'Dogs host Rams on Student Night

Tuesday, February 4

Fresno, CA

6:00 PM PT

Fresno State

Colorado State

Tickets

Photo by: Keith Kountz/Fresno State

'Dogs host Rams on Student Night

2/3/2020 11:45:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Game Notes: Colorado State at Fresno State (PDF)

Admission is always free to Bulldog Basketball home games for Fresno State students, who can also bring a student guest for free, as well.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of New Media

Game 23: Colorado State (16-8, 7-4 MW) at Fresno State (8-14, 4-7 MW)
Feb. 4, 2020 • 6 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz/Bob Wenzel)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones)
Series History: Colorado State leads 18-17 (overall) • Fresno State leads 13-2 (in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Colorado State 86, Fresno State 68 (1/22/20 • Fort Collins, Colo. • Moby Arena)
Next Up: at UNLV (Feb. 8); at San Jose State (Feb. 12); vs. Utah State (Feb. 15)
Fresno State's 2019-20 NCAA NET & Ken Pom Rankings: No. 148 & No. 147

Opening Tip

Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is in his second season after winning 23 games in his first season back home in the San Joaquin Valley.
Hutson was named the 2018-19 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year.
Hutson, a Bakersfield native, had spent 12 seasons (San Diego State and UNLV) as one of the most respected assistant coaches in the country.

Fresno State hosts Colorado State on Student Night
Fresno State will host the Colorado State Rams on Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT at the Save Mart Center. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio. Tickets for Tuesday's game start at $15 at the Save Mart Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. For a limited time, fans can purchase (online only) a special ticket package, which includes four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for Tuesday's game here: www.GoBulldogs.com/4for24.

Fresno State & Colorado State: All-Time Series History
Fresno State has won six of its last nine meetings with Colorado State. The Bulldogs are 1-2 against the Rams in the last two seasons with head coach Justin Hutson, which includes an 86-68 loss in Fort Collins two weeks ago on Jan. 22. Fresno State beat CSU 78-67 last season at the Save Mart Center on Jan. 5, 2019. The Bulldogs are 13-2 all-time against the Rams in games played in Fresno (6-2 in contests at the Save Mart Center).

A proven winner and consistent contender in the Mountain West

Fresno State has won the third-most MW games in the last four-plus seasons (52), which is since the start of the 2015-16 season.
Fresno State is one of four programs (Boise State, Nevada and San Diego State) with over 55 MW wins in the last five-plus seasons.
Fresno State is the only program to earn a MW Tournament first-round bye in each of the past five seasons.
Fresno State is one of two programs, along with San Diego State, with a .500 record or better in MW play in each of the last six seasons.
Fresno State is the only team to win at least 10 MW games in each of the last five seasons.

Between the Baselines

Fresno State opened the season by playing seven of its first 10 games away from the Save Mart Center (six road games + one neutral site game).
Fresno State leads the MW in blocked shots per game (3.6 bpg).
Fresno State is second in the MW in 3-pointers made per game (9.1/gm).
Fresno State is 23-5 when leading at halftime during Hutson's tenure.
Fresno State is 346th out of 353 Division I teams in "luck" by Ken Pom.
Fresno State was one of two teams (Michigan State) in the nation that had three teams ranked in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll on its schedule for the first eight games of the 2019-20 regular season.
Fresno State opened the season at Oregon (No. 15) on Nov. 5, and then played Saint Mary's (No. 20) in Sacramento at Golden 1 Center on Nov. 20 and visited Utah State (No. 17) on Dec. 7 (AP Top 25 preseason rankings).

Youth Movement
Fresno State has fielded six of the 22 freshmen who have appeared in games so far for Mountain West teams. Fresno State leads the league with freshmen averaging 100.3 minutes per game, which is nearly half of the Bulldogs' minutes per game average (49.0 percent). Fresno State's freshmen have accounted for 2,206 of the team's 4,500 total minutes played (49.0 percent) this season. Fresno State freshmen Orlando Robinson (12.9 ppg) and Jarred Hyder (10.1 ppg) lead the way for Fresno State's now six freshmen, who have scored 698 of the Bulldogs' 1,515 points for an average of 30.8 points of the team's 68.2 points per game (46.1 percent). Robinson is the only Bulldog to play in all 22 games this season.

Three Bulldogs represent Fresno State in NBA
Former Fresno State basketball players Paul George (2008-10), Tyler Johnson (2010-14) and Paul Watson (2013-17) are three of the 31 former Bulldogs to have played in the NBA. George is in his tenth NBA season and first with the Los Angeles Clippers after being drafted 10th overall in 2010 by the Indiana Pacers, who he played for from 2010-17, and then two seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2017-19. Meanwhile, Johnson just concluded his fifth season in the NBA, and plays for the Phoenix Suns after starting his career by playing over four and a half seasons for the Miami Heat. Watson signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks on Jan. 6, 2020 and appeared in two games with the Hawks. Watson then signed a two-way contract with the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 15, 2020.

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