UC San Diego is coming off a storybook 2024-2025 basketball campaign.

In their first season of eligibility for NCAA Division I postseason play, the Tritons posted a 30-5 record, won the Big West Conference Tournament and fought Michigan to the finish before losing their first March Madness appearance by a 68-65 score.

However, none of the principals who created such a buzz on the La Jolla campus are returning. Coach Eric Olen has departed for New Mexico. All the major contributing players have also departed.

But new UCSD head coach Clint Allard talks in terms of the Tritons reloading – and not rebuilding – in a 2025-2026 season that begins Monday at 7 with a game against La Verne at LionTree Arena.

“I feel good about this team,” Allard said recently as he discussed the first team he wi

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