SAN DIEGO – The road ahead for San Diego became clearer with the release of the 2019-20 conference matchups, as announced Thursday by the West Coast Conference.
 
The Toreros 16-game WCC schedule includes home-and-away games against Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, BYU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland and Santa Clara.
 
USD will play its home-only game against San Francisco and its away-only game at Loyola Marymount.
 
Dates and times of all games for the 2019-20 season will be announced at a later date.
 
The Toreros are coming off their second consecutive 20-win season in 2018-19 – the first time the program has accomplished the feat since moving to Division I during the 1979-80 season. USD's 21 wins last season were the most since winning 22 during the 2007-8 season.
 
The Toreros competed in a postseason tournament for the second straight season, also a first in for the program. USD earned an at-large berth to the NIT and competed in the tournament for the first time in school history. The Toreros were the only WCC team selected to the NIT.
 
The WCC switched to a 16-game schedule in 2018-19 to demonstrate the league-wide commitment by WCC Presidents and Athletic Directors to adopt an innovative approach to advance men's basketball on the national stage as a multiple NCAA-bid conference.
 
The 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season are based on a conference formula including 2017-18 team RPI and the 2018-19 team NET rankings, last year's WCC Tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league's 10 head coaches.
 
The 2020 WCC Basketball Championships will take place March 5-10 at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.