# 2017–18 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team

The 2017–18 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Lamont Smith's third season at San Diego. The Toreros competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost to BYU in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament. The Toreros were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Hartford in the first round, in a game referred to as the Riley Wallace Classic, and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Northern Colorado.
On March 8, 2018, head coach Lamont Smith, who had been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for domestic violence 10 days earlier, resigned as head coach. Assistant coach Sam Scholl took over as acting head coach for the Toreros during the WCC Tournament and the CIT. On April 2, the school announced Scholl would remain the head coach.

## Previous season

The Toreros finished the 2016–17 season 13–18, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Portland.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Nassir Barrino | 0 | G | 6'0" | 165 | Freshman | Newark, NJ | Left team for personal reasons |
| Mark Carbone | 2 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Freshman | Wethersfield, CT | Transferred to New Hampshire |
| Nick Bush | 14 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Freshman | Santa Barbara, CA | Walk on, left team for personal reasons |
| Frank Ryder | 30 | F | 6'10" | 230 | Freshman | Boulder, CO | Left team for personal reasons |
| Brett Bailey | 32 | F | 6'6" | 205 | Senior | Spokane, Washington | Graduated |

### 2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Joey Calcaterra #102 SG | Kentfield, CA | Marian Catholic | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Sep 29, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 62 ||||||
| Emanuel Hylton #127 SG | Washington, DC | St Johns | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 28, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 55 ||||||
| Andrew Ferguson C | Perth, Australia | Australia Institute of Sport | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | N/A | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Akim-Jamal Jonah C | Berlin, Germany | RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 245 lb (111 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "San Diego Toreros 2017 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2017 San Diego Toreros Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2017 San Diego Toreros Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 1, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Arizona State Hurricane Maria relief charity game | L 77–85 | | Jenny Craig Pavilion (757) San Diego, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 12, 2017* 2:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 81–64 | 1–0 | Event Center Arena (1,433) San Jose, CA |
| Nov 15, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Robert Morris Grand Canyon Classic | W 65–53 | 2–0 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,131) San Diego, CA |
| Nov 18, 2017* 7:00 pm, FSSD | | Norfolk State Grand Canyon Classic | W 71–62 | 3–0 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,109) San Diego, CA |
| Nov 20, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Little Rock Grand Canyon Classic | W 66–52 | 4–0 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,074) San Diego, CA |
| Nov 25, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Classic | W 72–62 | 5–0 | GCU Arena (7,397) Phoenix, AZ |
| Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm, FS West | | San Diego State City Championship | L 57–66 | 5–1 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (4,536) San Diego, CA |
| Dec 2, 2017* 8:00 pm | | at UC Santa Barbara | L 57–67 | 5–2 | The Thunderdome (1,716) Santa Barbara, CA |
| Dec 6, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Mexico State | W 65–60 | 6–2 | Pan American Center (3,798) Las Cruces, NM |
| Dec 9, 2017* 6:00 pm, FSSD | | Northern Arizona | W 79–51 | 7–2 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,420) San Diego, CA |
| Dec 12, 2017* 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | W 69–59 | 8–2 | Coors Events Center (6,512) Boulder, CO |
| Dec 16, 2017* 7:30 pm | | North Texas | L 83–86 $^{OT}$ | 8–3 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,419) San Diego, CA |
| Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Life Pacific | W 94–51 | 9–3 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,140) San Diego, CA |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2017 6:00 pm, SPCSN | | San Francisco | W 73–63 | 10–3 (1–0) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,817) San Diego, CA |
| Dec 30, 2017 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | Pepperdine | W 74–66 | 11–3 (2–0) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,521) San Diego, CA |
| Jan 4, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Portland | W 81–74 $^{OT}$ | 12–3 (3–0) | Chiles Center (1,396) Portland, OR |
| Jan 6, 2018 8:00 pm, SPCSN | | at Saint Mary's | L 63–70 | 12–4 (3–1) | McKeon Pavilion (3,317) Moraga, CA |
| Jan 11, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Pacific | L 70–74 | 12–5 (3–2) | Alex G. Spanos Center (1,369) Stockton, CA |
| Jan 13, 2018 7:00 pm, SPCSN | | Loyola Marymount | W 75–71 | 13–5 (4–2) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,627) San Diego, CA |
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm, SPCSN | | Portland | L 49–55 | 13–6 (4–3) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (2,047) San Diego, CA |
| Jan 20, 2018 6:00 pm, BYUtv | | at BYU | L 58–74 | 13–7 (4–4) | Marriott Center (13,449) Provo, UT |
| Jan 25, 2018 7:00 pm | | Santa Clara | W 66–58 | 14–7 (5–4) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,231) San Diego, CA |
| Jan 27, 2018 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | at Loyola Marymount | W 89–82 | 15–7 (6–4) | Gersten Pavilion (937) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb 1, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at No. 14 Gonzaga | L 59–69 | 15–8 (6–5) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm, SPCSN | | No. 13 Saint Mary's | L 62–65 | 15–9 (6–6) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,152) San Diego, CA |
| Feb 8, 2018 7:30 pm, SPCSN | | at Pepperdine | W 68–66 | 16–9 (7–6) | Firestone Fieldhouse (763) Malibu, CA |
| Feb 10, 2018 1:00 pm | | at Santa Clara | L 64–70 | 16–10 (7–7) | Leavey Center (2,046) Santa Clara, CA |
| Feb 15, 2018 7:00 pm | | Pacific | L 55–67 | 16–11 (7–8) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,391) San Diego, CA |
| Feb 17, 2018 1:00 pm, SPCSN | | BYU | W 75–62 | 17–11 (8–8) | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA |
| Feb 22, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 6-t Gonzaga | L 72–77 | 17–12 (8–9) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (4,772) San Diego, CA |
| Feb 24, 2018 8:00 pm | | at San Francisco | L 61–64 | 18–12 (9–9) | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,796) San Francisco, CA |
| WCC tournament ||||||
| Mar 2, 2018 1:00 pm, SPCSN | (6) | vs. (3) BYU Quarterfinals | L 79–85 | 18–13 | Orleans Arena (7,279) Paradise, NV |
| CIT ||||||
| Mar 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | Hartford First Round – Riley Wallace Classic | W 88–72 | 19–13 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (893) San Diego, CA |
| Mar 17, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Portland State Second round | W 67–64 | 20–13 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,019) San Diego, CA |
| Mar 21, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado Quarterfinals | L 75–86 | 20–14 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,053) San Diego, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||