Going into last week’s games, the UCSD women’s basketball team was ranked No. 2 in the nation and had its sights set on the best start to the season ever.

The UCSD Men’s Volleyball team split their weekend matches last weekend in the Grand Canyon University tournament.

Without a loss in the 2012 season, the No. 2 UCSD women’s basketball team has strung together the most wins in school history after taking down Cal State East Bay 84-73 last Friday and No. 24 Cal State Monterey Bay 91-63 on Sunday.

This past weekend, the Triton Men’s Basketball team split its home games against Cal State East Bay on Friday and Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday.

UCSD athletics is growing out of its Division II standing — prompting the question of whether students are willing to fund a movement to Division I. 

UCSD began competition in collegiate athletics as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics — NCAA’s envious younger brother or inadequate cousin.
  

UCSD’s new branding intiative may play to the campus’ strengths, but it is doubtful whether these changes will fix its reputation.

Welcome Week means free food and drinks and cheaper-than-free flyers, but mostly it’s supposed to be a time to explore. To find out whatever the hell RIMAC is, wherever the hell the Village is — and which club, for heaven’s sake, throws the most raging pizza parties of all.