CASPER WARE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Casper Ware was largely responsible for getting Long Beach State back to the NCAA tournament and the biggest reason the 49ers were such a popular upset pick. Ware finally wore out on Thursday, unable to provide one final sparkling moment in his 49ers career. Hounded all afternoon by lanky New Mexico guard Kendall Williams, Ware struggled to a 5-of-19 shooting performance and the...

Last Saturday before Long Beach State's game against UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Tournament Championship, Casper Ware had "that look in his eye," according to his head coach Dan Monson. "He just had a look and it was contagious," Monson said. "It was a look of 'we're doing this.'" When Ware has that look, it normally spells doom...

Casper Ware scored 33 points, James Ennis got six of his 15 points in the final 5:08 and Long Beach State relied on its long-range shooting to beat UC Santa Barbara 77-64 on Saturday night, winning the Big West conference championship game and a berth in the NCAA tournament. Ware was 10 for 23 from the field for the two-time Big West regular-season champion 49ers (25-8), who lost...

Casper Ware scored 22 points and top-seeded Long Beach State pulled away in the second half Friday, beating UC Irvine 68-57 to reach the Big West Conference tournament championship game. On Saturday, the 49ers (24-8) will play the winner of Friday's late game between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly. James Ennis added 13 points and T.J. Robinson had 11 for Long Beach State. Ennis...

Casper Ware of Long Beach State has been named the Big West Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

There were a lot of good matchups in Bracket Busters when the pairings were announced. Wichita State at Davidson. Nevada at Iona. St Mary's at Murray State. But the best one turned out to be the final one. Long Beach State traveled to Creighton to play a game that didn't finish until after midnight EST. This game featured a matchup between All American candidates Casper...

Casper WareBy Paul Seaver (TheArenaPulse) This post is part of The Arena Pulse's Player of the Night feature.Each morning throughout the 2011-12 season, The Arena Pulse will select and name its "Player of the Night" from the previous evening's action.Thursday night was not at all kind to some of the nation's top mid-major talent.Murray State fell for the first...

Casper Ware scored 27 of his career-high 38 points in the second half to lead Long Beach State to a 74-66 victory over Pacific on Thursday night. Ware made a career-high eight 3-pointers, including three in a two-minute span to put the 49ers back in control after Pacific had rallied from a 10-point deficit to tie the game 55-55 with 7:53 remaining. Ware, the reigning Big West Conference...

STOCKTON (AP) — Casper Ware scored 27 of his career-high 38 points in the second half to lead Long Beach State to a 74-66 victory over Pacific on Thursday night. Ware made a career-high eight 3-pointers, including three in a two-minute span to put the 49ers back in control after Pacific had rallied from a 10-point deficit to tie the game 55-55 with 7:53 remaining. Ware, the reigning...