Aztecs Learn Their NCAA Tournament Seed

SDSU gets a #8 in the South Region

The Aztecs road to the Final Four will have to go through Charlotte, NC. And St. John’s. And possibly Duke.

San Diego State’s men’s basketball team found out Sunday they are the #8 seed in the South Region of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.  Their opening game will be against St. John’s University. If they’re able to survive that one, the Aztecs would likely have a meeting with the Duke Blue Devils, the #1 seed in the South.

While the Aztecs thrive on defense, allowing the second-fewest points per game in the nation,  the Red Storm has a few guys who can light up the scoreboard, and it seems like all of them are guards. Their back court of D'Angelo Harrison, Rysheed Jordan, Sir'Domninic Pointer and Phil Greene IV (yes, all guards) combined averages 58.5 points per game, which is 5.4 points per game more than San Diego State allows an entire team.

SDSU's leading scorer, forward Winston Shepard, only averages 11.1 points per game.

St. John's has talent, but is also a streaky team. Towards the end of the year they won seven of eight games, then lost their last two against Villanova and Providence by a total of 56 points. The Aztecs did not suffer back-to-back losses all season.

SDSU, the Mountain West Conference regular season co-champions, went to the Sweet 16 and narrowly lost to Arizona last year. Both of their Sweet 16 appearances have come when they were a top-4 seed in the West, so not only do they have to fight through a tough draw, but they have to overcome history to make a deep run.

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