Exhale. The game that San Diego State’s basketball team absolutely had to have, it got. The 80-61 Senior Night win at Viejas Arena on Saturday against a beat-up and beat-down Nevada team didn’t change the time or opponent in the Mountain West tournament,

Points spread and betting odds for Saturday's Mountain West Conference game between Nevada and San Diego State

The Aztecs get Boise State in the 4-5 quarterfinal on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center, having swept the season series and now colliding with the adage about it being hard to beat the same team three times in the same season.

The Aztecs cruised to a much-needed victory over Nevada in front of a sold out White-Out crowd. The San Diego State Aztecs and Nevada

The San Diego State Aztecs (20-8, 13-6 MWC) aim to build on a five-game home winning streak when they host the Nevada Wolf Pack (16-14, 8-11 MWC) on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. ET. In

• The UC San Diego men led wire-to-wire Saturday night in a 68-57 win at UC Davis to advance directly to Friday’s Big West Tournament semifinals in Henderson, Nev., as the No. 1 seed. Tyler McGhie led the Tritons with 18 points. Nordin Kapic scored 16 and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 15 as UCSD went 10 for 25 from 3-point range.

San Diego State will get another chance to strengthen their NCAA tournament resume on Saturday night, hosting Nevada in the finale of the 2024-25 regular season

With their post-season lives on the line, San Diego State used a smothering defense and hot shooting to overwhelm Nevada 80-61 at Viejas Arena.

The San Diego State Aztecs face the New Mexico Lobos in the MWC Tournament. The teams play Monday for the first time this season.