June 28, 2016
SAN DIEGO -
2016-17 San Diego State Men's Basketball Schedule (as of 6/28)
San Diego State men's basketball and Gonzaga will begin a home-and-home series this season with the Aztecs traveling to Spokane, Washington in November and the Bulldogs returning the game in 2017-18.
SDSU will visit McCarthey Athletic Center for the first time since 2010 on Monday, Nov. 14. Game time will be announced at a later date. As part of the contract, Gonzaga will return the game and appear at Viejas Arena for the first time in '17-18. The date for that game is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.
In the meeting in Spokane on Nov. 16, 2010, the 25th-ranked Aztecs handed the No. 11/12 Bulldogs a 79-76 setback, which dropped them to 77-5 all-time at the facility. SDSU received a career-high 30 points from Billy White, while Kawhi Leonard added 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. James Rahon chipped in 12 points.
For San Diego State, the victory snapped a 33-game road losing streak to teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 and was the highest-ranked squad SDSU had beaten on the road. It was also Steve Fisher's 200th career win at San Diego State.
The Aztecs will head to the Pacific Northwest with the all-time series tied at 1-1. The Bulldogs won the first meeting, 72-69, in a neutral-site contest in Portland, Oregon, on Dec. 19, 1959, before SDSU emerged victorious in 2010.
In other 2016-17 schedule news, San Diego State's game at Grand Canyon is slated for Dec. 7, and will tip at 7 p.m. MT. The rest of the Aztecs' non-conference schedule is still being finalized and will be announced later in the summer.
San Diego State enters 2016-17 having won an average of 26 games the last 11 seasons, all of which have ended in postseason tournament appearances. The Aztecs, who have won a Mountain West-high 10 conference titles, will enter the upcoming campaign as the three-time defending regular-season champions. In the last three years alone, SDSU has averaged 28.7 victories, including a 28-win effort in 2015-16.