SAN DIEGO STATE BASKEtBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 11 years) • Record 13-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 27 TV/Stream: CBS Sports Network Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) No. 19/T-19 [1-seed] SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (22-4; 14-3 MW) vs. [2-seed] UTAH STATE AGGIES (20-7; 15-4 MW) Dan Bonner (commentary) Sat., March 13 • 3:05 p.m. PT (tip + possible 5 min slide) • Thomas and Mack Center • Las Vegas, Nev. Ken Mack (producer) SAN DIEGO STATE Utah State Aztec Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Craig Smith (pregame starts at 2 p.m. PT on XTRA) Career Record: 95-30 (4th Season) Career Record: 153-77 (7th season) Ted Leitner (play-by-play) Record at San Diego State: Same Record at USU: 74-22 (3rd Season) Jon Schaeffer (pre-half-post) Record vs. Utah State: 4-5 Record vs. SDSU: 5-3 Live Stats: GoAztecs.com STORYLINES (SDSU info current; national rankings through games of Fri., March 12) • San Diego State looks to add to its Mountain West Conference record 13 league SERIES INFORMATION Next Media Availability: Date, Time and location to be determined. titles (includes 2021 outright regular-season title), including a conference-high five tournament championships when the top-seeded Aztecs face 2nd-seeded Series: San Diego State leads, 13-8 Utah State in the championship game for the third consecutive season. Home (Viejas Arena) ...................................7-1 (7-1) SCHEDULE / RESULTS • San Diego State and Utah State are meeting for the 22nd time, with the Aztecs Away (Dee Glen Smith Spectrum) ...............4-4 (4-3) Neutral (Thomas & Mack Center) ................2-3 (2-2) Record: 22-4 | Home: 13-2, Away: 6-2, Neutral: 3-0 owning a 13-8 advantage. The Aggies have won the last three meetings, includ- ing last season’s championship game (59-56 on March 6, 2020). SDSU has won SDSU as Top 25 Team ..... 5-1 (H: 2-0, A: 2-0, N: 1-1) MW Record: 14-3 | Home: 9-1, Away: 5-2 the most recent meeting with every other league opponent. vs. Top 25 Utah State Team .............................. 0-0 MWC Era ..........................San Diego State leads, 13-5 Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results • The teams have split the four Mountain West tournament encounters, with SDSU winning in the 2014 quarterfinals (73-39) and the 2016 quarterfinals (71-65) Dutcher vs. Utah State ....4-5 (H: 3-0, A: 1-3, N: 0-2) N.25 rv/rv 22/21 UCLA (CBSSN) W, 73-58 and the Aggies prevailing in the 2019 title game (64-57) and the 2020 title N.27 rv/rv UC IRVINE (YurView CA) W, 77-58 game (59-56). D.2 rv/rv ST. KATHERINE (MWN) W, 83-41 • This marks the fourth consecutive season the Aztecs are in the title game, the seventh time in the last eight seasons and a league-high 13th time SDSU has played in the event (UNLV has the second most championship game appearances with eight). D.6 rv/rv PEPPERDINE (YurView CA/MWN) W, 65-60 • San Diego State ran the nation’s third-longest active win streak to 13 games yesterday with a 77-70 victory over 5th-seeded Nevada. D.10 24/rv 23/23 at Arizona State (FS1/FOX Sports GO) W, 80-68 The Aztecs never trailed in the second half and enjoyed at least a 6-point advantage the last 17:51 of the contest. SDSU limited the Wolf D.18 18/20 BRIGHAM YOUNG (CBSSN) L, 62-72 Pack to just 35.8 percent shooting from the field and committed just nine turnovers in picking up its sixth consecutive win in the series. • Senior forward and Mountain West Conference Player of the Year led the way for the Aztecs with 24 points and eight D.22 rv/rv #vs. Saint Mary’s (CBSSN) W, 74-49 Matt Mitchell rebounds. The Aztecs improve to 13-1 in Mitchell’s career when he gets to 20 points. In addition, the senior attempted 35 free throws in J.2 rv/23 *COLORADO STATE (CBS) L, 67-70 the three games against the Wolf Pack this season and he ends his career with 149 career points against the team from Reno. J.4 rv/rv --/rv *COLORADO STATE (FS1) W, 78-65 • Senior guard Jordan Schakel scored 15 points and narrowly missed his first career double-double with nine rebounds. One night after J.7 rv/rv *NEVADA (CBSSN) W, 65-60 passing Kawhi Leonard in career scoring at SDSU, Schakel became the 35th player to reach the 1,000-point club in school history, This was his 22nd career game with at least 15 points and the Aztecs are 21-1 in those contests. J.9 rv/rv *NEVADA (CBSSN) W, 69-67 • The one-two punch of Mitchell and Schakel combined to score 39 points and added 17 rebounds. The duo was 12-of-24 from the field and J.14 rv/rv *at Utah State (CBSSN) L, 45-57 scored SDSU’s first 20 points of the second half. J.16 rv/rv *at Utah State (CBS) L, 59-64 • San Diego State is the top-seed in the Mountain West tournament for the sixth time in school history (2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020 and J.22 --/rv *at Air Force (FS1) W, 98-61 2021). The Aztecs own a 13-4 record as the top seed with one title (2006). SDSU has advanced to the championship game each of the six times it entered the event as a one seed. J.24 --/rv *at Air Force (FS1) W, 91-59 • San Diego State clinched its eighth regular-season MW title this season (2006, 2011*, 2012*, 2014, 2015*, 2016, 2020 and 2021). J.28 --/rv *WYOMING (FS1) W, 87-57 * - indicates shared title J.30 --/rv *WYOMING (CBSSN) W, 98-71 • San Diego State has won this event a record five times (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2018). F.3 rv/rv *at New Mexico (FS1) % Forfeit • San Diego State has won the event as the one seed, two seed, four seed and five seed (twice). • Amazingly, San Diego State has played for the tournament title in seven of the last eight years and in 11 of the last 13 seasons (2009, F.5 rv/rv *at New Mexico (CBSSN) % Forfeit 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). F.8 rv/rv *SAN JOSE STATE (FS1) W, 85-54 • The Aztecs are 5-7 in the Mountain West title game. Only twice has SDSU won both the Mountain West regular-season title and conference F.10 rv/rv *SAN JOSE STATE (CBSSN) W, 77-55 F.18 25/rv *at Fresno State (CBSSN) W, 67-53 LONGEST WIN STRK. HOME AWAY FROM HOME WIN IN THE TOURNEY 25/rv (CBSSN) F.20 *at Fresno State W, 75-57 Below is a look at the longest active win streaks Below is a list of most victories by a team in a Since the start of the 2008-09 campaign, no F.25 22/25 rv/rv *BOISE STATE (FS1) ot-W, 78-66 (through Friday’s games). venue since the start of the 2008-09 campaign team in the country has won more conference in which the team has not played a home game tournament games than San Diego State. Below F.27 22/25 rv/rv *BOISE STATE (CBSSN) W, 62-58 Rk. School Wins Today’s Game (through Friday games). is a look at the programs that have won the most M.3 19/21 *at UNLV (CBSSN) W, 71-62 1. Gonzaga 30 league tourney games in that span (through Fri- M.11 19/T-19 + vs. [8] Wyoming (QF) (CBSSN) W, 69-66 2. Prairie View 15 Tx. Southern Rk. Team Venue N-A Wins day games). 3. SDSU 13 Utah State 1. SDSU TMC 21-16 37 M.12 19/T-19 + vs. [5] Nevada (SF) (CBSSN) W, 77-70 Liberty 12 2. Villanova MSG 20-10 30 Rk. Team Current Conference Wins 3. Gonzaga OA 28-0 28 M.13 19/T-19 + vs. [2] Utah State (CH) (CBS) 3 p.m. PT Colgate 12 1. San Diego State MWC 28 4. New Mexico State OA 25-0 25 6. Arkansas 9 LSU Gonzaga WCC 28 5. Iona TUC 10-10 20 7. Nicholls 8 New Mexico State WAC 28 # - Mott Athletics Center; San Luis Obispo, Calif. New Mexico TMC 10-10 20 * - Mountain West Game 4. Iona Metro Atlantic 26 Texas Southern 8 Prairie View Saint Mary’s OA 20-0 20 + - Mountain West Championship Tournament (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas Nevada) 5. VCU Atlantic 10 25 Wichita State 8 Cincinnati H-A - indicates how many of the victories have % - Forfeits will only count for seeding in the Mountain West Championship Tournament. They will not 6. Akron, Duke, Kentucky Western count in the Aztecs overall record. been on a neutral and away. TMC - Thomas & Kentucky tied at 24 Date and times are subject to change. Mack Center, TUC - Times Union Center. MSG - Madison Square Garden, OA - Orleans Arena • SDSU has won at least 19 games in 16 straight seasons. the beginning of the 2010-11 season. • SDSU has advanced to postseason play in 12 of the last 14 • Since its founding in 1999, no men’s basketball program has San Diego State Aztecs seasons in which a champions was crowned (2006 NCAA, won more Mountain West championships (regular-season and 2007-09 NIT, 2010-15 NCAA, 2016 NIT, 2018 NCAA).