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San Diego State is the only undefeated team in the nation. They’re 14-point favorites to beat Air Force on the road on Saturday. But since they’re playing a service academy, head coach Brian Dutcher does not want to hear about any of that. “They’re as hard a working group as there is in the country,” said Dutcher. “We have...

If the NCAA Tournament began today, San Diego State would be a No. 1 seed. The problem for the Aztecs is, Gonzaga would be as well. Right now both are ranked in the top four and are on track to be the top seed in a region during the big dance. Only one of the programs can do so in…

Aztecs Battling Zags for No. 1 Seed in the West

Kawhi Leonard is the best basketball player in San Diego State history. But the Aztecs club he watched on Saturday night might be the best team ever to set foot on Montezuma Mesa.

Kawhi Leonard is the most accomplished basketball player ever to come out of San Diego State University. If anyone is deserving of having his number 15 be the first-ever retired by the Aztecs, it’s the man who, as Kawhi said on Saturday night at Viejas Arena, “Put San Diego State on the map.” Leonard watched the unveiling from the floor…

The success of the SDSU Aztecs men’s basketball team appears to be having a significant impact on San Diego’s economy, from ticket and merch sales, to business at local restaurants.

Under Rocky Long the Aztecs defense was one of the best units in the country so the old head coach is going to be a tough act to follow. Kurt Mattix has his work cut out for him. SDSU head coach Brady Hoke named Mattix his new defensive coorinator on Thursday. Mattix spent the last four years as the...

Malachi Flynn scored 21 points and No. 4 San Diego State staved off UNLV’s second-half rally to win 71-67 on Sunday, remaining the country’s only unbeaten team.

It’s oh so fitting that the Aztecs are going to Las Vegas looking to land on 21. The 4th-ranked San Diego State’s men’s basketball team takes its 20-0 record to UNLV for a 1:00 pm tipoff on Sunday. The Aztecs are the only unbeaten team in the country, just nine wins away from a perfect regular season. In one...

Yanni Wetzell had 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for No. 7 San Diego State, which came out hot in the second half to beat Nevada 68-55 and remain the nation’s only undefeated team. Malachi Flynn scored 14 points for San Diego State, and Jordan Schakel had 12. Matt Mitchell added 11 points. Jalen Harris, the Mountain West’s second-leading...

When Malachi Flynn transferred to San Diego State from Washington State, the Aztecs knew they were getting a solid basketball player. I doubt they even knew just how good he would turn out to be. The junior guard was named a second-team Midseason All-American by the Sporting News. Flynn has become the go-to guy for the undefeated Aztecs, averaging 16.6…

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Kevin O’Connell has done a lot in just 34 years on earth. He’s a graduate of La Costa Canyon High School who became one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in San Diego State football history and was drafted by the Patriots then spent five years as a player in the NFL with five different teams, the last of which...

Long-time Aztec head coach Rocky Long has decided to retire. San Diego State University held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce the move. Athletic Director J.D. Wicker introduced Brady Hoke as his replacement. Hoke hired Long in 2009 as his Defensive Coordinator. Now the former Aztec head coach will replace the man that made San Diego State a consistent…

The Aztecs are in good shape for a high seed in the NCAA Tournament But that could change quickly if they’re not careful

The Aztecs are undefeated, and the nation is taking notice. Brian Dutcher’s team has made steady jumps up the polls all the way up to No. 7, and it seems like in the last week people have really starting to talk about San Diego State. Now that January has arrived – March feels a whole lot closer and that means…

The Aztecs moved up to 7th in the latest AP and Coaches Polls. SDSU beat Utah State on the road on Saturday to run their record to 15-0 and remain, with 13-0 Auburn, one of the two remaining undefeated teams among the 353 Division-1 programs (Since my wife is an Auburn girl who works at SDSU I need to say…

Utah State is the defending Mountain West Conference champion. The Aggies were the unanimous preseason pick to repeat as MWC champs and were ranked in the top 20 of both major polls. USU is off to a 13-3 start and had not lost a game at home in 360 days. The undefeated Aztecs didn’t care one tiny little bit about…

When the 2019-20 NCAA basketball season started there were 353 undefeated Division-1 teams. Now there are two. To track the progress of prolonged perfection a map was created on social media. It began with all 353 logos. As of January 2, 2020, that map looks like this: SDSU and the Auburn Tigers are the lone unbeatens. Now ranked 13th in…