en-us SportSpyder - The Latest San Diego State Aztecs Basketball News https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/news SDSU Athletics Mourns the Passing of Hal Brown - San Diego State Aztecs Javascript is required. Inspire. He was 92. Wed, 13 May 2026 22:06:00 GMT Jamie McConeghy https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56611510 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56611510 false false Basketball season tickets are going up. Wed, 13 May 2026 20:33:59 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56610420 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56610420 false false Luca Vincini ended his season Sunday with pro club Dinamo Sassari on the Italian island of Sardinia. Tue, 12 May 2026 18:05:08 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56596215 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56596215 false false 6-foot-8 power forward Luca Vincini becomes the next international signing for San Diego State There... The post appeared first on . Tue, 12 May 2026 17:37:45 GMT Chris Spiering https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56595850 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56595850 false false Men’s Hoops Ink Luca Vincini - San Diego State Aztecs Javascript is required. Inspire. , head men’s basketball coach, made the announcement Tuesday. Tue, 12 May 2026 17:31:51 GMT https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56595775 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56595775 false false For the rebuilt Pac-12, that could mean a third or fourth participant. Sun, 10 May 2026 23:20:30 GMT Jon Wilner https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56577453 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56577453 false false San Diego State basketball making additions to roster after departures Aztec Coach Dutcher taps into European market for experience There’s never any rest for a full time college coach. Maneuvering recruiting, the TP (Transfer Portal), NIL and any other myriad assortment of responsibilities, a coach’s job can be 24/7/365. Enter Brian Dutcher, who like a […] Sun, 10 May 2026 13:00:40 GMT Jeffrey Carter https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56572858 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56572858 false false The Aztecs are caught in the middle, a program with power-conference pedigree and a mid-major budget. Sat, 09 May 2026 17:52:01 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56566157 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56566157 false false We don’t dip our toes into the NBA waters very often, but we’re less than two months away from the 2026 NBA Draft! Once again, there are multiple former Mountain West players testing their waters, specifically in the G-League combine, which will begin Friday and last through Sunday in Chicago, Ill. What do these two […] Fri, 08 May 2026 17:58:25 GMT Matt Hanifan https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56555925 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56555925 false false The announced Thursday that it will expand its two tournaments by eight teams each next season, a move that will drop more early-round games into the first week of the highly popular and lucrative showcase without substantially changing its overall form. The new 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for a total of 12 games involving 24 teams — into the front half of the first week of the men’s and the women’s tournaments, turning what’s now known as the First Four into a bigger affair. It is the first expansion of the tournaments in 15 years, when they were bumped to 68 teams each. The 12 winners will move into the main 64-team bracket that will begin, as usual, on Thursday for the men and Friday for the women. Most of the eight new slots are expected to go to teams in the power conferences that were already commanding the lion’s share of entries in thebracket. Two years ago, the SEC placed a record 14 teams in the men’s bracket. Last season, the Big Ten had nine. The move is a product of the times, which include massive expansion — the ACC, for instance, has grown from nine to 17 teams since 1996 — and the reality that mid-major schools with topnotch players will often see those players plucked away by programs with bigger budgets and the ability to pay them through revenue sharing. Cinderella? There will still be room for those, though not a single mid-major advanced past the first weekend of the either tournament the last two seasons. This hardly registers as a concern of the decision-makers anymore, who will point to the TV ratings that traditionally spell out fans’ preference for Duke and North Carolina over St. Peter’s and San Diego State, especially once the Sweet 16 starts. What matters more to the biggest schools is that their teams have a chance to compete in what remains the best postseason in college sports and that they aren’t iced out by lower conference champions who earn automatic bids. “You’ve got some really, really good teams who are going to end up in that 9, 10, 11 (seed) category that I think should be moved into the” 64-team bracket, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said last year in discussing how he favored expansion. There is also money at stake: Conferences earn “units” — which amounted to about $350,000 per unit for the men’s tournament last season — for placing teams in the bracket and then for every round those teams advance. from both tournaments, won by conference members Michigan (men) and UCLA (women). Leaders in the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC have all acknowledged that the smaller teams help make March Madness what it is, all the while steadily expanding their own power in NCAA decision-making. That brings with it the tacit threat of fracturing the single thing the NCAA does best — the basketball tournament. This move might forestall that. What it isn’t expected to do is generate much more revenue. The current deal for the men’s tournament is worth $8.8 billion and runs through 2032. Adding a few extra games between mid-level Power Four teams on Tuesday and Wednesday won’t change that much. One of reason this took as long as it did was the NCAA negotiations with CBS and TNT, which themselves have been in negotiations over their own ownership. The more drastic option of expanding the tournament to 96 teams or beyond would involve adding an extra week to a tournament that has thrived in part because of the symmetry of a six-round bracket that gets whittled down over three weeks. That basic shell began in 1985, with only slight tweaks, the latest of which came in 2011 when it was upped to 68. Fri, 08 May 2026 02:23:47 GMT Eddie Pells https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56549097 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56549097 false false Soccer’s loss is SDSU basketball’s gain. Wed, 06 May 2026 01:51:54 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56524638 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56524638 false false A look at the Aztecs' roster moves as the NCAA transfer portal opens. Mon, 04 May 2026 19:20:19 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56509103 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56509103 false false David Torresani is the fifth player — and second European pro — to commit to the Aztecs. Mon, 04 May 2026 18:13:09 GMT Mark Zeigler https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56508230 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56508230 false false Men’s Hoops Officially Add David Torresani - San Diego State Aztecs Javascript is required. Inspire. The announcement was made by head coach on Monday. Mon, 04 May 2026 18:03:57 GMT https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56508097 https://sportspyder.com/mcb/san-diego-state-aztecs-basketball/articles/56508097 false false