San Diego State Basketball

San Diego State Basketball

SAN DIEGO STATE BASKETBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 10 years) • Record 11-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 19 TV: CBS Sports Network Stream: CBS Sports Network No. 7/6 (18-0; 7-0 MW) (11-7, 4-2 MW) Carter Blackburn (play-by-play) SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS vs. NEVADA WOLF PACK Pete Gillen (analyst) Sat., Jan. 18 • 5 p.m. PT (announced) / 5:05 p.m. PT (tip+5 min. slide) • Steve Fisher Court at Viejas Arena (12,414) • San Diego, Calif. Jason Lewis (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 81 (pregame starts at Career Record: 61-24 (3rd Season) Career Record: 520-276 (25th season) 4:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Record at San Diego State: Same Record at Nevada: 11-7 (1st season) Ted Leitner (play-by-play) Record vs. Nevada: 4-2 Record vs. SDSU: 7-8 Jon Schaeffer (pre, half, post) NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Jan. 16) Live Stats: GoAztecs.com SERIES INFORMATION f San Diego State takes the hardwood as the only remaining Division I unbeaten team Tickets: Available through GoAztecs.com or at the Viejas Arena ticket for the first time in school history on Saturday evening when the Aztecs play host Overall San Diego State, 17-6 San Diego State, W1 0ffice. to Nevada at 5 p.m. PT. Current Streak Recently SDSU has won last 4-of-5 f At 18-0, San Diego State is off to the second-best start in school history (the 2010- Next Media Availability: Date, time and location will be an- In San Diego San Diego State, 8-1 11 opened the campaign 20-0). nounced. In Reno Tied, 5-5 f The current 18-game win streak for the Aztecs is the third-longest in school history, Neutral Sites San Deigo State, 4-0 SCHEDULE / RESULTS trailing a pair of 20-game win streaks; the aforementioned 2010-11 start, of which Last Meeting SDSU, 65-56, 3-9-18 two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard was a part of, and the 2013-14 squad led Record: 18-0 | Home: 9-0, Away: 6-0, Neutral: 3-0 by Xavier Thames. That team also advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tourney. MW Record: 7-0 | Home: 3-0, Away: 4-0 f Win streaks on the line Tuesday: 18-game win streak overall (longest in the nation, 3rd longest in school history), 9-game homecourt winning streak (tied for the 14th longest win streak in school history), 8-game win streak against teams from the Pacific Time Zone, Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results 7-game conference win streak (5th longest win streak in the nation, tied for the fifth longest win streak in school history). O.30 UC SAN DIEGO (Exhibition) W, 86-51 f San Diego State is looking for just its third 8-0 conference start of the Mountain West era on Saturday. The Aztecs last two outright N.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 77-42 regular-season titles have come following an 8-0 start to league play. N.9 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) W, 76-71 f San Diego State is the 14th team to open a season 18-0 since the start of the 2010-11 campaign (the Aztecs also did it in 2010-11). N.13 rv/-- GRAND CANYON (STADIUM) W, 86-61 Of the previous 13 teams, 12 reached the NCAA tournament (one was ineligible for the tourney), all of those teams won a game and N.20 rv/rv at San Diego (Fox Sports West) W, 66-49 five of those squads made it to at least the Elite Eight. N.22 rv/rv LIU (MWN) W, 81-64 f San Diego State remained at number seven in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll this week. Now nationally ranked for a sixth consecu- N.25 rv/rv TENNESSEE STATE (MWN) W, 62-49 tive week, this is the Aztecs highest ranking in the poll since SDSU was ranked No. 6 on Feb. 17, 2014. Three teams ranked in front N.28 rv/-- --/rv #vs. Creighton (SF) (FS1) W, 83-52 of the Aztecs have lost a game this week - No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Auburn and No. 5 Butler. N.29 rv/-- #vs. Iowa (CH) (FS1) W, 83-73 f San Diego State is enjoying its 72nd appearance in the AP Top-25 Poll this week (all have occurred since the start of the 2010-11 D.4 rv/rv *at Colorado State (STADIUM) W, 79-57 campaign). Since the start of the ’10-11 season, SDSU’s 72 weeks in the top 25 are the 23rd most nationally. D.8 rv/rv *SAN JOSE STATE (FSSD) W, 59-57 f San Diego State’s metrics continue to pace at an elite level. The Aztecs are currently 3rd in NET (San Diego State has been in the D.18 20/20 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN (MWN) W, 92-48 top four every day since the daily chart debuted Dec. 16), 1st in strength of record, 8th in Sagarin, 11th in BPI, 12th in KenPom D.21 20/20 ^vs. Utah (Pac-12 Network) W, 80-52 and 15th in RPI. D.28 15/14 CAL POLY (FSSD) W, 73-57 f With the fast start, San Diego State finds itself ranked among the nation’s elite in several statistical categories, including 3rd in J.1 13/12 *FRESNO STATE (STADIUM) W, 61-52 scoring margin (+18.3), 5th in scoring defense (56.9), 7th in three-point field goal percentage differential (+10.7), 8th in three- J.4 13/12 rv/rv *at Utah State (CBSSN) W, 77-68 point field goal defense (26.7), 9th in field goal percentage differential (+9.9), 10th in field goal percentage defense (37.0), 14th J.8 7/7 *at Wyoming (MWN) W, 72-52 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39) and 32nd in three-point field goal percentage (37.4). J.11 7/7 *BOISE STATE (ESPN3) W, 83-65 f San Diego State improved to 18-0 overall and 7-0 in conference play on Tuesday with a 64-55 victory at Fresno State. Malachi Flynn J.14 7/6 *at Fresno State (ESPN2) W, 64-55 had a game-high 22 points and added five rebounds. Yanni Wetzell chipped in 17 points and six rebounds, while Matt Mitchell posted J.18 7/6 *NEVADA (CBSSN) 5 p.m. PT 10 points and eight rebounds. SDSU held Fresno State to 36.4 percent from the floor. J.21 *WYOMING (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT f In the victory over Fresno State, San Diego State did not trail in the second half marking the 15th time in 18 games this season that J.26 *at UNLV (CBSSN) 1 p.m. PT J.29 *at New Mexico (CBSSN) 7 p.m. MT METRICS THE NET COMBINED WINNING PCT. F.1 *UTAH STATE (CBSSN) 7 p.m. PT Although early in the season, San Diego State San Diego State, which has been atop the chart Below is a look at the nation’s best combined F.8 *at Air Force (CBSSN) 6 p.m. MT has made remarkable improvement in NCAA for a total of 18 days since the NET metric de- winning percentage in football and men’s bas- sanctioned rankings. Below is a comparison of buted on Dec. 16, continues to be near the top ketball since the start of the 2010-11 season. F.11 *NEW MEXICO (ESPN Networks) 8 p.m. MT the final numbers from the 2018-19 campaign of the chart. Below is a look at the top 10 teams F.16 *at Boise State (CBSSN) 2 p.m. MT and rankings from this season through the in the NCAA’s metric of choice. Rk. School W-L Pct. F.22 *UNLV (CBSSN) 4:30 p.m. PT games of Jan. 16. Rk. School W L 1. Ohio State 355-116 .754 F.25 *COLORADO STATE (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT 1. Baylor 14 1 2. San Diego State 339-126 .729 F.29 *at Nevada (ESPN Networks) 5 p.m. PT Category Final ‘18-19 Current 2. Kansas 13 3 3. Michigan State 345-129 .728 M.4-7 +MW Championship (TBD) TBD NET 116 3 3. San Diego State 18 0 4. Oregon 350-132 .726 Strength of Record 99 1 4. Gonzaga 19 1 5. Duke 342-131 .723 # - Continental Tires Las Vegas Invitational (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, Sagarin Rating 87 8 5. Duke 15 2 6. Wisconsin 340-135 .716 Nevada) BPI 103 11 6. Dayton 15 2 7. Louisville 333-136 .710 ^- Basketball Hall of Fame Classic (STAPLES Center; Los Angeles, California) KenPom Rating 125 12 7. Butler 15 2 8. Kentucky 339-140 .708 * - Mountain West Game RPI 87 15 8. West Virginia 14 2 9. Cincinnati 324-135 .706 + - Mountain West Championship Tournament (Thomas & Mack Center; Las 9. Stanford 15 2 10. Arizona 323-147 .693 Vegas Nevada) 10. West Virginia 14 2 f SDSU has won at least 19 games in 14 straight seasons, f SDSU is 12th nationally in winning percentage since the which is tied for 7th-longest active streak in the nation.

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