2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

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2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
4 Cole Anderson Fr PG 6-4 185 Dec 11, 2002 Fresno (CA) United States Clovis West High School
22 Ariel Bland Fr C 6-7 215 Feb 26, 2002 Oakland (CA) United States Golden State Preparatory School
50 Gage Gomez So G 6-3 190 Mar 21, 2002 Arroyo Grande (CA) United States Arroyo Grande High School
51 Henry Hartwell RS-Fr F 6-5 190 Nov 26, 2002 Sacramento (CA) United States El Camino High School
11 Zach Harvey Jr SG 6-6 190 Feb 23, 2001 Topeka (KS) United States Prolific Prep
24 Robinson Idehen Sr FC 6-10 230 Nov 17, 1997 Tudela Spain / Nigeria Modesto Christian High School
14 Jakov Kukic So C 6-10 225 Jul 20, 2000 Split Croatia La Lumiere School
13 Ajay Mitchell Fr PG 6-5 190 Jun 25, 2002 Liege Belgium Community School Sainte-Marie
1 Jay Nagle Sr SF 6-9 215 Apr 10, 2000 Vacaville (CA) United States Will C. Wood High School
5 Miles Norris Sr PF 6-7 220 Apr 15, 2000 Chula Vista (CA) United States Brewster Academy
40 David Pickles Fr C 6-10 235 Dec 3, 2002 Mercer Island (WA) United States Mercer Island High School
2 Josh Pierre-Louis Jr PG 6-4 190 May 8, 2001 Roselle (NJ) United States Roselle Catholic High School
3 Ajare Sanni Jr G 6-3 180 Feb 24, 2000 Houston (TX) United States Clear Lake High School
53 Max Sheldon Fr G 5-11 180 Aug 10, 2001 San Marcos (CA) United States San Marcos High School
12 Amadou Sow Sr PF 6-9 235 Nov 18, 1998 Napa (CA) United States Prolific Prep
0 Sekou Toure Sr PG 6-5 185 Aug 24, 1999 Napa (CA) United States Prolific Prep
10 Calvin Wishart Jr G 6-2 185 Jul 1, 1999 Delano (MN) United States Delano High School

Recent UC Santa Barbara Gauchos History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-15 (9-11) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 27-8 (15-5) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 17-11 (9-6) 6th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 22-5 (15-3) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2019-2020 21-10 (10-6) 2nd (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 22-10 (10-6) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 23-9 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-22 (4-12) 9th (Big West) N/A N/A
2015-2016 19-14 (11-5) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd Vegas 16 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 19-14 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2013-2014 21-9 (12-4) 2nd (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 11-20 (7-11) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 20-11 (12-4) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 18-14 (8-8) 4th (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 20-10 (12-4) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 16-15 (8-8) 4th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 23-9 (12-4) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2006-2007 18-11 (9-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 15-14 (6-8) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 11-18 (7-11) 6th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 16-12 (10-8) 3rd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 18-14 (14-4) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd

2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Amadou Sow All-Big West First Team
Ajay Mitchell All-Big West Second Team
Miles Norris All-Big West Honorable Mention
Ajare Sanni Big West All-Tournament Team
Ajay Mitchell Big West Freshman of the Year
Ajay Mitchell Big West Player of the Week (Feb 28, 2022)
Amadou Sow Big West Player of the Week (Mar 7, 2022)

2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Mitchell C. Wishart J. Pierre-Louis A. Sow M. Norris
Rotation     A. Sanni   R. Idehen
Lim PT S. Toure Z. Harvey J. Nagle   J. Kukic
Lim PT C. Anderson G. Gomez H. Hartwell   A. Bland
Lim PT   M. Sheldon     D. Pickles

2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Amadou Sow 28 29.6 15.6 8.4 0.7 0.8 0.8 2.0
Ajay Mitchell 27 32.0 11.6 2.2 3.7 0.8 0.2 1.8
Miles Norris 28 29.4 10.3 5.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.7
Ajare Sanni 22 26.5 10.2 2.7 2.9 1.0 0.0 1.4
Josh Pierre-Louis 26 25.4 8.8 4.1 3.1 1.2 0.0 2.5
Calvin Wishart 27 26.5 6.7 2.8 2.7 1.1 0.1 1.6
Robinson Idehen 27 14.9 5.4 3.3 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.0
Cole Anderson 27 10.5 4.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2
Sekou Toure 28 10.9 2.5 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.7
Jakov Kukic 9 4.0 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.7
Ariel Bland 8 5.0 1.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
Jay Nagle 23 7.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1
Max Sheldon 3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
David Pickles 3 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Gage Gomez 5 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zach Harvey 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Henry Hartwell 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2021-2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Joe Pasternack Head Coach 2017-2018 Associate Head Coach (Arizona, 2013 to 2017)
John Rillie Associate Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (UC Santa Barbara, 2017 to 2018)
Ben Tucker Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Northern Arizona, 2016 to 2017)
Larry Lewis Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (2018 to 2019)
John Seavey Video Coordinator 2017-2018 N/A
John McCutcheon Athletic Director 2015-2016 Athletic Director (Massachusetts, 2004 to 2015)
Luke Storey Director of Sports Performance 2019-2020 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (Orlando Magic, 2018 to 2019)
Andrew Payne Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 Graduate Manager (UC Santa Barbara, 2017 to 2018)
Leroy Heu Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Jackson Smidt Associate Head Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A