San Diego Toreros

San Diego’s return to NCAA Baseball Regionals will take them to Oregon State. The Toreros learned their destination in Monday morning’s Selection Show. Brock Ungricht’s team will head north Wednesday, as one of four teams that will take the diamond at Oregon State. The No. 4 Beavers are the hosts. Vanderbilt and New Mexico State will join them. San...

Steve Lavin, an NCAA Tournament regular in 12 seasons as coach at UCLA and St. John’s, was hired Wednesday night to take over the struggling program at the University of San Diego. The 57-year-old Lavin replaces Sam Scholl, who was fired March 6 after the Toreros went 15-16 in a third straight losing season. San Diego has had just four…

Joey Calcaterra had 20 points as San Diego beat Pepperdine 74-67 in the West Coast Conference Tourney first round on Thursday night. It was the Toreros’ first WCC Tournament win since 2019. Yavuz Gultekin had 14 points for San Diego (15-15). Marcellus Earlington added 13 points and 13 rebounds. Jase Townsend had 11 points. Houston Mallette had 12 points and…

Chet Holmgren had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 2 Gonzaga past San Diego 92-62 on Thursday night for its 11th straight victory.

This story has been updated to reflect the Aztecs’ January 18 game against UNLV has also been postponed. At this point, it appears that for every college basketball program in the country a COVID-19 pause is only a matter of time. This week it’s the Aztecs’ turn. The Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday that Saturday’s game at New Mexico...