Sept. 26, 2011
SAN DIEGO -
2011-12 SDSU Men's Basketball Schedule
San Diego State announced its entire 2011-12 men's basketball non-conference schedule on Monday. The Aztecs are set to play 16 games prior to the start of Mountain West action, including 12 at Viejas Arena.
San Diego State men's basketball season tickets for the upcoming campaign are on sale now. Fans are encouraged to act quickly as less than 650 chair back seats remain.
Season tickets start at $99 and season ticket holders will receive one Aztec highlight DVD, per account, to commemorate last year's Sweet 16 season. Single-game tickets, meanwhile, are $30 for chair back seats and $20 for general admission seats. Those tickets, which will be limited, go on sale at 9 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
This season, SDSU will play 21 games at Viejas Arena, including highly anticipated matchups against USC, Long Beach State, Creighton, California, UNLV and New Mexico.
Season tickets are available online at GoAztecs.com, by calling (619) 283-SDSU, or by visiting the Aztec Ticket Office at Qualcomm Stadium, Window E. The ticket office is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. PT.
The Aztecs will play two exhibition contests at Viejas Arena, the first being against Cal State San Marcos on Nov. 2. San Diego State will then welcome Point Loma Nazarene to campus on Nov. 7.
SDSU will open the season at home on Nov. 11, as it plays host to the Basketball Travelers Classic. The Aztecs will ring in the new campaign against Bryant at 7:30 p.m. PT. Prior to the season opener, Southern Utah and UC Davis will open tournament action at 4:30 p.m. PT.
On Nov. 12, Bryant and UC Davis will hit the hardwood at 4:30 p.m. PT and will be followed by SDSU and Southern Utah at 7:30 p.m. PT. The final day of the tournament, Nov. 13, will feature Bryant and Southern Utah at noon PT and the Aztecs and UC Davis at 3 p.m. PT.
Two days after playing three games in three days, San Diego State will head to Texas to face preseason top-25 squad Baylor on Nov. 15. The 1 p.m. CT outing is set to air live on ESPN and ESPN3.com.
SDSU returns home for two games against a pair of Southern California programs in USC and Long Beach State. The contest vs. the Trojans is set for Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. PT, and will be televised on The Mtn. and simulcast on Channel 4 San Diego. The 49ers game is scheduled for Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m. PT. USC advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2011, while LBSU was a 22-game winner and NIT participant.
After a two-game home stand, the Aztecs travel for two, which will take them to Tucson, Ariz., and Santa Barbara, Calif. San Diego State will face Arizona at McKale Center on Nov. 23 at 6:30 p.m. MT on FS Arizona Plus. The Wildcats went 30-8 in 2010-11 and appeared in the Elite Eight. The game vs. UC Santa Barbara, meanwhile, is set for Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. PT. The Gauchos won the Big West tournament title and advanced to their second straight NCAA Tournament in 2011.
The Aztecs will play host to a Missouri Valley Conference foe for the second consecutive year on Nov. 30 when Creighton visits Montezuma Mesa. The Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge game is slated for 7:30 p.m. PT and will be televised on The Mtn. and Channel 4 San Diego.
San Diego State will then play a rare home Sunday contest on Dec. 4 against California. The 2 p.m. PT game will also be on The Mtn. and Channel 4 San Diego, and comes a season after the Aztecs defeated the Golden Bears in Berkeley. SDSU has also won two of the last three in the series with California.
The Aztecs travel to the University of San Diego this season and the City Championship will be on the line on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The game is set for 7 p.m. PT at Jenny Craig Pavilion.
San Diego State will close its non-conference schedule with five straight at Viejas Arena, the first of which will be against UC Riverside on Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. PT. Three days later, Southern Conference member, Elon, will make its first-ever trip to Montezuma Mesa. The SDSU-Elon clash is slated for Dec. 22.
The Aztecs will close out the 2011 calendar year with a date against Redlands on Dec. 30.
San Diego State will ring in the New Year on Jan. 5, when San Diego Christian visits Montezuma Mesa for the second consecutive season. Tip time is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT. Last season, the Aztecs defeated SDCC, 88-69, on a night where they unveiled the 2010 MWC Championship and NCAA Tournament banners.
SDSU will get one last test before Mountain West play on Jan. 10, when Chicago State heads to America's Finest City for a 7 p.m. PT game.
The Aztecs are coming off a banner season in which they won a school-record 34 games, won their first-ever Division I NCAA postseason game and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. SDSU was ranked in the top 25 all season and earned a program-best ranking of No. 4 during its MWC championship campaign. San Diego State finished the year ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press poll and No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Today rankings.