Feb. 4, 2008

Stockton, Calif. - University of the Pacific's men's basketball team will face San Jose State on Saturday, Feb. 23 as a part of O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters. The Tigers will host the Spartans in the Spanos Center, with a tipoff time of 7:00 p.m.

Pacific is 15-6 overall, 6-2 in the Big West Conference. San Jose State is 10-11 overall, 2-6 in the Western Athletic Conference.

The series with the Spartans is the longest in the Tigers' record book, with Pacific holding an 81-72 series edge. The teams have not met since an 81-63 Tiger win on Dec. 7, 2005. The teams will play a return game in San Jose this November or December.

All nine members of the Big West are a part of the ESPNU Bracketbusters.

Games involving Big West teams from in ESPNU BracketBusters have been determined as follows:

Home Big West Teams

San Jose State at Pacific

Rider at Cal State Northridge (tv)

Portland State at Cal State Fullerton

Idaho at UC Irvine

Hawaii at UC Riverside

Away Big West Teams

UC Santa Barbara at Utah State (tv)

Cal Poly at Fresno State

Long Beach State at New Mexico State

UC Davis at Loyola-Maryland