Aztecs basketball

San Diego State leading scorer Matt Mitchell exited early in Thursday’s loss to Utah State after suffering an injury to his right knee. Mitchell’s knee bent awkwardly on a drive to the hoop in the second half. After being attended to by a team trainer, the senior forward walked off the court without help. Brian Dutcher told reporters after...

San Diego State basketball travels to Logan, Utah this week to play games Thursday and Friday against Utah State. The Aggies (9-3, 6-0 in the Mountain West Conference) are a great team, winners of 8 straight, but what makes playing at Utah State even more challenging is the altitude. Utah State University sits an elevation for 4,777 feet. San Diego…

Matt Mitchell had 20 points and 10 rebounds as San Diego State held Nevada scoreless over the final 2:16 for a 65-60 win

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jordan Schakel hit 8 of 11 3-pointers and scored a career-high 28 points as San Diego State got past Colorado State 78-65 on Monday night. For the second straight game the Aztecs jumped out to a 26-point first half lead against the Rams. Colorado State defeated San Diego State 70-67 on Saturday, setting a school and Mountain West…

San Diego State’s men’s basketball team had a 13 day break between its lopsided win over St. Mary’s and its Mountain West Conference opener against Colorado State. Usually a break like that means a tough start but a solid finish. The Aztecs did the exact opposite in a historic loss. SDSU led by 26 points in the first half...

San Diego State basketball improved to 6-1 on the season with a dominating 25-point win over St. Mary’s in a showdown of two of the top college programs on the West Coast

Jordan is kind of a big name in the basketball world. There’s Michael Jordan of course, and there’s Jordan Schakel. The San Diego State senior guard is no where near Air Jordan’s rarefied air, but the younger and less accomplished Jordan is making a name for himself in the college game. Schakel was named Andy Katz NCAA.com national player...

After improving its record to 4-0, the San Diego State men’s basketball team made it’s 2020-2021debut in the national rankings, coming in at #24 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The Aztecs garnered 123 points in the voting and are the only Mountain West conference team in the AP Poll. Today’s initial appearances in AP poll, on Dec. 7,…

When Brian Dutcher studied Saint Katherine he saw a team whose offensive execution made up for their physical limitations. That showed up early in the Aztecs’ meeting with the Firebirds. The North County NAIA squad hit three three-pointers, and took advantage of a 1-for-6 shooting stretch from San Diego State to open the game, to lead 11-9. Their fun...

Brian Dutcher expected to see his team’s schedule change through the course of the season. It hasn’t taken long for those suspicions to come true. San Diego State will host Pepperdine Sunday at 1:30 p.m., the latest evolution of his team’s early season slate. The changes began with the Mountain West’s decision to cancel this week’s league series against...

With the coronavirus changing many of our work environments, many people have changed how they dress for work, including San Diego State basketball head coach Brian Dutcher. In past seasons, Dutcher would be wearing a suit for every game. Through the first two games of this season Dutcher is wearing casual coaching gear. Basically, an SDSU logoed polo golf shirt,…

Matt Mitchell and Jordan Schakel scored 15 points apiece and San Diego State used its disruptive defense and 3-point shots to beat No. 22 UCLA 73-58 in the season opener for both teams

NBC 7’s Darnay Tripp has the story of Nathan Mensah, who was cleared to return to the court after experiencing blood clots only to find out minutes later that the coronavirus had cancelled the entire season.

San Diego State announced its revised 2020-21 men’s basketball schedule Tuesday, among the new points of interest include Mountain West conference games and a non-conference game against St. Mary’s. With non-conference games against UCLA, BYU, Arizona State and St. Mary’s, plus the Mountain West slate, Aztecs head coach Brian Dutcher called it the “toughest schedule” in his time at...

San Diego State basketball will be their conference champions, according to media members who regularly cover Mountain West Conference Basketball.

It seemed like a fitting point, given the setting. As Brian Dutcher addressed reporters on a video conference call, the Aztec basketball coach spoke about the need to adjust and be flexible during the pandemic. He didn’t miss the perfect example sitting right in front of him. “I didn’t even know what Zoom was,” Dutcher confessed. “None of us...

San Diego State basketball coach Brian Dutcher has signed a three-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season

In Malachi Flynn’s first year at San Diego State he became the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, the MWC Defensive Player of the Year and landed on several All-American teams. He will not be back on the Mesa for a chance to repeat any of those accolades. Flynn has decided to leave SDSU after his junior season...

The coronavirus pandemic shot down the chance for the SDSU’s men’s basketball team to go to the NCAA tournament. But one player is finding a cool way to keep the shining moments of his team’s unforgettable season alive, from his very own driveway.

San Diego State went 30-2 in a season for the ages … but Sunday was supposed to be the most exciting day yet: Selection Sunday, when the 68-team NCAA Tournament field is revealed. But with no March Madness the Aztecs are left with a day of sadness. “It’s that reaction of the team when it comes on the board. You…