver.
Robert Smith scored 21 points and two other Broncos had double-doubles in Loyola Marymount's 73-67 victory over the Broncos. Santa Clara falls to 10-17, 2-8 in the WCC and LMU is 13-12, 4-5 in the WCC.
Santa Clara alum Steve Nash `96 will be making his seventh appearance in the 2010 NBA All-Star game this weekend after receiving 1,222,235 votes, the eighth-highest total in 2010 All-Star voting.
Santa Clara hosts LMU on Thurs., Feb. 11 and then Pepperdine on Sat., Feb. 13. Both games are at 7 pm and will not be televised. Santa Clara is looking for its fifth win in six tries vs. the Lions, sweeping the last two season series before falling 81-70 on Jan. 16, 2010.
Coming off the bench to lead the team in scoring with 16 points, Bronco freshman Robert Smith helped Santa Clara defeat San Diego 59-43 on Saturday evening. Santa Clara is 10-16 and 2-6 in WCC play. San Diego is 9-16 and 2-7 in WCC play.
Santa Clara (9-16, 1-7 WCC) plays at San Diego (9-15, 2-6 WCC) on Sat., Feb. 6 at 5:30 pm. The USD game will be televised on COMCAST and called by Steve Quis and Jim Brogan.