IRVINE, Calif. – UC San Diego's final regular season men's basketball game at UC Davis on March 8 will be televised nationally on ESPN2, The Big West announced on Wednesday. The contest will be the Tritons' third national television appearance during conference play as well as the program's first ESPN2 appearance.

At 24-4 overall and 14-2 in The Big West, the Tritons sit in first place in the conference standings with four games remaining. UC San Diego leads the country in turnover margin at +7.2 and the Tritons rank second nationally in scoring margin (18.4). UC San Diego's current NET ranking is 37, and the Tritons are second amongst Division I teams in wins away from home (13).
 
UC Davis (15-13, 9-8 Big West) boasts The Big West's leading scorer in TY Johnson (21.5 points per game) and the Aggies are second in the conference in turnover margin (+2.0).
 
When these teams met earlier this month in La Jolla, the Tritons earned an 85-60 win.
 
To accommodate the national television broadcast, game time has been adjusted to 8 p.m. on March 8.
 
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.