If I were to write at the beginning of the year that the Pacific Tigers would be one of the most improved teams in the West Coast Conference, I would hope you would all stage a coup and wrest this site from my clearly delusional hands.
Yet, here we stand, with new head coach Damon Stoudamire’s team tied for third in conference play with the BYU Cougars. This isn’t a fluke either. Since Gonzaga opened conference play against Pacific with a decisive 33 point victory, the Tigers have rattled off multiple good wins—including wins over BYU and San Diego, and a couple of good losses as well to Saint Mary’s and San Francisco by a combined five points.