Here's what you need to know about why UC San Diego is nicknamed the Tritons and its history: Why is UC San Diego called the Tritons? According to the UC San Diego athletic website, the school was ...

UC San Diego is coming off a 30-win season, which helped the school clinch its first appearance in the NCAA tournament by winning the Big West. The Tritons earned a dangerous No. 12 seed ...

Tritons outlast UC Irvine to win Big West Tournament championship, advance to first Big Dance in program history ...

They decided to go with an unusual mascot and became the Tritons in 1964. Here is more on what their mascot is — and, more important, why. UC San Diego's mascot is the Triton. According to the ...

The CSUN men’s volleyball team took on UC San Diego in a top 10 showdown where the No. 9 Matadors came out victorious in a ...

“A lot of people will know now what a Triton is moving forward,’’ Edwards, who has been UC San Diego’s athletic director since 2000, said Wednesday. The Tritons, in their first year of ...

Southern University led by as many as 21 points in the first half Wednesday night, then held on to defeat the Tritons 68-56 ...

Bryce Pope spent four years building UC San Diego and transferred to USC. We watched the Tritons' first-round heartbreaker with him. Sam Blum 88 Men's March Madness 2025 Day 1 takeaways ...

Long before the players and coaches from UC San Diego graced the court at Ball Arena on Thursday, a god walked among men.