Nov. 13, 2008
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip Card | UC San Diego Game Notes
UC San Diego (0-0/0-0 CCAA) at San Diego State (0-0/0-0 MWC)
Television: None
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).
San Diego State Opens 2008-09 Campaign Looking for Fourth Consecutive Postseason Bid; Faces UC San Diego on Saturday
San Diego State opens its 88th season of basketball, its 39th at the Division I level and 10th under national championship coach Steve Fisher on Saturday against UC San Diego, a Division II program that finished 18-12 last season and advanced to the NCAA West Regionals.
The tilt is the first of three consecutive games the Aztecs play at Cox Arena to open the 2008-09 campaign. On Tuesday, SDSU will face 15th-ranked Arizona State and the homestand concludes with a contest against long-time rival Fresno State the following Saturday.
Game Tidbits:
* The Aztecs have won three consecutive season openers and are looking to put together their first four-game win streak in openers since winning four straight from 1993-94 to 1996-97.
* San Diego State, which has been selected to finish second in the Mountain West Conference by The Sporting News, returns all five starters and its top eight scorers off last season's team.
* This is the ninth time Steve Fisher has returned at least four starters off a team he has coached the previous season and the eight previous times he has guided those teams to postseason play (6 NCAA Tournaments, 2 NITs).
* The Aztecs have won their last eight games against city foes (UCSD and San Diego) at Cox Arena.
* The game marks the first time since the 2004-05 season in which San Diego State has opened a campaign at home. The last three years the Aztecs opened in Fresno, Calif. (2007-08), Moraga, Calif. (2006-07) and Fairbanks, Alaska (2005-06).