¢ Kansas University leads the all-time series with Pepperdine, 8-1. KU won the last meeting, 76-61, in 1999 at Allen Fieldhouse. The Waves’ only victory was in 1979 when they registered a 96-89 victory in Malibu.

¢ The Waves went 0-4 on a recent road trip to Dayton, Wisconsin, Santa Barbara and Colorado State. The Waves shot just 32.6 percent from the field and were held under 60 points in all four contests. The Waves shot a season-low 29.2 percent (19-for-65) from the field in a 71-56 loss at Colorado State.

¢ Pepperdine entered the 2005-06 campaign as the youngest team in the West Coast Conference (WCC). Its roster consists of six freshmen and a total of 13 underclassmen. Last season, the Waves had four seniors and four juniors on the roster.

¢ Senior forward Keith Jarbo, who joined the Pepperdine program as a walk-on prior to the 2003-04 campaign and was awarded a scholarship for his senior season, will graduate in April with a sports-medicine degree. After taking the summer off, Jarbo will attend medical school. He already has been accepted to the University of Michigan’s medical school and has applied to several others, including UCLA, USC and George Washington.

¢ Guard Alex Acker, who declared early for the NBA Draft last spring, was a second-round draft pick by the Detroit Pistons following his junior season. The two-time All-West Coast Conference selection went on to make the Pistons’ opening-day roster and became the first Pepperdine player to be drafted since 2001, when Brandon Armstrong was the 23rd overall pick by the Houston Rockets following his sophomore season.

¢ Paul Westphal, the former head coach of the Phoenix Suns and the Seattle SuperSonics, is in his fifth season at Pepperdine and has compiled a mark of 71-58. He succeeded Jan van Breda Kolff, who resigned as the Waves’ head coach in April of 2001 to accept the same position at St. Bonaventure.

¢ Pepperdine was picked to finish last in the WCC preseason coaches poll. Gonzaga was picked first in the poll.