2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team

2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball
2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball
Boardwalk Battle champions
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	11–2 (2–0 Big West)
Head coach	Eric Olen (12th season);
Associate head coach	Clint Allard
Assistant coaches	Tom Tankelewicz; Steven Aldridge; Sam Stapleton; Mikey Howell;
Home arena	LionTree Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team represents the University of California, San Diego during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tritons, led by 12th-year head coach Eric Olen, play their home games at LionTree Arena in La Jolla, California, as members of the Big West Conference.

2024–25 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC San Diego	2	–	0	1.000	11	–	2	.846
UC Riverside	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	5	.615
UC Davis	2	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Long Beach State	2	–	0	1.000	6	–	8	.429
UC Irvine	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Cal State Northridge	1	–	1	.500	8	–	4	.667
Hawai'i	0	–	1	.000	7	–	3	.700
UC Santa Barbara	0	–	2	.000	7	–	5	.583
Cal State Bakersfield	0	–	2	.000	6	–	7	.462
Cal Poly	0	–	2	.000	6	–	8	.429
Cal State Fullerton	0	–	2	.000	4	–	9	.308

† 2025 Big West tournament winner As of December 22, 2024

This is the first year the team will be eligible for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, as UC San Diego has officially completed their transition to Division I sports.

Previous season

The Tritons finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 15–5 in Big West play to finish in second place.^[1] Since they were in the final year of the a four-year mandatory transition period from Division II to Division I, they were ineligible to participate in the Big West tournament.^[2] They received an invitation to the CBI, receiving the #2 seed,^[3] where they would be upset by Chicago State in the first round.^[4]

Roster

2024–25 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Camden McCormick	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Francis Parker School	San Diego, California
G	1	Ryder Elisaldez	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Bishop Gorman HS	Las Vegas, Nevada
G/F	2	Christopher Cox	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Cottonwood HS	Salt Lake City, Utah
G	3	Hayden Gray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Azusa Pacific	San Diego, California
F	4	Cade Pendleton	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	East Hamilton HS	Chattanooga, Tennessee
G	5	Justin Rochelin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Jr	Oregon State	Encino, California
G	8	Chris Howell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Saint Mary's	San Diego, California
G	11	Jasen Brooks	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Cleveland HS	Cleveland, Tennessee
G/F	12	Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Hawaii–Hilo	Wellington, New Zealand
G/F	13	Tyler McGhie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Southern Nazarene	Denton, Texas
G/F	15	Quin Patterson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Mount Si HS	Snoqualmie, Washington
G	20	Aidan Burke	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Phillips Exeter Academy	Los Gatos, California
G	22	Yaqub Mir	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Fr	Granite Bay HS	Granite Bay, California
F	24	Nordin Kapic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Lynn	Vienna, Austria
F	31	Milos Vicentic	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	McKendree	Belgrade, Serbia
F	33	Maximo Milovich	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	GS	Biola	Buenos Aires, Argentina

Head coach

Eric Olen (Spring Hill)

Assistant coach(es)

Clint Allard (UC San Diego)
Tom Tankelewicz (Western Carolina)
Steven Aldridge (San Diego City)
Sam Stapleton (Occidental)
Mikey Howell (UC San Diego)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 29, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2024* 7:00 pm, YurView	at San Diego State	L 58−63	0−1	21 – McGhie	8 – Kapic	4 – Gray	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
November 9, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN	Pepperdine	W 94–76	1–1	25 – Tait-Jones	5 – Tied	7 – Gray	LionTree Arena (3,688) La Jolla, CA
November 12, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN	Sacramento State	W 64–54	2–1	21 – Tait-Jones	8 – Tait-Jones	6 – Howell	LionTree Arena (1,031) La Jolla, CA
November 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN	Seattle	L 71–84	2–2	20 – Tait-Jones	4 – Tied	4 – Gray	LionTree Arena (1,026) La Jolla, CA
November 21, 2024* 10:00 am, BallerTV	vs. La Salle Boardwalk Battle quarterfinals	W 72–67	3–2	27 – McGhie	10 – Kapic	2 – Tied	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
November 22, 2024* 12:30 pm, BallerTV	vs. James Madison Boardwalk Battle semifinals	W 73–67	4–2	21 – Tait-Jones	6 – Tait-Jones	4 – Tait-Jones	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
November 23, 2024* 2:30 pm, BallerTV	vs. Toledo Boardwalk Battle championship	W 80–45	5–2	27 – McGhie	8 – Rochelin	4 – McGhie	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
November 30, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN	La Verne	W 109–33	6–2	13 – McGhie	7 – Tied	6 – Brooks	LionTree Arena (792) La Jolla, CA
December 5, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN	at UC Santa Barbara	W 84–76	7–2 (1–0)	22 – Tait-Jones	8 – Gray	3 – Tied	The Thunderdome (2,065) Santa Barbara, CA
December 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN	Cal State Bakersfield	W 81–60	8–2 (2–0)	25 – Kapic	7 – Tait-Jones	5 – Howell	LionTree Arena (1,862) La Jolla, CA
December 15, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN	at Idaho	W 80–56	9–2	21 – Tied	10 – Kapic	3 – Gray	ICCU Arena (1,410) Moscow, ID
December 17, 2024* 6:00 pm, MW Network	at Utah State	W 75–73	10–2	26 – McGhie	6 – Tied	6 – Howell	Smith Spectrum (7,354) Logan, UT
December 21, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN	at San Diego	W 77–71	11–2	27 – McGhie	7 – Kapic	6 – Tait-Jones	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,350) San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN	Occidental						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
January 4, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN	at Cal State Fullerton						Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	Cal Poly						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
January 11, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	UC Irvine						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	at Long Beach State						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
January 18, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN	at UC Riverside						SRC Arena Riverside, CA
January 23, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	UC Santa Barbara						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
January 25, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	Cal State Northridge						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
January 30, 2025 9:00 pm, ESPN	at Hawai'i						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
February 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	UC Riverside						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
February 8, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	at UC Irvine						Bren Events Center Irvine, CA
February 13, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN	at Cal State Bakersfield						Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
February 15, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	UC Davis						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
February 20, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	at Cal Poly						Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
February 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	Hawai'i						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
February 27, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	at Cal State Northridge						Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA
March 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	Cal State Fullerton						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
March 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN	Long Beach State						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN	at UC Davis						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
Big West tournament
March 12–15, 2025 ESPN	vs.						Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "UC San Diego Formally Joins Big West as Part of Transition to Division I". UC San Diego. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ "Teams". College Basketball Invitational. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Cardet scores 30 to lead Chicago State over UC San Diego 77-75 in CBI". AP News. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC San Diego. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "UC San Diego Tritons 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[2] "UC San Diego Formally Joins Big West as Part of Transition to Division I". UC San Diego. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[3] "Teams". College Basketball Invitational. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[4] "Cardet scores 30 to lead Chicago State over UC San Diego 77-75 in CBI". AP News. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[5] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC San Diego. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[6] "UC San Diego Tritons 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

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