Fresno State Athletics
Thursday, February 18
Fresno, Calif.
7 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
San Diego State
Photo by: Samuel Marshall
Bulldogs to host No. 25 Aztecs
2/16/2021 5:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Series Notes: No. 25 San Diego State at Fresno State (PDF)Gameday Program: No. 25 San Diego State at Fresno State
Both games will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio.
Mountain West Series: No. 25 San Diego State at Fresno State
Feb. 18, 2021 (7 p.m. PT) & Feb. 20, 2021 (4:30 p.m. PT) • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV [Game 1]: CBS Sports Network (Tom McCarthy / Pete Gillen)
TV [Game 2]: CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas)
Radio [Both Games]: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler / Marc Q. Jones)
Series History: SDSU leads 64-56 (overall) • Fresno State leads 31-21 (in Fresno)
Last Meeting: No. 7/6 San Diego State 64, Fresno State 55 (1/14/20 • Fresno, Calif.)
Next up: at UNLV (Feb. 24 & 26); TBA
Opening Tip
Fresno State (9-7, 7-7 Mountain West) hosts a two-game Mountain West series with the No. 25-ranked San Diego State Aztecs (15-4, 9-3 MW) on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT and Saturday at 4:30 p.m. PT at the Save Mart Center.Both games will be on CBS Sports Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio.
Series history: Fresno State vs. San Diego State
This will be the 121st and 122nd meetings in the all-time series between Fresno State and San Deigo State with the Aztecs leading the series 64-56. Â Fresno State has won seven of the last 11 contests in the series. Â In Hutson's tenure, the Bulldogs are 2-2 against Aztecs. Â Fresno State's last win over a nationally-ranked opponent was back on Jan. 3, 2015 when the Bulldogs beat then-No. 25 San Diego State 59-57 (USA Today Coaches poll).
Fresno State versus AP Top 25 Teams
With 25th-ranked San Diego State visiting Fresno this week for a two-game series, this will be the ninth and 10th time that an Associated Press Top 25 team has visited the Save Mart Center to play the Bulldogs. Â Fresno State is seeking its 20th all-time victory against an AP Top 25 team and first since a 58-52 win over Oklahoma State downtown at Selland Arena in Fresno on Feb. 10, 2002. Â This will also be the eighth and ninth time that the Bulldogs will play an AP Top 25 team under head coach Justin Hutson.
Fresno State producing NBA Draft Lottery picks, pros
In the last 21 seasons, Fresno State has produced three NBA Lottery picks - Paul George (No. 10 overall in 2010), Melvin Ely (No. 12 overall in 2002) and Courtney Alexander (No. 13 overall in 2000) - while UNLV has two and San Diego State has one in that same 21-season span. Â Overall, Fresno State has had 31 players go on to play in the NBA, including 21 being selected in the NBA Draft with five first-round picks (four since 2000).
Robinson: A Double-Double Machine
Fresno State 7-foot sophomore forward Orlando Robinson has drawn inspiration from one of his former teammates - Nate Grimes - with a focus to also becoming a "double-double machine."  Grimes, who is now playing professionally overseas for Kobrat (Finland), produced 25 career double-doubles (11 last season) over the course of four seasons playing for the Bulldogs (2015-20) and finished his collegiate career as the fourth-leading rebounding in MW history for most rebounds (445) in conference games. Robinson has recorded seven double-doubles this season (12 in his Bulldog career).  Robinson was the first Bulldog to have a double-double in four straight games since Dominic McGuire did so during the 2006-07 season (all four in March 2007).
Bulldog Breakdown: Situational Notes to Watch
Feb. 18, 2021 (7 p.m. PT) & Feb. 20, 2021 (4:30 p.m. PT) • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV [Game 1]: CBS Sports Network (Tom McCarthy / Pete Gillen)
TV [Game 2]: CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas)
Radio [Both Games]: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler / Marc Q. Jones)
Series History: SDSU leads 64-56 (overall) • Fresno State leads 31-21 (in Fresno)
Last Meeting: No. 7/6 San Diego State 64, Fresno State 55 (1/14/20 • Fresno, Calif.)
Next up: at UNLV (Feb. 24 & 26); TBA
Opening Tip
- Fresno State enters its series with No. 25 San Diego State seeking its first win over an Associated Press Top 25 opponent since 2002.
- All-Mountain West candidate Orlando Robinson has seven double-doubles this season (14.8 ppg/9.4 rpg), which is tied for the most in the MW.
- Two Bulldogs are averaging double-figures in scoring per game: Orlando Robinson (14.8 ppg) and Deon Stroud (11.9 ppg).
- From Jan. 4-10, Fresno State won three consecutive MW games by at least 15 points or more for the second time since joining the conference in 2012.
- Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., is in his third season back home in the San Joaquin Valley.
- Since joining the MW in 2012, Fresno State has won the 2016 MW tournament championship to earn the league's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament and finished as high as second and no lower than seventh in the conference standings.
- Justin Hutson is 25-6 all-time as a Division I head coach (5-4) or assistant coach (20-2) when coaching against one of his former teams. Â Hutson was an assistant coach at San Diego State for 10 seasons (2006-11, '13-18).
Fresno State (9-7, 7-7 Mountain West) hosts a two-game Mountain West series with the No. 25-ranked San Diego State Aztecs (15-4, 9-3 MW) on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT and Saturday at 4:30 p.m. PT at the Save Mart Center.Both games will be on CBS Sports Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio.
Series history: Fresno State vs. San Diego State
This will be the 121st and 122nd meetings in the all-time series between Fresno State and San Deigo State with the Aztecs leading the series 64-56. Â Fresno State has won seven of the last 11 contests in the series. Â In Hutson's tenure, the Bulldogs are 2-2 against Aztecs. Â Fresno State's last win over a nationally-ranked opponent was back on Jan. 3, 2015 when the Bulldogs beat then-No. 25 San Diego State 59-57 (USA Today Coaches poll).
Fresno State versus AP Top 25 Teams
With 25th-ranked San Diego State visiting Fresno this week for a two-game series, this will be the ninth and 10th time that an Associated Press Top 25 team has visited the Save Mart Center to play the Bulldogs. Â Fresno State is seeking its 20th all-time victory against an AP Top 25 team and first since a 58-52 win over Oklahoma State downtown at Selland Arena in Fresno on Feb. 10, 2002. Â This will also be the eighth and ninth time that the Bulldogs will play an AP Top 25 team under head coach Justin Hutson.
Fresno State producing NBA Draft Lottery picks, pros
In the last 21 seasons, Fresno State has produced three NBA Lottery picks - Paul George (No. 10 overall in 2010), Melvin Ely (No. 12 overall in 2002) and Courtney Alexander (No. 13 overall in 2000) - while UNLV has two and San Diego State has one in that same 21-season span. Â Overall, Fresno State has had 31 players go on to play in the NBA, including 21 being selected in the NBA Draft with five first-round picks (four since 2000).
Robinson: A Double-Double Machine
Fresno State 7-foot sophomore forward Orlando Robinson has drawn inspiration from one of his former teammates - Nate Grimes - with a focus to also becoming a "double-double machine."  Grimes, who is now playing professionally overseas for Kobrat (Finland), produced 25 career double-doubles (11 last season) over the course of four seasons playing for the Bulldogs (2015-20) and finished his collegiate career as the fourth-leading rebounding in MW history for most rebounds (445) in conference games. Robinson has recorded seven double-doubles this season (12 in his Bulldog career).  Robinson was the first Bulldog to have a double-double in four straight games since Dominic McGuire did so during the 2006-07 season (all four in March 2007).
Bulldog Breakdown: Situational Notes to Watch
- Fresno State is 12-0 in Hutson's tenure when shooting 50 percent or better from the field (3-0 this season).
- Fresno State is 22-7 in Hutson's tenure when holding its opponent to under 40 percent from the field (5-1 this season).
- Fresno State is 17-2 in Hutson's tenure when scoring at least 80 points (3-0 this season).
- Fresno State is 32-9 in Hutson's tenure when allowing under 70 points (9-1 this season).
- Fresno State is 12-0 in Hutson's tenure when allowing under 60 points.
- Through games played on Feb. 15, Fresno State's Orlando Robinson was one of 34 players in the nation with seven double-doubles and tied for the 24th-most nationally (tied for the most in the MW: USU's Neemias Queta).
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