Sept. 4, 2007
SAN DIEGO - Tickets to the 14th Annual John R. Wooden Classic that will feature the San Diego State men's basketball team and Saint Mary's on Saturday, Dec. 8, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., will go on sale beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, through the Aztec Ticket Office. Each ticket will also be good for the second game of the doubleheader between UCLA and Davidson.
Tickets to the yearly event can be purchased by calling (619) 283-SDSU.
The contest between the Aztecs and Gaels is scheduled for noon PT, with the Bruins and Wildcats to follow at approximately 2:30 p.m.
SDSU returns two starters, including six of its top eight scorers off of last year's team that finished 22-11 and advanced to the second round of the postseason NIT. The Aztecs have also won 46 games since the beginning of the 2005-06 season.
Meanwhile, Saint Mary's head coach Randy Bennett returns six of his top seven scorers, including first-team all-West Coast Conference forward Diamon Simpson and 2007 freshman All-American center Omar Samhan.
Including UCLA and Davidson, the four teams in the field finished the 2006-07 campaign a combined 98-37.