UC San Diego women’s basketball team will make their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament this week. The Tritons were the winners of the Big West Tournament and had a 20-15 record this season. They received no favors,

San Diego State has been one of the most consistently successful programs in Division 1 for over a decade. Since the 2009-10 season, the Aztecs own the sixth best record in the nation (411-136). In this season’s Mountain West Tournament, San Diego State lost in the quarterfinals to Boise State.

The San Diego State Aztecs, who face the North Carolina Tar Heels in an NCAA play-in game in Dayton, Ohio, have been knocked out of the NCAA tournament in each of the past two years by UConn.