The UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team is the men's

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program that represents the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in communications material, formerly and colloquially UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Es ...

. The Tritons compete in

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as a member of the

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(BWC). The team plays its home games at LionTree Arena. They made their first appearance in the

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

, their first eligible year after transitioning from

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History

At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won the CCAA tournament and advanced to the first round of the NCAA West Regionals. After a relatively dry spell, the team has seen most of its success in recent years under Eric Olen. In 2015–16, they were the NCAA West Region runners-up. The 2016–17 season was the first in which they won the CCAA regular-season title; they also won the CCAA Tournament and were again NCAA West Region runners-up. The team won the CCAA Tournament again in 2017–18, but dropped in the NCAA West Regional quarterfinals. The Tritons have the most CCAA Tournament titles of any current or former CCAA member school, with five. Triton basketball transitioned to

and the

in 2020. They became eligible to participate in

March Madness The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the NCAA Division I, Di ...

in 2025 following a four-year transition period. In that year, UC San Diego won the Big West Conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.

Postseason results

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Tritons appeared in the

one time. They have a record of 0–1.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Tritons appeared in the

NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament (officially styled by the NCAA as a "Championship" instead of a "Tournament") is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of ...

five times. They have a record of 5–5.

NCAA Division III tournament results

UC San Diego appeared in the

NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament The NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion. It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 & since 2022, but no ...

four times. They had a record of 2–4.

CBI results

The Tritons have appeared in the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI sel ...

(CBI) once in

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

. Their combined record is 0–1.

Yearly records

* Games against Big West opponents during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 season are considered non-conference games by the Big West Conference due to DI Reclassification. * UC San Diego was not eligible for conference or NCAA postseason events until the 2024-25 season due to DI reclassification restrictions.

References

External links

* {{Big West Conference men's basketball navbox