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With their first round of 32 appearance in the NCAA tournament, the UC Irvine Anteaters faced off against the twelfth-seeded Oregon Ducks in hopes of continuing their extraordinary run into the Sweet 16 and extend their 17 game winning streak, the longest current streak in the entire nation.

The long awaited four year drought is finally over and the UC Irvine men’s basketball team is back in the NCAA National Tournament. The Anteaters heading in as the 13 seed as they faced the fourth seeded Kansas State Wildcats this past Friday, in the first round of the nationally televised event.

At the start of the 2018-2019 NBA season, high expectations were placed on the Los Angeles Lakers season. The summer of free agency saw them land some big names, one of those being three-time champion Lebron James. By Henry Curi

The UCI Women's Basketball team ended their season with a loss to top seeded UC Davis in the semifinal round of Big West Tournament.

The UCI Men's Basketball team competed against UC Riverside, Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton in the Big West Tournament to clinch the championship title and an opportunity to compete at the NCAA tournament.

UC Irvine’s women’s basketball team won on home court, beating Cal State Fullerton 65-61 on Saturday, Feb. 9. The score remained tight until the last 90 seconds of the game. With a minute and a half left on the clock, Fullerton looked to take the win as they led 60-58, but UCI’s forward Tahlia Garza, scored two points and allowed the Eaters to tie up the game.

This past Saturday, the red hot UC Irvine Anteaters faced off against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in a nationally-televised home match-up, in hopes of extending their seven-game winning streak in front of the home fans and the people watching at home. By Henry Curi

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team faced off against the second-seeded Cal State Fullerton Titans on Feb. 6 in their first regular season matchup. Both coming off of a five-game winning streak, the two teams battled in a much anticipated tournament rematch following last year’s competition which saw Fullerton coming out on top.

By Jacob La Cava UCI’s men’s club lacrosse team faced off against St. Mary’s College of California on Feb. 6 in their first game of the season. The ‘Eaters were looking for redemption after dropping their matchup against St. Mary’s last year by a score of 24-12.

No. 4 ranked UCI men’s volleyball returned to the Bren to face USC for the first time since the Trojan’s handed them their second loss of the year. The ‘Eaters were able to avenge their loss to the Trojans Saturday night.

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team faced off against Big West Conference opponent UC Riverside this past Saturday in hopes of extending their two-game winning streak, following their  victories on the road against Cal State Northridge and Hawaii. By Henry Curi

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team matched up against Big West Conference rival Long Beach State this past Wednesday in a game that had both teams rolling to start the season, coming off a win from each of their previous match-ups.