Aztecs Gameday Preview

UC San Diego (0-0; 0-0 CCAA) vs. San Diego State (3-0;0-0 MWC)
Date: Saturday, November 17 , 7:00 pm
Location: Cox Arena
Radio: KOGO 600AM

(Source: SDSU) - San Diego State will make its first regular-season appearance at Cox Arena Saturday when it welcomes UC San Diego to Montezuma Mesa in the Aztecs' home season opener.

The Aztecs (3-0), who are receiving votes in each of the national polls, will be looking to open the season with a four consecutive wins for the second straight year and for just the fifth time in San Diego State's history as a Division I institution. Only twice in SDSU's 86 years of basketball have the Aztecs started consecutive seasons with a 4-0 record. The two occasions occurred in 1966-67 and 1967-68 and in 1930-31 and 1931-32.

Following the Aztecs' 3-0 weekend where they claimed the World Vision Classic in Fresno, Calif., after defeating Liberty, Portland and Fresno State all by double figures, San Diego State found itself with Pittsburgh, Stanford and Northern Iowa as the only 3-0 teams in the America.

UC San Diego (0-0) makes the short trip south to play its first game of the season after playing two exhibition contests under first-year head coach Chris Carlson earlier this month. The Tritons finished their preseason schedule with a 1-1 record after stunning UC Riverside, an SDSU opponent this year, in Riverside, 67-61, and dropping a neutral-site exhibition to Drake, 81-63, at Saint Mary's.

This year's meeting marks the second straight season in which the two county schools will meet. Overall, the tilt is the ninth in the series with the Aztecs winning all eight previous match-ups, including six inside Cox Arena.