IRVINE, Calif. – UC San Diego's highly-anticipated men's basketball game at UC Irvine on February 8 will be televised nationally on ESPNU, The Big West announced on Wednesday. The rematch between the league's top two teams in the standings will mark UC San Diego's first nationally televised Big West road game. The Tritons moved to Division I and joined The Big West in 2020.

The Tritons (17-4, 7-2 Big West) currently lead the nation in turnover margin (+7.4) and are tops in the conference in scoring defense (62.4 points per game allowed) and scoring margin (17.6).
 
UC Irvine (18-3, 8-1 Big West) leads The Big West and ranks second nationally, averaging 30.6 defensive rebounds per game. The Anteaters are a perfect 7-0 at home this season and have won 21 consecutive games inside Bren Events Center. UC Irvine's last home loss came on Feb. 23, 2023 – a 99-91 setback to UC San Diego.
 
Game time on Feb. 8 is 7 p.m.
 
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 Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned 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 public institutions in Divisions I and II.