2013–14 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team

2013–14 Pacific Tigers men's basketball
2013–14 Pacific Tigers men's basketball
CIT Semifinals vs. Murray State, L 75–98
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	18–16 (6–12 WCC)
Head coach	Ron Verlin (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Adam Jacobsen; Calvin Byrd; Dwight Young;
Home arena	Alex G. Spanos Center
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 ⊟

2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	15	–	3	.833	29	–	7	.806
BYU	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
San Francisco	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
Saint Mary's	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Pepperdine	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
San Diego	7	–	11	.389	18	–	17	.514
Portland	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	18	–	16	.529
Santa Clara	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406

† Conference tournament winner

The 2013–14 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They play their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center. This was season of new beginnings for the Tigers. Gone after 25 seasons was long-time head coach Bob Thomason. The new head coach of the Tigers was former assistant Ron Verlin. Verlin arrived with much experience. Verlin had been the associate head coach for the Tigers for 19 seasons under Thomason. Verlin becomes the 20th head coach in the history of Tiger basketball.^[1]

In addition to the new coach, Pacific joined a new conference, the West Coast Conference.^[2] Pacific was one of the founders of what became the WCC. Now, after four decades, the Tigers returned allowing the WCC to return to a travel partner scenario. Pacific and Saint Mary's became travel partners. The other four sets of travel partners were San Francisco and Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, Gonzaga and Portland, and BYU and San Diego.

The Tigers finished the season 18–16, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Grand Canyon, Texas A&M Corpus–Christi and fellow WCC member San Diego to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Murray State.

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Colin Beatty	2	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Lanham, Maryland	Graduated
Reed Kamler	10	G	6'0"	185	Senior	San Rafael, California	Graduated
Lorenzo McCloud	11	G	6'0"	170	Senior	Los Angeles, California	Graduated
Rodrigo De Souza	21	G	6'2"	200	Senior	São Paulo, Brazil	Graduated
Markus Duran	22	G	6'0"	185	Senior	Murray, Utah	Graduated
Travis Fulton	24	F	6'6"	220	Senior	Corona, California	Graduated
Jordan Turner	25	F	6'5"	190	Senior	Oakland, California	Graduated

In addition to the 7 listed, Andrew Bock and Trevin Harris also graduated. However they both have one year of eligibility remaining and will return to the team for the 2013–14 season.

Recruiting

Currently two players have committed to join the Tigers for the 2013–14 season. More are expected to be announced, probably from the Junior College ranks.

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Raymond Boyles G	Modesto, California	Modesto Christian	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 15, 2012
Raymond Boyles G	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
Thomas Wallace G	Stockton, California	Ronald E. McNair	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 10, 2012
Thomas Wallace G	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 63
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 98 Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Pacific 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2013 Pacific Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2013–14 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Trevin Harris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Kingwood Western Wyoming CC	Kingwood, TX
G	2	T.J. Wallace	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Modesto Christian	Stockton, CA
G	3	Sama Taku	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Tucson Santa Rosa JC	Tucson, AZ
G	4	Aaron Hendricks	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	New Hampton School	Loomis, CA
G	5	Spencer Llewellyn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Sydney Boys	Sydney, Australia
F	11	Gabriel Aguirre	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	City College of San Francisco	São Paulo, Brazil
G	12	Andrew Bock	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Eisenhower Creighton	Rialto, CA
F	13	Khalil Kelley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Los Osos	Rancho Cucamonga, CA
F	15	Aaron Short	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	North Valley Cabrillo College	Reno, NV
G	20	Ross Rivera	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	El Diamante College of the Sequoias	Visalia, CA
G	22	Ray Bowles	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Modesto Christian	Modesto, CA
F	24	David Taylor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Graf-Münster-Gymnasium	Eckersdorf, Germany
F	30	Thomas Peters	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Archbishop Mitty	Campbell, CA
F	33	Tony Gill	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Oakmont Cosumnes River College	Roseville, CA
C	42	Tim Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Sr	Sheridan Las Positas College	Sheridan, WY

Head coach

Ron Verlin (Sacramento State)

Assistant coach(es)

Adam Jacobsen (Pacific)
Calvin Byrd (Villanova)
TBA

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Pacific basketball will see an increased amount of television exposure for the 2013–14 season. Every conference game is guaranteed to be on an ESPN Network, WCC TV, WCC Network, or a local TV station (Comcast, ROOT, Time Warner, FSSD, or BYUtv). Untelevised non-conference home games will likely be switch from Big West TV to Stretch Internet.

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2013* 7:00 pm, Tigers TV	Cal State Stanislaus	W 80–70		Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
11/03/2013* 4:00 pm, Tigers TV	Montana Tech	W 76–52		Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
Regular season
11/08/2013* 7:05 pm, MW Network	at Nevada	W 80–78	1–0	Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm, Tigers TV	UC Irvine	W 84–79	2–0	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
11/17/2013* 2:00 pm, Tigers TV	Western Illinois	W 66–52	3–0	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
11/23/2013* 7:30 pm, Tigers TV	Fresno State	W 86–77	4–0	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
11/29/2013* 12:00 pm, P12N	at No. 14 Oregon Global Sports Hardwood Classic	L 62–85	4–1	Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
11/30/2013* 1:00 pm	vs. Cal Poly Global Sports Hardwood Classic	W 73–71	5–1	Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
12/01/2013* 4:30 pm	vs. North Dakota Global Sports Hardwood Classic	W 93–76	6–1	Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
12/07/2013* 4:00 pm, MW Network	at Utah State	W 78–68	7–1	Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
12/14/2013* 7:00 pm, Tigers TV	Menlo College	W 84–73	8–1	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
12/20/2013* 7:30 pm, Holiday Hoops TV	vs. Princeton South Point Holiday Hoops Classic	L 58–83	8–2	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/21/2013* 5:30 pm, Holiday Hoops TV	vs. Bradley South Point Holiday Hoops Classic	W 71–55	9–2	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/30/2013 8:00 pm, CSNCA	Saint Mary's	L 80–88	9–3 (0–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/02/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Portland	L 64–72	9–4 (0–2)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
01/04/2014 5:00 pm, TheW.tv	at No. 24 Gonzaga	L 64–86	9–5 (0–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
01/09/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Francisco	L 72–81 ^OT	9–6 (0–4)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/11/2014 1:00 pm, TWCSN/CSNCA	Santa Clara	W 80–68	10–6 (1–4)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/18/2014 5:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	L 73–79	10–7 (1–5)	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/23/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Loyola Marymount	L 81–92	10–8 (1–6)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/25/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Pepperdine	W 76–66	11–8 (2–6)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/30/2014 6:00 pm, BYUtv	at BYU	L 78–88	11–9 (2–7)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/01/2014 1:00 pm, TWCSN/CSNCA	at San Diego	W 84–67	12–9 (3–7)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
02/06/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pepperdine	L 69–80	12–10 (3–8)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
02/08/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Loyola Marymount	W 82–72	13–10 (4–8)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
02/13/2014 8:00 pm, TWCSN/CSNCA	BYU	W 89–82	14–10 (5–8)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/15/2014 7:00 pm, CSN CA	San Diego	L 55–70	14–11 (5–9)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/20/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Santa Clara	L 50–70	14–12 (5–10)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/22/2014 3:00 pm, TWCSN/CSNCA	at San Francisco	L 59-64	14–13 (5–11)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
02/27/2014 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Gonzaga	L 53–70	14–14 (5–12)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
03/01/2014 3:00 pm, TheW.tv	Portland	W 68–65	15–14 (6–12)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
WCC tournament
03/06/2014 8:30 pm, BYUtv	vs. Santa Clara First round	L 64–81	15–15	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
CIT
03/19/2014* 8:00 pm, Cox7	at Grand Canyon First round	W 69–67	16–15	Antelope Gymnasium Phoenix, AZ
03/22/2014* 6:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Second round	W 89–60	17–15	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
03/26/2014* 7:00 pm	San Diego Quarterfinals	W 75–60	18–15	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
04/01/2014* 6:00 pm, CBSSN	at Murray State Semifinals	L 75–98	18–16	CFSB Center Murray, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

Exhibition: Cal State Stanislaus

Broadcaster: Zach Bayrouty

Tigers TV

Oct 30
7:05 pm PDT

Cal State Stanislaus Warriors 70, Pacific Tigers 80
Scoring by half: 34-47, 36-33
Pts: Tyler Barber 15 Rebs: Rob Walters 10 Asts: Sam Marcus 10		Pts: Sama Taku 25 Rebs: Khalil Kelley & Ross Rivera 8 Asts: Andrew Bock 6

Montana Tech Diggers 52, Pacific Tigers 76
Scoring by half: 21-39, 31-37
Pts: Travis Peevey 14 Rebs: Bryan Bock 7 Asts: Roman Pruenda-Garza 4		Pts: Tony Gill 19 Rebs: Tony Gill 8 Asts: Andrew Bock 6

Pacific Tigers 80, Nevada Wolf Pack 78
Scoring by half: 37-42, 43-36
Pts: Tony Gill 22 Rebs: Khalil Kelley 6 Asts: Andrew Bock 3		Pts: Deonte Burton 23 Rebs: Jerry Evans, Jr. 9 Asts: Deonte Burton 3

UC Irvine Anteaters 79, Pacific Tigers 84
Scoring by half: 39-43, 40-41
Pts: Alex Young 17 Rebs: Mamadou Ndiaye 6 Asts: Alex Young 4		Pts: Ross Rivera 21 Rebs: Sama Taku & Ross Rivera 8 Asts: Sama Taku 4

Before the season

Departures

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Exhibition: Cal State Stanislaus

Exhibition: Montana Tech

Nevada

UC Irvine

Western Illinois

Fresno State

Global Sports Classic: Oregon

Global Sports Classic: Cal Poly

Global Sports Classic: North Dakota

Utah State

Menlo College

South Point Holiday Classic: Princeton

South Point Holiday Classic: Bradley

Saint Mary's

Portland

Gonzaga

San Francisco

Santa Clara

References