City Championship

City Championship
	San Diego Toreros San Diego State Aztecs
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	December 8, 1962; San Diego State 68, San Diego 49
Latest meeting	November 20, 2019; San Diego State 66, San Diego 49
Next meeting	December 7, 2024
Statistics
Meetings total	51
All-time series	San Diego State leads, 32–19
Largest victory	San Diego, 73-45 (1999); San Diego State, 77-49 (2010)
Longest win streak	San Diego State, 9 (2006–2014)
Current win streak	San Diego State, 1 (2019–present)

Last updated September 21, 2024

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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]

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
1	12-08-1962	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	68	San Diego	49	SDSU 1–0
2	12-06-1963	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	70	San Diego	69	SDSU 2–0
3	1-22-1965	San Diego, CA	San Diego	89	San Diego State	85	SDSU 2–1	2 OT
4	12-16-1965	San Diego, CA	San Diego	54	San Diego State	47	Tied 2–2
5	12-15-1966	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	55	San Diego	50	SDSU 3–2	OT
6	12-09-1967	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	69	San Diego	59	SDSU 4–2
7	2-20-1969	San Diego, CA	San Diego	72	San Diego State	65	SDSU 4–3
8	2-3-1970	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	70	San Diego	67	SDSU 5–3
9	1-26-1971	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	97	San Diego	82	SDSU 6–3
10	1-25-1972	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	87	San Diego	69	SDSU 7–3
11	2-27-1973	San Diego, CA	San Diego	78	San Diego State	67	SDSU 7–4
12	2-25-1975	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	84	San Diego	61	SDSU 8–4
13	12-19-1975	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	78	San Diego	69	SDSU 9–4
14	12-08-1976	San Diego, CA	San Diego	67	San Diego State	63	SDSU 9–5
15	12-04-1979	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	67	San Diego	58	SDSU 10–5	OT
16	12-02-1980	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	60	San Diego	52	SDSU 11–5
17	12-10-1981	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	41	San Diego	36	SDSU 12–5
18	12-09-1982	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	47	San Diego	45	SDSU 13–5
19	1-05-1984	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	61	San Diego	47	SDSU 14–5
20	12-06-1984	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	57	San Diego	53	SDSU 15–5
21	12-14-1985	San Diego, CA	San Diego	81	San Diego State	64	SDSU 15–6
22	12-11-1986	San Diego, CA	San Diego	83	San Diego State	67	SDSU 15–7
23	12-19-1987	San Diego, CA	San Diego	76	San Diego State	53	SDSU 15–8
24	12-06-1989	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	85	San Diego	75	SDSU 16–8
25	11-27-1990	San Diego, CA	San Diego	75	San Diego State	74	SDSU 16–9
26	11-22-1991	San Diego, CA	San Diego	60	San Diego State	57	SDSU 16–10
27	12-01-1992	San Diego, CA	San Diego	85	San Diego State	60	SDSU 16–11
28	12-02-1995	San Diego, CA	San Diego	69	San Diego State	65	SDSU 16–12
29	12-08-1996	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	87	San Diego	70	SDSU 17–12
30	12-19-1998	San Diego, CA	San Diego	52	San Diego State	51	SDSU 17–13
31	12-04-1999	San Diego, CA	San Diego	73	San Diego State	45	SDSU 17–14
32	12-09-2000	San Diego, CA	San Diego	55	San Diego State	52	SDSU 17–15
33	12-05-2001	San Diego, CA	San Diego	72	San Diego State	67	SDSU 17–16
34	1-08-2003	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	78	San Diego	72	SDSU 18–16
35	12-03-2003	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	66	San Diego	63	SDSU 19–16
36	12-01-2004	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	83	San Diego	63	SDSU 20–16
37	11-30-2005	San Diego, CA	San Diego	90	San Diego State	80	SDSU 20–17
38	11-29-2006	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	79	San Diego	76	SDSU 21–17
39	11-19-2007	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	69	San Diego	64	SDSU 22–17
40	12-06-2008	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	57	San Diego	46	SDSU 23–17
41	12-02-2009	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	69	San Diego	62	SDSU 24–17	OT
42	12-11-2010	San Diego, CA	#14 San Diego State	77	San Diego	49	SDSU 25–17
43	12-07-2011	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	74	San Diego	62	SDSU 26–17
44	12-15-2012	San Diego, CA	#18 San Diego State	72	San Diego	56	SDSU 27–17
45	12-5-2013	San Diego, CA	#24 San Diego State	65	San Diego	64	SDSU 28–17
46	12-4-2014	San Diego, CA	#13 San Diego State	57	San Diego	48	SDSU 29–17
47	12-6-2015	San Diego, CA	San Diego	53	San Diego State	48	SDSU 29–18
48	11-11-2016	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	69	San Diego	59	SDSU 30–18
49	11-30-2017	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	66	San Diego	57	SDSU 31–18
50	12-5-2018	San Diego, CA	San Diego	73	San Diego State	61	SDSU 31–19
51	11-20-2019	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	66	San Diego	49	SDSU 32–19

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

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[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.

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[Drooz_1991-4] Drooz, Alan (November 22, 1991). "USD, SDSU Hoping to Take Big First Step". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

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v t e San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball
Venues	Peterson Gym (1961–1997) San Diego Sports Arena (alternate; 1966–1997) Viejas Arena (1997–present)
Rivalries	San Diego
Culture & lore	The Show
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e San Diego Toreros men's basketball
Venues	USD Sports Center (1963–2000) Jenny Craig Pavilion (2000–present)
Rivalries	San Diego State
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Statistics
San Diego Toreros San Diego State Aztecs
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	December 8, 1962 San Diego State 68, San Diego 49
Latest meeting	November 20, 2019 San Diego State 66, San Diego 49
Next meeting	December 7, 2024
Meetings total	51
All-time series	San Diego State leads, 32–19
Largest victory	San Diego, 73-45 (1999) San Diego State, 77-49 (2010)
Longest win streak	San Diego State, 9 (2006–2014)
Current win streak	San Diego State, 1 (2019–present)