Morning Links 3/22/12

Good Morning everyone.  Here are some links to start the day:

Conference play starts this weekend, so what does the Daily Titan do? PREVIEWS EVERYONE!
Softball has been down in the Big West this year, in the win-loss column...but with conference play starting this weekend, we'll know who is really at the top of the peak.

New Tourney changes to women's basketball
According to the Press Enterprise (and the Big West's twitter handle), the first round at the women's tournament will be on campus in one location, before moving to the Honda Center.  This is good because everything will be almost one location, bad because on a year-by-year basis it gives one team specific home team advantage.  I'll say this, after watching the WAC for years, there's a reason they moved their conference tourney to Las Vegas...

Coach Dan Monson recieves coaching honor
He was named District 9 honor of the 24-All-District coaches by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.  This is his second straight year receiving this honor.

UCI Women's Basketball coach fired
Molly Goodenbour was 44-76 after four seasons at UCI, despite making the No. 3 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament this season.

Softball recap: LBSU 5, LMU 2
A complete game by Erin Jones-Wesley followed by high offense led to a great win over a good team.

6-run explosion in bottom of the sixth leads Cal Poly to a 9-8 win over Dartmouth
After giving up 4 runs in the top of the sixth and down 8-2, the Mustangs went into beast mode in the bottom frame scoring 6 runs, then finishing off Dartmouth with a David Armendariz RBI single.

Former UCI standout Colin Mello replaces Rodgers at Bellarmine College Prep school for Water Polo
This is huge news because Larry Rodgers coached at Bellarmine, one of the top high schools for Water Polo, for 30 years.  To follow that kind of legacy will be very difficult.

Spurs retire former Titan Bruce Bowen's jersey number
Raise your hand if you knew Bruce Bowen played for Cal State Fullerton.  That's what I thought... Anyway I personally saw Bowen as one of the best defensive players in the game, and to get his jersey number retired shows how much he did for the Spurs.

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