Is UC Santa Barbara for real? Is UC Irvine over rated? Can CSUN really be that bad? What’s going on at UC Riverside?
Those are just some of the questions that have emerged for the Big West Conference, which begins league play this week.
Hawai’i will open Big West action on the road, at Long Beach State on Thursday, then at CSUN on Saturday.
UCSB, which finished 6-22 last season, is one of the top turnaround teams in the country so far this season. The Gauchos have the best record and RPI rank among Big West teams after pre-conference games.