No. 1 Seed in MW Tournament
The Aztecs will play the winner of No. 8 seed Fresno State and No. 9 Air Force at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 5.
The No. 5 San Diego State University men's basketball team, the outright Mountain West regular-season champion, is the No. 1 seed in this week's 2020 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship, which takes place at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The Aztecs, whose first game will be telecast on CBS Sports Network, will open the tournament at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, against the winner of the matchup between No. 8 seed Fresno State and No. 9 seed Air Force, who will play at noon on Wednesday, March 4, carried on the Mountain West Network.
With a win on Thursday, SDSU would play in the semifinals on Friday, March 6, against the winner of No. 4 seed UNLV and No. 5 seed Boise State. The semifinal game is scheduled to tip at 6 p.m. PT and can be seen on CBS Sports Network.
The championship game will be played at 2:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, March 7, and will be broadcast on CBS.
Flynn wins player of week honors
SDSU junior guard Malachi Flynn, who led the Aztecs to two victories this week, has been named the final regular season Mountain West Men's Basketball Peak Player of the Week, the conference announced on Sunday.
Flynn averaged 26.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in SDSU victories over Colorado State (66-60) last Tuesday and at Nevada (83-76) on Saturday.
In Reno, Flynn exploded for a career-high 36 points on 13-of-20 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-6 from three-point range and made all seven of his free throw attempts.
His 36 points are the most by an Aztec since Brandon Heath tallied 37 against UNLV on Jan. 15, 2005. He is the 36th player in program history to produce a 30-point game and his 36 points are the second most by an Aztec player this century.
Poll updates
SDSU remains at No. 5 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Polls for the second consecutive week following a school-record 28-1 regular season. SDSU’s 17-1 Mountain West record this season is the highest winning percentage of any team in conference history, eclipsing Utah (13-1) in 2004-05. It's also the best record in school history.
