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Pacific Tigers. The Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of the Pacific, located in Stockton, California. The team is an NCAA Division I member, part of the West Coast Conference. They play their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center and are led by head coach Dave Smart .
The 2021–22 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by first-year head coach Leonard Perry and played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton, California as members of the West Coast Conference .
University of the Pacific ( Pacific or UOP) is a private university originally founded as a Methodist -affiliated university with its main campus in Stockton, California, and graduate campuses in San Francisco and Sacramento. It was the first university in the state of California, [4] the first independent coeducational campus in California ...
Conference history. Pacific was one of the founding members of the West Coast Conference (originally the California Basketball Association and later the West Coast Athletic Conference) in 1952, but became a charter member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, now known as the Big West Conference, for football only in 1969 and moved the rest of its sports to the PCAA in 1971.
Pacific Tigers women's basketball. Pacific Tigers women's volleyball. Alex G. Spanos Center is a 6,150-seat, indoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California . The Alex G. Spanos Center opened on September 9, 1981, and was constructed for over $ 7 million. It is named after late Pacific alumnus ...
Michael Olowokandi (born 3 April 1975) is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in London, he played collegiately for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California. Nicknamed " The Kandi Man ," Olowokandi was selected as the first overall pick of the 1998 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Robert Lesley "Bob" Thomason, Jr. (born March 26, 1949) is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached the University of the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team for 25 seasons from 1988 to 2013. [2] [3] In 25 years at Pacific, Thomason has the most wins in school and Big West history with 437. He was named Big West Conference Coach ...
Dave Smart (born August 14, 1966) is a Canadian college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team.Regarded as the most successful Canadian university coach of all time, Smart was the head coach of the Carleton Ravens from 1999 to 2019, leading them to 13 of the team's 17 overall U Sports national championships.