Men's Basketball

Defending the Crown

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Defending the CrownDefending the Crown

Need to Know:

  • San Diego State, owners of a league-high 11 Mountain West Conference men's basketball titles including a conference record five Mountain West tournament titles, looks to defend its 2018 championship on Saturday afternoon against Utah State.
  • The Aztecs-Aggies game will be broadcast nationally by CBS and the contest can be heard on 101.5 KGB, XTRA Sports 1360 and FOX Sports IE 1350.
  • The Aztecs and Aggies split the season series this season, with each team defending its home court (SDSU, 68-63, in San Diego on Feb. 9 and Utah State, 70-54, in Logan on Feb. 26).
  • San Diego State has won 11 of the last 12 meetings with the Aggies and have both meetings between the teams in the Mountain West tourney (2014 and 2016).
  • San Diego State has won the Mountain West tournament a record five times (2002, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2018).
  • Amazingly, this marks the fifth time in the last six years and the ninth time in the last 11 seasons (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 2018 and 2019) that the Aztecs have advanced to the championship game.
  • San Diego State has won the event as the one seed, two seed, four seed and five seed (twice).
  • This is the fifth time SDSU has earned the four seed in the event. The Aztecs own an 9-3 record when in the four position, including the 2010 season when they won their third MW tournament championship.
  • Since the start of the 2008-09 season, no team has won more games in a building the NCAA does not consider its home venue than the Aztecs 28 victories in Thomas & Mack Center. Villanova is second with 27 wins at Madison Square Garden (see chart, bottom page one).
  • San Diego State advanced to the championship game by defeating UNLV, 63-55, in the quarterfinals (the Aztecs are 15-1 in their last 16 games against the Rebels) and No. 14/17 Nevada, 65-56, in the semifinals (the Aztecs are 5-2 in their last seven games against the Wolf Pack).
  • The Aztecs held the Wolf Pack to a season-low 56 points and limited the Wolf Pack to 37.9 percent field goal shooting and 25.0 three-point field goal percentage.