The San Diego Toreros men's basketball team is a college basketball team that represents the

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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(WCC). The team played in the

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. The Toreros play their home games in the Jenny Craig Pavilion, and their head coach is

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. They won their first WCC title in 1983–84, when the conference was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference. The team was led by all-conference forward

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, who was a runner-up that year for the conference player of the year award. Their coach, Jim Brovelli, was named the conference coach of the year.

Rivalries

University of San Diego's biggest rival is

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. Since the 2001–02 season the Toreros have been 3–15 against the Aztecs during the past 15 seasons, but led the series 10–9 prior to that (SDSU leads 23–14 all-time with both programs at the Division I level). As of the 2022–23 season, the last Toreros win came during the 2018–19 season at SDSU. They also won against them during a game at Petco Park during the 2015–16 season, at the time the fifth game since 2011 to be played outside; it was also the first time the Petco Park hosted a basketball game. The Toreros won 53–48.

College admissions scandal

Lamont Smith, who coached the team from 2015–2018, was accused of accepting a bribe as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal while he was coach of the team, allegedly illegally helping a

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real estate developer's children gain admission to the university.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Toreros have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4.

NIT results

The Toreros have appeared in the

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(NIT) once, in 2019.

CIT results

The Toreros have appeared in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) two times. Their combined record is 4–2.

Record by coach

¹ Invitations

Results by Season, Last 10 Years

2021–2022 (15-16) (7–9 Conference)
2020–2021 (3-11) (2-7 Conference)
2018–2019 (21–14) (7–9 Conference)
2017–2018 (20–14) (9–9 Conference)
2016–2017 (13–18) (6–12 Conference)
2015–2016 (9–21) (4–14 Conference)
2014–2015 (15–16) (8–10 Conference)
2013–2014 (18–17) (7–11 Conference)
2012–2013 (16–18) (7–9 Conference)
2011–2012 (13–18) (7–9 Conference)

Toreros in the NBA

* Stan Washington *

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* Mike Brown *

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* Chris Grant

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:San Diego Toreros Men's Basketball