SMU, Dayton, UC Irvine and San Francisco ... In the Irvine region, UC Irvine (28-6) lost the Big West tournament championship to San Diego but had won six in a row before that.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico hired UC San Diego's Eric Olen on Sunday as its next basketball coach.

It’s now a different year and a different challenge for the Aztecs: Win a play-in game against North Carolina in the NCAA’s First Four in Dayton ... Creighton and UC San Diego.

SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego will play the Big Ten Tournament ... a First Four matchup against North Carolina on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of that game will be the 11 seed in the ...

The Aztecs face fellow 11-seed UNC Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. in Dayton. The winner of that game will take on Ole Miss Friday at 1:05 p.m. in Milwaukee. When the women’s selection show got started two hours ...

Jerry Palm, of CBS Sports, listed Dayton among his “First Four Out” teams in his latest projection. Palm has Baylor, San Diego State ... with North Carolina, UC Irvine and Wake Forest.

UNC guard RJ Davis on Monday night at UD Arena, after the Tar Heels arrived in Dayton for the First Four ... Aztecs also included wins against UC San Diego (63-58) and Division III Occidental ...

Eric Olen took over as UC San Diego’s head basketball coach in 2013. A few years later the Tritons began their transition ...