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SAN DIEGO STATE BASKETBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 10 years) • Record 12-Time Mountain West Conference Champion Contacts: Mike May, Senior Associate AD of Communications and Media Relations (e-mail: [email protected]) • Richard Stern, Assistant Media Relations Director (e-mail: [email protected]) LIVE COVERAGE GAME 29 TV: ESPN2 Stream: WatchESPN No. 5/5 (27-1; 16-1 MW) (19-10; 12-5 MW) Jason Benetti (play-by-play) SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS at NEVADA WOLF PACK Dan Dakich (analyst) Sat., Feb. 29 • 5 p.m. PT (announced) / 5:05 p.m. PT (tip+5 min. slide) • Lawlor Events Center • Reno, Nev. David Feldman (producer) SAN DIEGO STATE NEVADA Aztec Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Steve Alford Inland Empire (IE) 1350 / Sirius/XM Channel 84 (pregame starts at Career Record: 70-25 (3rd Season) Career Record: 528-279 (25th season) 4:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Record at San Diego State: Same Record at Nevada: 19-10 (1st season) Ted Leitner (play-by-play) Record vs. Nevada: 5-2 Record vs. SDSU: 7-9 Jon Schaeffer (pre, half, post) OFF THE TOP (through games of Feb. 26) SERIES INFORMATION f San Diego State looks to post the best league record in Mountain West Conference Live Stats: GoAztecs.com San Diego State, 18-6 history on Saturday when the Aztecs travel to Reno to face Nevada in the regu- Overall Current Streak San Diego State, W2 Date, Time and location to be deter- Next Media Availability: lar-season finale. Recently SDSU has won last 5-of-6 mined. f San Diego State, currently 16-1 in league play, is looking to eclipse the 2004-05 In San Diego San Diego State, 9-1 Utah squad that finished the season 13-1 for top Mountain West Conference record. In Reno Tied, 5-5 f To do that, the Aztecs will look to snap Nevada’s 10-game homecourt win streak and Neutral Sites San Deigo State, 4-0 SCHEDULE / RESULTS 20-game conference homecourt win streak dating back to Feb. 7, 2018. Last Meeting SDSU, 68-55, 1-18-20 f San Diego State’s 27-1 record is tied with the 2010-11 team for best record after 28 Record: 27-1 | Home: 14-1, Away: 10-0, Neutral: 3-0 games. That season, the Aztecs lost the 29th game of the season. MW Record: 16-1 | Home: 8-1, Away: 8-0 f San Diego State, which spent 39 days (includes part of days) as the nation’s only undefeated team after Auburn loss on Jan. 15, is the only team in the country with only one loss (Baylor, Dayton and Gonzaga all have two losses). Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results f San Diego State has won consecutive meetings against the Wolf Pack and is going for a sweep of the season series for the first time O.30 UC SAN DIEGO (Exhibition) W, 86-51 since 2016. The Aztecs have handed Nevada five of its last 18 overall losses. N.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 77-42 f San Diego State has clinched its seventh regular-season MW title this season (2006, 2011*, 2012*, 2014, 2015*, 2016 and 2020). N.9 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) W, 76-71 and its 12th overall Mountain West championship. SDSU will be the top-seed at the Mountain West tourney next week. * - indicates N.13 rv/-- GRAND CANYON (STADIUM) W, 86-61 shared title N.20 rv/rv at San Diego (Fox Sports West) W, 66-49 f San Diego State fell from a school-record tying No. 4 in the AP Poll to No. 5 this week. The Aztecs are in the AP top 5 for a school-re- N.22 rv/rv LIU (MWN) W, 81-64 cord six straight weeks and has been in the AP top 10 for eight consecutive weeks. N.25 rv/rv TENNESSEE STATE (MWN) W, 62-49 f Winning streaks that are on the line Saturday: N.28 rv/--v --/r #vs. Creighton (SF) (FS1) W, 83-52 Streak No. School Active DI N.29 rv/-- #vs. Iowa (CH) (FS1) W, 83-73 Road Win Streak 11 record longest active win streak nationally (2nd: Baylor and Stephen F. Austin, 9) D.4 rv/rv *at Colorado State (STADIUM) W, 79-57 Road/Neutral Win Streak 13 record longest active win streak nationally D.8 rv/rv *SAN JOSE STATE (FSSD) W, 59-57 D.18 20/20 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN (MWN) W, 92-48 CHAMPIONS (through games of Feb. 26) D.21 20/20 ^vs. Utah (Pac-12 Network) W, 80-52 f San Diego State clinched the outright regular-season title on Feb. 11. The Aztecs became the first team in the nation to clinch its D.28 15/14 CAL POLY (FSSD) W, 73-57 regular-season title this season and became the first team in the nation to clinch its outright regular-season title with four games J.1 13/12 *FRESNO STATE (STADIUM) W, 61-52 remaining since Steph Curry’s Davidson team in 2007-08. J.4 13/12 rv/rv *at Utah State (CBSSN) W, 77-68 f San Diego State became the fourth team this century to clinch a regular season outright championship with four games to play. J.8 7/7 *at Wyoming (MWN) W, 72-52 Team Year Conference Gms. Remaining when Clinched Final Record NCAA Result J.11 7/7 *BOISE STATE (ESPN3) W, 83-65 San Diego State 2019-20 Mountain West 4 J.14 7/6 *at Fresno State (ESPN2) W, 64-55 Davidson 2007-08 Southern 4 29-7 Elite Eight J.18 7/6 *NEVADA (CBSSN) W, 68-55 Stanford 2003-04 Pac-10 4 30-2 Second Round J.21 4/4 *WYOMING (CBSSN) W, 72-55 Cincinnati 1999-00 Conference USA 4 29-4 Second Round J.26 4/4 *at UNLV (CBSSN) W, 71-67 J.29 4/4 *at New Mexico (CBSSN) W, 85-57 BEST SCORING MARGIN CAREER SCORING THE NET F.1 4/4 *UTAH STATE (CBSSN) W, 80-68 Below is a look at the highest scoring margin Junior Matt Mitchell became the 34th player SDSU, which has been atop the chart for 45 F.8 4/4 *at Air Force (CBSSN) W, 89-74 for Division I teams this season. in school history with 1,000 career points at days since the NET debuted on Dec. 16, contin- F.11 4/4 *NEW MEXICO (ESPN2) W, 82-59 SDSU. Below is a look at San Diego State’s ues to be near the top of the chart. Below are F.16 4/4 *at Boise State (CBSSN) W, 72-55 Rk. School W-L Pct. +/- career scoring list. the top 8 teams in the NCAA’s metric of choice. F.22 4/4 *UNLV (CBSSN) L, 63-66 1. Gonzaga 27-2 .931 +20.0 F.25 5/5 *COLORADO STATE (CBSSN) W, 66-60 2. San Diego State 27-1 .964 +16.5 Rk. Player Seasons Points Rk. School W L F.29 5/5 *at Nevada (ESPN2) 5 p.m. PT 3. Liberty 26-3 .897 +15.8 25. Myron Epps 99-00-01-02 1,090 1. Kansas 25 3 4. Duke 23-5 .821 +15.0 26. Eddie Morris 80-81-82-83 1,089 2. Baylor 25 2 M.5 +MW Quarterfinal (CBSSN) 11:30 a.m. PT 5. Dayton 25-2 .929 +14.8 27. Danny Newport 54-55-56 1,048 3. Gonzaga 27 2 M.6 +MW Semifinal(CBSSN) 6 p.m. PT Kansas 24-3 .893 +14.8 28. Matt Mitchell 2018-19-20 1,046 4. Dayton 26 2 (CBS) M.7 +MW Championship 2:30 p.m. PT 7. Stephen F. Austin 24-3 .893 +13.8 29. Milton Phelps 39-40-41 1,043 5. San Diego State 27 1 # - Continental Tires Las Vegas Invitational (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, Nevada) 8. Utah State 23-7 .767 +13.6 30. Dave Miller 66-67-68 1,034 6. Duke 23 5 ^- Basketball Hall of Fame Classic (STAPLES Center; Los Angeles, California) 9. E. Tenneesee St. 26-4 .867 +13.2 31. Leonard Allen 82-83-84-85 1,019 7. Arizona 19 8 * - Mountain West Game 10. Arizona 19-8 .704 +12.9 32. Tony Bland 2002-03 1,012 8. Creighton 22 6 + - Mountain West Championship Tournament (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas Nevada) f SDSU has won at least 19 games in 15 straight seasons. f SDSU is 12th nationally in winning percentage since the f SDSU has advanced to postseason play in 12 of the last beginning of the 2010-11 season. No. 5/5 San Diego State 14 seasons (2006 NCAA, 2007-09 NIT, 2010-15 NCAA, 2016 f Since its founding in 1999, no men’s basketball program NIT, 2018 NCAA). has won more Mountain West championships (regular-season 2019-20 Record: 27-1 (H: 14-1; A: 10-0; N: 3-0) 16-1 MW f SDSU has won 30 straight gms. when leading at the half. and tournament) than San Diego State’s 12. 12-Time MW Champions, 12 Postseason Berths in Last 14 Years f SDSU has won 32 straight when having a higher FG pct. PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT Athletic, talented freshman... Only scholarship member of the 2019 (KEY-shawd) 19-20 1.9 1.7 0.2 35.3 4/18 6/16 class..