Men’s basketball briefs

  • Kansas University leads the all-time series, 2-0. KU won, 70-54, in 1966 and 78-63 in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
  • Former Pacific basketball standout Bob Thomason, a 1971 graduate, is 261-209 in his 17th season at the Big West Conference school. He was an all conference guard under coach Dick Edwards in 1971.
  • Pacific is 2-0 after beating San Jose State, 70-52, and Santa Clara, 71-65.
  • Pacific is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
  • Christian Maraker was named first-team all-Big West last season.
  • Pacific has been picked to place first in the Big West by coaches in the conference. Pacific tied Utah State for first in the media poll. Maraker and Guillaume Yango were tapped preseason all league.
  • Aaron Miles is 43 assists shy of the KU career mark of 804 held by Jacque Vaughn.
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