Pacific Looks to Assistant Verlin For Top Seat
Pacific has hired longtime assistant coach Ron Verlin to fill the head coaching vacancy caused by the retirement of Bob Thomason.
PACIFIC TIGERS
Last Game
| Final - 3.22.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tigers | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| Miami Hurricanes | 40 | 38 | 78 |
Stories
Blogger reactions for Miami-Pacific
Miami had little trouble taking care of Pacific in the second round. See how our SB Nation blogger reacted to the game.
'Canes Triumphant in Return to Big Dance.
In their return to the Big Dance for the first time since 2008-2009, the Miami Hurricanes did what they were supposed to do as a #2 seed: flattened the #15 seed Pacific Tigers like a pancake served up fresh and hot at IHOP.
Miami dismantles Pacific
Miami had no problems with Pacific on Friday, jumping out to a huge halftime lead on the Big West champs before walking out of the Frank Erwin Center with a xx-point victory.
Miami vs. Pacific: Game time, TV info and more
The Hurricanes look to avoid an early upset against a defense-oriented Pacific team in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2013 NCAA Tournament Preview: Pacific vs. Miami
Can the Tigers survive a Hurricane attack? Unfortunately, not this year.
Getting To Know the Pacific Tigers
I, along with everyone else, was pleased to see that Miami drew the 15 seeded Pacific Tigers in the Round of 64 of this season of the NCAA tournament. There were two big reasons in particular...
Pacific Completes Farewell Tour: Defeats UCI 64-55
Tony Gill scored 19 points as the Tigers win the Big West Conference Tournament in their final year as members to make the NCAA tourney.
UC Irvine aims for 1st tourney bid
In the mid-2000's, Pacific proved it can do damage in the NCAA Tournament if it gets in. UC Irvine, on the other hand, has never reached the Big Dance. The two California schools will battle for the Big West's automatic bid on Saturday.
Recap: Zags Overpower Pacific
The Zags depth proved to be too much for the Tigers...
Gonzaga takes down Pacific, remains undefeated
The ranked Bulldogs took care of business in Spokane to remain undefeated.
Cal 78, Pacific 58: DirecTV Tournament Champs!
A hot start and a hot finish earned Cal a pre-season tournament championship that could end up proving valuable when the real tournament comes calling in March.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Names | Saturday, November 10 2012 | win 76 - 38 | coverage |
| @ Fresno St. Bulldogs | Friday, November 16 2012 | loss 61 - 66 | coverage |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Monday, November 19 2012 | loss 67 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Xavier Musketeers | Thursday, November 22 2012 | win 70 - 67 | coverage |
| @ St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | Friday, November 23 2012 | win 76 - 66 | coverage |
| @ California Golden Bears | Sunday, November 25 2012 | loss 58 - 78 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Gonzaga Bulldogs | Saturday, December 01 2012 | loss 67 - 85 | coverage |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | win 78 - 72 | coverage |
| San Francisco Dons | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 67 - 59 | coverage |
| Santa Clara Broncos | Saturday, December 15 2012 | loss 71 - 75 | coverage |
| @ St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | Wednesday, December 19 2012 | loss 46 - 74 | coverage |
| Cal Maritime | Friday, December 21 2012 | win 80 - 42 | coverage |
| @ Long Beach St. 49ers | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 63 - 67 | coverage |
| January | |||
| @ UC Davis Aggies | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 74 - 64 | coverage |
| UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Thursday, January 10 2013 | win 80 - 62 | coverage |
| Cal Poly-SLO Mustangs | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 77 - 55 | coverage |
| @ Hawaii Warriors | Thursday, January 17 2013 | loss 52 - 60 | coverage |
| @ Cal. St.-Northridge Matadors | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 74 - 62 | coverage |
| UC Riverside Highlanders | Thursday, January 24 2013 | win 63 - 58 | coverage |
| Cal. St.-Fullerton Titans | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 71 - 67 | coverage |
| February | |||
| UC Davis Aggies | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 77 - 64 | coverage |
| @ Cal Poly-SLO Mustangs | Thursday, February 07 2013 | loss 62 - 67 | coverage |
| @ UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Saturday, February 09 2013 | loss 53 - 66 | coverage |
| Cal. St.-Northridge Matadors | Thursday, February 14 2013 | win 66 - 59 | coverage |
| Hawaii Warriors | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 80 - 71 | coverage |
| @ UC Irvine Anteaters | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | loss 59 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Western Michigan Broncos | Saturday, February 23 2013 | loss 62 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Cal. St.-Fullerton Titans | Thursday, February 28 2013 | win 64 - 55 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ UC Riverside Highlanders | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 70 - 68 | coverage |
| UC Irvine Anteaters | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 70 - 62 | coverage |
| Long Beach St. 49ers | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 71 - 51 | coverage |
| UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 71 - 68 | coverage |
| Cal Poly-SLO Mustangs | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 55 - 53 | coverage |
| UC Irvine Anteaters | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 64 - 55 | coverage |
| @ Miami Hurricanes | Friday, March 22 2013 | loss 49 - 78 | coverage |
Roster
Pacific Tigers Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Beatty | 2 | GUARD | 205 | 6-4 | senior | |
| Andrew Bock | 12 | GUARD | 185 | 6-2 | sophomore | |
| Markus Duran | 22 | GUARD | 185 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Travis Fulton | 24 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-6 | senior | |
| Tony Gill | 33 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-8 | junior | |
| Trevin Harris | 1 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-5 | junior | |
| Aaron Hendricks | 4 | GUARD | 185 | 6-0 | freshman | |
| Reed Kamler | 10 | GUARD | 185 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Khalil Kelley | 13 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-8 | junior | |
| Spencer Llewellyn | 5 | GUARD | 200 | 6-3 | sophomore | |
| Lorenzo McCloud | 11 | GUARD | 170 | 6-0 | senior | |
| Thomas Peters | 30 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-6 | freshman | |
| Ross Rivera | 20 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-7 | junior | |
| Aaron Short | 15 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Rodrigo De Souza | 21 | GUARD | 200 | 6-2 | senior | |
| Sama Taku | 3 | GUARD | 185 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Tim Thomas | 42 | CENTER | 255 | 6-10 | junior | |
| Jordan Turner | 25 | FORWARD | 190 | 6-5 | senior |
Stats
Pacific Tigers Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Lorenzo McCloud | 35 | 28.5 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 43.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 39.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 79.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 11.1 |
| Travis Fulton | 35 | 24.5 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 48.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 37.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 76.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| Sama Taku | 35 | 25.2 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 38.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 36.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 77.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Ross Rivera | 33 | 17.9 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 44.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 28.9 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 73.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 7.6 |
| Tony Gill | 35 | 17.4 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 52.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 44.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 70.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| Colin Beatty | 35 | 23.0 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 45.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 47.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 58.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Khalil Kelley | 35 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 22.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| Rodrigo De Souza | 35 | 18.0 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 45.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 40.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 63.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Markus Duran | 27 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 38.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 38.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Trevin Harris | 35 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 42.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 38.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 68.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Tim Thomas | 20 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 54.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Aaron Short | 1 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Andrew Bock | 22 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 26.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 91.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Spencer Llewellyn | 8 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 28.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Jordan Turner | 13 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 22.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Reed Kamler | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
