SAN DIEGO – Fresh off its 12th Mountain West overall men's basketball title and its seventh regular-season crown, the No. 4 San Diego State men's basketball team travels to Boise, Idaho for a matchup against the Boise State Broncos on Sunday at 2 p.m. MT.
OFF THE TOP (through games of Feb. 12)
-Having secured a record 12th Mountain West Conference men's basketball championship, San Diego State looks to continue its historic run Sunday afternoon when the Aztecs travel to Boise, Idaho, to face Boise State.
-With its victory over New Mexico Tuesday and Utah State's win at Colorado State the same day, SDSU won its seventh regular-season MW title. (2006, 2011*, 2012*, 2014, 2015*, 2016 and 2020). * - indicates shared title
-San Diego State assistant coach Chris Acker returns to Boise. Acker served as an assistant coach the previous two seasons at Boise State.
-The Aztecs lead the all-time series 13-7 but are just 3-5 lifetime at Boise. SDSU has lost its last three road games to the Broncos and have not won at ExtraMile Arena (formerly Taco Bell Arena) since Jan. 16, 2016. The Aztecs have not swept the season series since the 2013-14 campaign.
-Winning streaks that are on the line Sunday:
Streak No. School Active DI
Overall 25 record longest active win streak
Conference Win Streak 14 record 2nd-longest active win streak (New Mexico State 28)
Road/Neutral Win Streak 12 record longest active win streak
Road Win Streak 10 record 2nd-longest active win streak (Gonzaga, 17)
Best Start to Season 25-0 record best start by any DI team since Gonzaga, 29-0 (2016-17)
Best Start to Conference 14-0 record best start by any team in Mountain West Conference history
CHAMPIONS (through games of Feb. 12)
-As previously mentioned, San Diego State clinched the outright regular-season title on Tuesday night. The Aztecs became the first team in the nation to clinch its regular-season title this season and became the first team in the nation to clinch its outright regular-season title with four games remaining since Steph Curry's Davidson team in 2007-08.
-San Diego State became the fourth team this century to clinch a regular season outright championship with four games to play.
Team Year Conference Gms. Remaining when Clinched Final Record NCAA Result
San Diego State 2019-20 Mountain West 4
Davidson 2007-08 Southern 4 29-7 Elite Eight
Stanford 2003-04 Pac-10 4 30-2 Second Round
Cincinnati 1999-00 Conference USA 4 29-4 Second Round
-San Diego State's 14-0 conference record is the best start for a Mountain West team in the history of the league.
-SDSU is one of five unbeaten teams in conference play (also: Baylor (11-0), Dayton (11-0), Gonzaga (11-0) and New Mexico State (10-0).
-San Diego State has won its most recent two match-ups with every Mountain West Conference opponent.
-San Diego State is looking to become the first Mountain West team to go through the league campaign unbeaten. Below is a look at the best conference records in league history.
Rk. Team Season MW Record Pct. Top Scorers
1. San Diego State 2009-10 14-0 1.000
2. Utah 2004-05 13-1 .929 Andrew Bogut (20.4), Marc Jackson (10.7)
3. San Diego State 2015-16 16-2 .889 Trey Kell (12.6), Jeremy Hemsley (12.0), W. Shepard (11.3)
San Diego State 2013-14 16-2 .889 Xavier Thames (17.6), Winston Shepard (11.6)
ROAD WARRIORS (through games of Feb. 12)
-San Diego State is the only team not to drop a road/neutral site game this season (12-0).
-The Aztecs 12 road/neutral road wins are tied with Liberty (12-3) the most in the nation.
-San Diego State's 9-0 road record is tied for the best in the nation (Gonzaga, 9-0) and its nine true road wins are tied for the third most in the nation (Stephen F. Austin, 10-2, and Vermont, 10-3).
-San Diego State has won at three teams - Brigham Young, Utah State and New Mexico - that are otherwise perfect at home and has handed Utah State and New Mexico its only home conference loss this season.
-San Diego State is the only team in the nation to hand three teams their only home loss of the 2019-20 campaign. No other team in the country has handed multiple teams their only home loss this season.
-In road/neutral games this season, San Diego State leads the nation in scoring margin (+16.5), field goal percentage defense (+11.2), and three-point field goal percentage defense (12.9). On offense, the Aztecs are 2nd in field goal percentage (50.2), 4th in free throw percentage (79.7), 9th in three-point field goal percentage (40.3). While on defense SDSU ranks 3rd in three-point field goal percentage (27.4), 4h in scoring (60.6) and 8th in field goal percentage (38.9).
-San Diego State is 8-0 in NET Quadrant 1 and 2 games. Seven of those eight games have come away from home.
-San Diego State's two remaining road games are against teams that are a collective 23-3 at home this season, including a 14-0 mark against Mountain West teams at home.
THE HISTORIC START (through games of Feb. 12)
-San Diego State is the fifth team to open a season 25-0 since the start of the 2010-11 campaign. Of the previous four teams, two made the Final Four.
Best Start To A Season (since 2010-11) Season Wins To Open Season Tournament Result Final Record
1. Kentucky 2014-15 38 Final Four 38-1
2. Wichita State 2013-14 35 Round of 32 35-1
3. Gonzaga 2016-17 29 National Runner-Up 37-2
4. San Diego State 2019-20 25
Syracuse 2013-14 25 Round of 32 28-6
-SDSU's 25-game unbeaten streak to open the season is the longest by an NCAA team since Gonzaga started the 2016-17 campaign 29-0 (advanced to the national championship game).
-The final unbeaten team last season (2018-19) was Virginia. The Cavilers opened 16-0 and won the national championship.
-How hard is it to win 25 games in a row? Of the active 353 Division I head coaches, Brian Dutcher has become just the 11th active coach with a win streak of at least 25 games. A win Sunday would move Dutcher into very elite company as only seven current DI head coaches own a career win streak of at least 26 games (John Calipari, Mark Few, Mike Kryzyzewski, Gregg Marshall, Tuby Smith, Brad Underwood and Bruce Weber.
-San Diego State's 25-0 record is the best start in school history, eclipsing the 20-0 mark set by the 2010-11 SDSU squad (Kawhi Leonard's sophomore (and final) season with the Aztecs.
-The last time a team made it into the postseason (NCAA tournament) unbeaten, was the 2015 Kentucky squad that entered the NCAA tournament 34-0.
No. 4 Aztec Men’s Hoops Plays In Boise On Sunday
