After the first week of Big West Conference games, only two teams still have a shot at going undefeated during the conference season. UC Riverside is 2-0 and UC Irvine is 1-0. Each of the other seven teams in the conference lost at least one game during the opening week.
Translation: parity is prevalent in the Big West. Here is a look back at last week, and a look ahead to this week.
u25cf Is UC Riverside for real?
Believe it or not, the Highlanders have never – repeat, never – been in contention for the Big West regular-season championship since they joined the conference in the 2001-02 season.