DO YOU BELIEVE IN MATADORS? CSUN UPSETS UCLA, 78-74, IN WESTWOOD.Byline: Daily News WESTWOOD - In a stunning, historic victory that turns Los Angeles' basketball scene upside down, California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , beat on UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. , 78-74. The Bruins played underneath 11 national championship banners won by teams led by the likes of John Wooden, Bill Walton William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952), is a former American basketball player and current television sportscaster. He is the father of current Los Angeles Lakers player Luke Walton. and Lew Alcindor. The Matadors were mocked by the UCLA fans, who chanted, ``Cal State Nowhere.'' But at the final buzzer, it was CSUN's players and its few fans on the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , campus who were doing the cheering. ``Watching a team like CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge beat up on a team like UCLA is pretty exciting. It's just a great feeling to beat a powerhouse like UCLA in any sport,'' said Kenny Knoop, 23, who watched the game with a crowd of screaming CSUN students glued to three television sets at Chili's Bar and Grill in Northridge. ``It was a great game, a major upset,'' said Matt Alba, 21, a CSUN student who was born at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. . The game gave the Matadors their biggest victory in the previously uneventful history of the program, and one of the most significant ever for the school's athletic program. But it was not completely unexpected. The Matadors entered Tuesday night's game with a quiet confidence, buoyed by a 90-73 season-opening victory over Howard University on Sunday. CSUN returns four starters from last year's team, which came one overtime game away from qualifying for college basketball's postseason tournament. The Matadors are expected to win their conference championship this season, according to a poll of conference coaches and media members who cover the teams. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) CSUN's Brian Heinle, right, drives past UCLA defender T.J. Cummings at Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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