LAS VEGAS - The San Diego State Aztecs, the 2-seed in the 2026 Mountain West Tournament, defeated 7-seed Colorado State in the quarterfinal round, 3-seed New Mexico in the semifinals and will play 1-seed Utah State on Saturday afternoon for the 2026 Mountain West Tournament title. The game is set to tip at 3 p.m. PT and will be broadcast on CBS.
OFF THE BOUNCE
Overall, as a 2-seed, SDSU has a 7-1 record, which includes a 1-0 mark against the 1-seed, defeating No. 8/8 Brigham Young, 72-54, on March 12, 2011, for its fourth Mountain West Tournament crown.
San Diego State has now reached the championship game in its three times as the 2-seed. It won the title in 2011 and was the runner-up in 2015.
San Diego State opened the 2026 Mountain West Tournament in the quarterfinal round for the ninth straight year under Brian Dutcher. This is the 26th time in 27 years of the event that SDSU has avoided playing a first-round game. Only the 2016-17 Aztecs did not start the Mountain West Tournament in the quarterfinals.
San Diego State advances to the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament for a record 17th time in league history, including the eighth time in the nine seasons under Brian Dutcher. (tournament host UNLV is second with eight appearances)
San Diego State improves to 19-5 in its last 24 Mountain West tournament games since Brian Dutcher became head coach in the 2017-18 season.
SDSU’s 38 conference tournament wins since the 2008-09 season are the most in the country over that span (Gonzaga is second at 37).
In championship games at the Mountain West Tournament, San Diego State has a 7-9 record, has won 2 of its last 4 title games.
San Diego State has won an unprecedented 16 Mountain West titles: nine regular season and seven tournament crowns.
Overall, San Diego State is 46-19 in the Mountain West Tournament, for an event-best winning percentage of 70.8 percent. The Aztecs’ 46 tournament wins are the most by any team - current or former - in league history. This is particularly impressive because 10 of SDSU’s 65 tournament games have been played on the road (8-2 at UNLV), while UNLV has played 47 of its 54 tournament games at home.
San Diego State owns 50 victories in Thomas & Mack Center since the start of the 2008-09 campaign. That is the most victories by any school in the nation in any venue in which it has not played a home game in the past 18 seasons. What is particularly impressive is that 20 of those 48 victories came as the road team playing at UNLV. Villanova is second with 39 victories at Madison Square Garden (see below).
San Diego State won its 21st game of the season in the Mountain West Tournament’s quarterfinal game, marking the ninth straight campaign the Aztecs have reached that milestone ...every year under Brian Dutcher...and in the last 21 seasons, SDSU has totaled at least 21 wins 19 times, at least 20 wins 20 times, and at least 19 wins 21 times.
San Diego State owns a 177-54 record (76.6 percent) since the start of the 2019-20 campaign, which is the sixth best record in the nation. SDSU trails Gonzaga at 204-33 (86.1 percent), Houston at 211-37 (85.1 percent), Duke at 190-48 (79.8 percent), Saint Mary’s 175-53 (76.8 percent) and Arizona 181-55 (76.7 percent) and ahead of the likes of Connecticut 178-56 (76.1 percent) and Kansas 178-60 (74.8 percent).
SDSU held New Mexico to its second-lowest field goal percentage (.328) in a game this season.
The 32.8 field goal percentage was the Lobos’ lowest in a Mountain West Tournament game since March 9, 2000, against Brigham Young and their second lowest ever in a MW Tournament game.
Against New Mexico in the semifinal of the Mountain West Tournament, Magoon Gwath moved into sole possession of ninth place on the program’s career blocks list and stands at 103 for his career. He is two away from Aerick Sanders’ 105 blocks and the No. 8 spot.