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The San Diego Toreros men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program that represents the University of San Diego (USD). The Toreros compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the West Coast Conference (WCC). The team plays its home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

The Toreros won their first WCC title in 1983–84, when the conference was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference. Jim Brovelli was named the conference coach of the year. The team played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2008.

Rivalries University of San Diego's biggest rival is cross town, out of conference, San Diego State University. USD trails 14-23 all-time with both programs at the Division I level. Since the 2001–02 season the Toreros have been 3–15 against the Aztecs, but led the series 10–9 prior to that. 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 Petco Park hosted a basketball game. The Toreros won 53–48.

College admissions scandal Lamont Smith, who coached the team from 2015 to 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 Beverly Hills real estate developer's children gain admission to the university. "UTEP, former San Diego coach Lamont Smith implicated in college admissions scandal"

Postseason results

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

1984 12 Preliminary Round (12) Princeton L 56–65 1987 9 First Round (8) Auburn L 61–62 2003 13 First Round (4) Stanford L 69–77 2008 13 First RoundSecond Round (4) Connecticut(12) Western Kentucky W 70–69OTL 63–72

NCAA Division II The Toreros appeared in five NCAA Division II Tournaments. Their combined record was 4–6.

1966 Regional SemifinalsRegional Third Place Seattle PacificNevada L 63–69L 71–741973 Regional SemifinalsRegional Third Place Cal State BakersfieldPuget Sound L 44–50W 80–731974 Round of 44 Sonoma State L 54–601978 Regional SemifinalsRegional FinalsElite Eight Puget SoundCal State NorthridgeFlorida Tech W 91–85W 70–67L 71–771979 Regional SemifinalsRegional Third Place UC RiversideCal State Northridge L 48–62W 74–69 (OT)

NIT results The Toreros have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) once, in 2019.

2019 First Round Memphis L 60–74

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

2014 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Portland StateSam Houston StatePacific W 87–65W 77–72L 60–75 2018 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals HartfordPortland StateNorthern Colorado W 88–72W 67–64L 75–86

Record by coach + Data at conclusion of 2021–22 WCC tournament Fon Johnson 1955–1957 2 24 31 0 0 0 0 Bob McCutcheon 1957–1958 1 14 11 0 0 0 0 Les Harvey 1958–1960 2 15 36 0 0 0 0 Ken Leslie 1960–1961 1 11 16 0 0 0 0 Ed Baron 1961–1962 1 6 20 0 0 0 0 Phil Woolpert 1962–1969 7 90 90 0 0 0 0 Bernie Bickerstaff 1969–1973 4 55 49 0 0 0 0 Jim Brovelli 1973–1984 11 160 131 1 1 0 0 Hank Egan 1984–1994 10 156 126 1 1 0 0 Brad Holland 1994–2007 13 200 176 1 1 0 0 Bill Grier 2007–2015 8 117 144 1 1 0 1 Lamont Smith 2015–2018 3 40 52 0 0 0 0 Sam Scholl 2018–2022 4 50 66 0 0 1 1 Steve Lavin 2022-present 3 35 52 0 0 0 0 Totals 66 973 1000 () ¹ Invitations

Results by Season, Last 12 Years 2024–2025 (6-27) (2-16 Conference) 2023–2024 (18-15) (7-9 Conference) 2022–2023 (11-20) (4–12 Conference) 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)

Toreros in the NBA Stan Washington Eric Musselman Mike Brown Bernie Bickerstaff David Fizdale James Borrego Chris Grant

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