Jenny Craig Pavilion

Jenny Craig Pavilion
Slim Gym
Location	San Diego, California
Coordinates	32°46′28″N117°11′01″W / 32.7745°N 117.1837°W
Public transit	Morena/Linda Vista Station
Owner	University of San Diego
Operator	University of San Diego
Capacity	5,100
Surface	Hardwood
Construction
Broke ground	May 6, 1999
Opened	October 5, 2000
Construction cost	$17.5 Million
Architect	Mosher Drew; CannonDesign
Structural engineer	Burkett & Wong Engineers
General contractor	Sundt Construction
Tenants
	San Diego Toreros (NCAA Sports)

Last updated May 12, 2024

The Jenny Craig Pavilion (JCP) is an indoor arena in San Diego, California, located on the campus of the University of San Diego. The arena is home of the San Diego Toreros men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team. The Toreros compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

History

The Jenny Craig Pavilion was named for weight-loss entrepreneur Jenny Craig. The Pavilion is sometimes affectionately known as the "Slim Gym", a punning reference to the weight-loss program founded by its namesake.

The arena was constructed with the university's architectural theme of the 16th century Spanish Renaissance.

In the summer of 2015 the pavilion received major upgrades, including a redesigned floor, and state-of-the-art video boards and LED sideline tables from Daktronics.

The Jenny Craig Pavilion has been the site of various sporting events including: The 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2008 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships, the 2002 California Junior College Basketball Championships, the annual Kiwanis Basketball Tournament, the Darrell Russell Celebrity Charity Basketball game, the 2003 NFL Celebrity Basketball Game, the Official Super Bowl XXXVII Luncheon, and the 2004 Judo National Championships.

The pavilion has also hosted the 2004 and 2013 first and second rounds of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament, in addition to the U.S. Men's National Team hosting a friendly with No. 1 ranked Brazil in 2015. The facility also has hosted the commencement exercises and special events including music concerts featuring Maroon 5, and guest speakers from the Dalai Lama and Jane Goodall.

The University of San Diego uses the pavilion for other intercollegiate sports, general recreation, classes, and a variety of other entertainment events.

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The 2014–15 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team will represent the University of San Diego in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Toreros, members of the West Coast Conference, are led by head coach Cindy Fisher, in her tenth season at the school. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 25–7, 14–4 in WCC play to finish in second place. They advanced to semifinals the WCC women's tournament where they lost to San Francisco. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.

The 2014–15 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Grier's eighth 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 15–16, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Pepperdine.

The 2015–16 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team will represent the University of San Diego in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Toreros, members of the West Coast Conference, are led by head coach Cindy Fisher, in her eleventh season at the school. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Northwestern and IUPUI in the first and rounds before losing to Michigan in the third round.

The 2015–16 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Lamont Smith's first 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 9–21, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Loyola Marymount.

The 2016–17 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team will represent the University of San Diego in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Toreros, members of the West Coast Conference, were led by head coach Cindy Fisher, in her twelfth season at the school. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 14–16, 7–11 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to BYU.

The 2016–17 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Lamont Smith's second 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 13–18, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Portland.

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.

The 2017–18 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team represents the University of San Diego in the 2017–18 college basketball season. The Toreros, as members of the West Coast Conference, were led by thirteenth year head coach Cindy Fisher. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 17–15, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

The 2018–19 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by first-year head coach Sam Scholl. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–15, 7–9 to finish in 7th place. As the No. 7 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Portland, Santa Clara and BYU to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Saint Mary's. They received an at-large bid to the NIT where they lost in the first round to Memphis.

The 2018–19 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team represents the University of San Diego in the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Toreros, as members of the West Coast Conference, were led by fourteenth year head coach Cindy Fisher. The Toreros play their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the university campus in San Diego, California. They finished the season 9–21, 2–16 in WCC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC women's tournament to Santa Clara.

The 2003 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 7–10, 2003. All rounds were held in San Diego, California at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.

The 2019–20 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by second-year head coach Sam Scholl. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 2–14 in WCC play to finish in 9th place. They lost in the first round of the WCC tournament to Loyola Marymount.

The 2007–08 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team represented the University of San Diego during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros were led by first-year head coach Bill Grier. They played their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference. The Toreros finished the season 22–14, 11–3 in WCC play to finish in 3rd place. They won the WCC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 13 seed in the West region. In the opening round, San Diego upset No. 4 seed Connecticut in overtime, but fell to No. 12 seed Western Kentucky in the round of 32.

The 2022 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's volleyball national champion for the 2022 season. The 42nd edition of the tournament began on December 1, 2022, in various college campuses across the country, location determinations were chosen based on participating teams seedings. The tournament concluded with the championship game at CHI Health Center in Omaha on December 17, when Texas defeated Louisville 3–0. The win gave Texas its 4th national title and first since 2012.

The 2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team represents the University of San Diego in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Toreros, led by nineteenth year head coach Cindy Fisher. They play their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion and are members of the West Coast Conference.

References

↑ "ProQuest Archiver: Titles".
↑ "Higher Education". MosherDrew.com. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
↑ "Global Architecture, Engineering & Design Firm".
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "ProQuest Archiver: Titles".

[2] "Higher Education". MosherDrew.com. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

[3] "Global Architecture, Engineering & Design Firm".

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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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

v t e San Diego Toreros women's basketball
Venues	USD Sports Center (1980–2000) Jenny Craig Pavilion (2000–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

v t e University of San Diego
Located in: San Diego, California
Academics	San Diego College for Women Franciscan School of Theology University of San Diego School of Law
Research	Trans-Border Institute
Buildings	Torero Stadium Jenny Craig Pavilion Fowler Park
Athletics	San Diego Toreros Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball Men's soccer West Coast Conference Pioneer Football League
Founded: 1949

Jenny Craig Pavilion

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History

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Construction
Slim Gym


Location	San Diego, California
Coordinates	32°46′28″N117°11′01″W / 32.7745°N 117.1837°W / 32.7745; -117.1837
Public transit	Morena/Linda Vista Station
Owner	University of San Diego
Operator	University of San Diego
Capacity	5,100
Surface	Hardwood
Broke ground	May 6, 1999^[1]
Opened	October 5, 2000
Construction cost	$17.5 Million
Architect	Mosher Drew^[2] CannonDesign ^[3]
Structural engineer	Burkett & Wong Engineers
General contractor	Sundt Construction^[4]
Tenants
San Diego Toreros (NCAA Sports)