STOCKTON, Calif. – The men's basketball teams from 2003-04 through 2005-06 completed the best three-year stretch in Pacific history, finishing with a 76-20 overall record, including a combined 47-3 mark in the Big West Conference.

The 2003-06 men's basketball era will be honored as part of the Class of 2024 for the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame. A special reception and dinner take place on Friday, Feb. 23 in the Janssen-Lagorio Gymnasium on the Pacific campus.
 
"It's awesome because they were three of the best teams that I've coached. It was a fun three-year period to watch them develop and see how good they could become. It was great to be a part of it," said Bob Thomason, who served as Pacific men's basketball coach for 25 years (1988-2013). "All three of the teams were a little different in their style of play. Each year, we learned and got better. As the season went on, we became a really good basketball team and they really wanted to win badly. Those teams understood how to win, and they played well together. They developed confidence in the program that we could go play anybody and play well."
 
The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Big West Championship in 2004 and 2006 and earned an at-large bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament after finishing as the tournament runner-up.
 
In 2004, the 12th-seeded Tigers upset No. 5 Providence 66-58 before falling in the second round to No. 4 Kansas, 78-63. The following year, the Tigers were seeded No. 8 in the West Region and knocked off ninth-seeded Pittsburgh 79-71 before falling to No. 1 Washington 97-79. In 2006, the 13th-seeded Tigers pushed No. 4 Boston College to double overtime before falling 88-76.
 
"Our guys did a great job handling being in the spotlight," Thomason said. "We competed hard, and they were all great games."
 
The Tigers swept the Big West Player of the Year honors all three seasons with Miah Davis honored in 2004, David Doubley in 2005 and Christian Maraker in 2006. Thomason was named Big West Coach of the Year all three seasons.
 
Each of those teams were unique in their own ways, but the one thing that brought them all together was their drive to win.
 
"We had to prove we were good our first year, but the next year, we were unstoppable," Thomason said. "The team in the second year, that team was the best, most-talented team I've coached. "We won 22 games in a row. We got ranked No. 16 in the country. We were 13-1 on the road. Those were all impressive feats. They knew they were good. It was a fun team to coach."
 
More information about the Hall of Fame ceremony can be found here.
 
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