Editor’s Note: Dean Oliver is a former player and assistant at Caltech. He currently works as Director of Production Analytics at ESPN. Caltech is known for some of the smartest science and technology ...

Pasadena, Calif. — I went to the Caltech-Whittier College men’s basketball game Saturday evening because, as a journalist, I have a responsibility to history. Also because Sharon Herzberger, ...

STUDIO CITY(CBSNews)- In what some are calling revenge of the nerds, a 26-year losing streak ended for a college that has produced a lot of winners, just not on the basketball court. Some of the ...

The Caltech men's basketball team Tuesday night won its first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game since 1985, defeating Occidental, 46-45, at Caltech. The victory ends Caltech ...

With seconds left, the 46-45 home victory over Occidental was capped with a free throw by Senior Ryan Elmquist, who led the Beavers with 23 points and nine rebounds. After he missed the second free ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

PASADENA, Calif. Of all colleges, it would seem, the California Institute of Technology should have the least trouble doing the math. Yet its basketball team was left guessing about the precise length ...

It was the last chance in the last game of the last basketball season Ryan Elmquist would ever experience, and the boy wonder wondered. He recorded a perfect score on his ACT exam. He is graduating ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Caltech posted its first conference victory in more than 26 years ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A Nobel Prize laureate stood quietly in the back of the room. The university president sat in the bleachers. Both had attended news conferences at Caltech before, but never one ...

PASADENA – The Caltech men’s basketball team has a new streak. But this time, it’s called a winning streak. It’s something the Beavers will have to accustomed to in the next few weeks and months.