| UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball | |
| Current: | 2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team |
| University: | University of California San Diego |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Location: | La Jolla, California |
| Coach: | Eric Olen |
| Tenure: | 12th |
| Arena: | LionTree Arena |
| Capacity: | 4,200 |
| Nickname: | Tritons |
| Record: | 712–683 [1] |
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| Ncaasweetsixteen: | Division III: 1991 Division II: 2016, 2017 |
| Ncaaroundof32: | Division III: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 Division II: 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| Ncaatourneys: | Division III 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 |
| Conference Tournament: | CCAA 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Conference Season: | CCAA 2017, 2019, 2020 |
The UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program that represents the University of California, San Diego. The Tritons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big West Conference (BWC). The team plays its home games at LionTree Arena.
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.[2] 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 CCAA member school, with three.
Triton basketball transitioned to NCAA Division I and the Big West Conference in 2020. They will not be eligible to participate in March Madness until the reclassification period ends in 2024.[3]
The Tritons have appeared in six Division II tournaments and four Division III tournaments.
| First Round | L 60–80 | |||
| First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | W 76–64 W 71–69 L 55–60 | |||
| First Round | Dixie State Cal Baptist Chico State | W 94–68 W 84–80 L 86–94 | ||
| First Round | Cal Baptist | L 67–81 | ||
| First Round Second Round | W 61–50 L 50–73 | |||
| First Round | Cancelled |
| Second Round | L 75–77 | |||
| Second Round Sectional Semifinal | W 76–72 L 95–108 | |||
| Second Round | L 70–88 | |||
| First Round Second Round | Pomona-Pitzer Cal Lutheran | W 67–66 L 81–95 |
The Tritons have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) once in 2024. Their combined record is 0–1.
| First Round | Chicago State | L 75-77[4] |