San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball
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| San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | San Diego State University | ||||||||||
| First season | 1921–22 | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Brian Dutcher (9th season) | ||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||
| Arena | Viejas Arena (capacity: 12,414) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026–27) | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Aztecs | ||||||||||
| Colors | Scarlet and black | ||||||||||
| Student section | The Show | ||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,485–1,125 (.569) | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||
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| NAIA tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1941 | |||||||||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| Mountain West: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 WAC: 1985 PCAA: 1976 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| Mountain West: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2023 PCAA: 1977, 1978 | |||||||||||
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The San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program that represents San Diego State University (SDSU). The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW). The team plays its home games at Viejas Arena.
The Aztecs have been to seventeen NCAA Division I tournaments since joining NCAA Division I in 1969, last appearing in the tournament in 2025. In the 2023 NCAA tournament, they reached the Final Four for the first time in program history, losing to UConn in the championship game. The Aztecs have won seven Mountain West Conference tournaments and nine regular season titles.
Notable alumni include 2-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Tony Gwynn, who played both basketball and baseball for the Aztecs. Gwynn was drafted by both the San Diego Padres and the then-San Diego Clippers on the same day, June 9, 1981 (1981 Major League Baseball draft and 1981 NBA draft, respectively).