City Championship

The City Championship is an American men's college basketball rivalry game between the Aztecs of San Diego State University and Toreros of the University of San Diego. The winner of the game becomes City Champions.[1][2][3]

City Championship
SportMen's basketball
First meetingDecember 8, 1962
San Diego State 68, San Diego 49
Latest meetingNovember 20, 2019
San Diego State 66, San Diego 49
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total51
All-time seriesSan Diego State leads, 32–19
Largest victorySan Diego, 73-45 (1999)
San Diego State, 77-49 (2010)
Longest win streakSan Diego State, 9 (2006–2014)
Current win streakSan Diego State, 1 (2019–present)
Locations of San Diego and San Diego State

Background

Founded in 1897, San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in the California State University system. The San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team is a member of the Mountain West Conference. The University of San Diego (USD), founded in 1949, is a private, Roman Catholic university, whose Toreros men's basketball team is a member of the West Coast Conference.

History

The first game between SDSU and USD was in the 1962–63 college basketball season.[4] SDSU won 68-49 at home in Peterson Gym. USD's first win in the series was on January 22, 1965, an 89-85 victory at Peterson Gym.[5]

The series has been played most recently annually since the 1998–99 season, on a home-and-home basis alternating between the SDSU Cox Arena (now Viejas Arena) in seasons beginning with even years and the USD Sports Center (now Jenny Craig Pavilion) in seasons beginning with odd years.[5] By the 2014–15 season, SDSU had won 9 consecutive games in the series, the longest win streak in the series.

The 2015 matchup took place on neutral ground at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, as part of the first ever Bill Walton Basketball Festival. The City Championship game was played on December 6, 2015 after a week of events including high school contests, corporate play, and physical education classes. The hardwood court was placed between home plate and third base, additional seating was added on the north and east sides of the court. The Toreros had a strong first half, outscoring the Aztecs 31-13. In the second half, the Aztecs came back strong, but the Toreros were able to hold on for a final 53-48 score.

Results

Date Site Winning team Losing team Series Notes
112-08-1962San Diego, CA San Diego State      68San Diego49SDSU 1–0
212-06-1963San Diego, CA San Diego State      70San Diego69SDSU 2–0
31-22-1965San Diego, CA San Diego      89San Diego State85SDSU 2–12 OT
412-16-1965San Diego, CA San Diego      54San Diego State47Tied 2–2
512-15-1966San Diego, CA San Diego State      55San Diego50SDSU 3–2OT
612-09-1967San Diego, CA San Diego State      69San Diego59SDSU 4–2
72-20-1969San Diego, CA San Diego      72San Diego State65SDSU 4–3
82-3-1970San Diego, CA San Diego State      70San Diego67SDSU 5–3
91-26-1971San Diego, CA San Diego State      97San Diego82SDSU 6–3
101-25-1972San Diego, CA San Diego State      87San Diego69SDSU 7–3
112-27-1973San Diego, CA San Diego      78San Diego State67SDSU 7–4
122-25-1975San Diego, CA San Diego State      84San Diego61SDSU 8–4
1312-19-1975San Diego, CA San Diego State      78San Diego69SDSU 9–4
1412-08-1976San Diego, CA San Diego      67San Diego State63SDSU 9–5
1512-04-1979San Diego, CA San Diego State      67San Diego58SDSU 10–5OT
1612-02-1980San Diego, CA San Diego State      60San Diego52SDSU 11–5
1712-10-1981San Diego, CA San Diego State      41San Diego36SDSU 12–5
1812-09-1982San Diego, CA San Diego State      47San Diego45SDSU 13–5
191-05-1984San Diego, CA San Diego State      61San Diego47SDSU 14–5
2012-06-1984San Diego, CA San Diego State      57San Diego53SDSU 15–5
2112-14-1985San Diego, CA San Diego      81San Diego State64SDSU 15–6
2212-11-1986San Diego, CA San Diego      83San Diego State67SDSU 15–7
2312-19-1987San Diego, CA San Diego      76San Diego State53SDSU 15–8
2412-06-1989San Diego, CA San Diego State      85San Diego75SDSU 16–8
2511-27-1990San Diego, CA San Diego      75San Diego State74SDSU 16–9
2611-22-1991San Diego, CA San Diego      60San Diego State57SDSU 16–10
2712-01-1992San Diego, CA San Diego      85San Diego State60SDSU 16–11
2812-02-1995San Diego, CA San Diego      69San Diego State65SDSU 16–12
2912-08-1996San Diego, CA San Diego State      87San Diego70SDSU 17–12
3012-19-1998San Diego, CA San Diego      52San Diego State51SDSU 17–13
3112-04-1999San Diego, CA San Diego      73San Diego State45SDSU 17–14
3212-09-2000San Diego, CA San Diego      55San Diego State52SDSU 17–15
3312-05-2001San Diego, CA San Diego      72San Diego State67SDSU 17–16
341-08-2003San Diego, CA San Diego State      78San Diego72SDSU 18–16
3512-03-2003San Diego, CA San Diego State      66San Diego63SDSU 19–16
3612-01-2004San Diego, CA San Diego State      83San Diego63SDSU 20–16
3711-30-2005San Diego, CA San Diego      90San Diego State80SDSU 20–17
3811-29-2006San Diego, CA San Diego State      79San Diego76SDSU 21–17
3911-19-2007San Diego, CA San Diego State      69San Diego64SDSU 22–17
4012-06-2008San Diego, CA San Diego State      57San Diego46SDSU 23–17
4112-02-2009San Diego, CA San Diego State      69San Diego62SDSU 24–17OT
4212-11-2010San Diego, CA #14 San Diego State      77San Diego49SDSU 25–17
4312-07-2011San Diego, CA San Diego State      74San Diego62SDSU 26–17
4412-15-2012San Diego, CA #18 San Diego State      72San Diego56SDSU 27–17
4512-5-2013San Diego, CA #24 San Diego State      65San Diego64SDSU 28–17
4612-4-2014San Diego, CA #13 San Diego State      57San Diego48SDSU 29–17
4712-6-2015San Diego, CA San Diego       53San Diego State48SDSU 29–18
4811-11-2016San Diego, CA San Diego State      69San Diego59SDSU 30–18
4911-30-2017San Diego, CA San Diego State      66San Diego57SDSU 31–18
5012-5-2018San Diego, CA San Diego       73San Diego State61SDSU 31–19
5111-20-2019San Diego, CA San Diego State      66San Diego49SDSU 32–19

San Diego State victories are shaded in β–ˆβ–ˆ
San Diego victories shaded in β–ˆβ–ˆ.
Numbers with (#) indicate a team's Associated Press Top 25 rank at the time of the games.

References

  1. "Toreros fall 65-64 to #24 SDSU in City Championship - USDTOREROS.COM - University of San Diego Official Athletic Site". usdtoreros.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13.
  2. "San Diego State Goes For Third Consecutive City Championship, Concludes Four-Game Season-Opening Homestand with First of Three Games in Seven Days Against USD". GoAztecs.com. San Diego State University. November 30, 2004. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. "San Diego State Plays Host to City Championship; Aztecs Put 7-0 Record on the Line Against Toreros". GoAztecs.com. San Diego State University. November 27, 2006. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  4. Drooz, Alan (November 22, 1991). "USD, SDSU Hoping to Take Big First Step". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  5. "Series history" (PDF). San Diego State Basketball 2014-15 Men's Basketball Game Notes: Game 7. San Diego State University. December 2, 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
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