LA JOLLA, Calif. – Episode 88 of Tritoncast, the official podcast for UC San Diego Athletics, has dropped and is available to download or stream on every major podcast platform.

As the calendar turns to November, we're previewing UC San Diego basketball on episode 88 of Tritoncast! Join us in the Triton Spotlight as ESPN's Ted Mendenhall chats with women's basketball head coach Heidi VanDerveer. Later, ESPN's Steve Quis is joined by men's basketball head coach Eric Olen to preview the season that begins Monday night. Also this week, host Jeff Tourial takes the usual trip around campus to get you caught up on everything going on with UC San Diego Athletics in the Campus Spotlight.

New episodes of Tritoncast premiere each Wednesday are available on the most popular podcasting apps, including Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, and Vurbl. Select episodes of the show can also be seen on the UCSDTritons YouTube channel. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com.

For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on X (formerly Twitter) @Tritoncast. To provide feedback or suggestions for future guests, email tritoncast@ucsd.edu.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America accolades, while 38 have received prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among NCAA Division I and II institutions.