Final week starts in Boise

Mountain West Series: Fresno State at Boise State
March 2, 2021 (4 p.m. PT) • Boise, Idaho (ExtraMile Arena)
TV: CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz / Dan Dickau)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler / Marc Q. Jones)
Series History: Boise State leads 24-21 (overall) & 14-7 (games played in Boise)
Last Meeting: Boise State 73, Fresno State 51 (1/20/21 • Boise, Idaho)
Next up: vs. Utah State (March 6); MW Basketball Championships (March 10-13)

Opening Tip

Fresno State enters its final scheduled road game of the 2020-21 regular season having won three of its last four road contests.
All-Mountain West candidate Orlando Robinson has eight double-doubles this season (14.9 ppg/9.0 rpg), which is second in the MW.
Two Bulldogs are averaging double-figures in scoring per game: Orlando Robinson (14.9 ppg) and Deon Stroud (12.2 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.
Boise State enters Tuesday's game having won 12 straight home games, which includes an 11-0 home record for the Broncos this season.

Bulldog Breakdown: Situational Notes to Watch

Fresno State has led at halftime in each of its last five road games.
Fresno State has made at least 10 3-pointers in four games this season, including its last two games for a total of 20 in its series at UNLV.
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 12-0 in Hutson's tenure when allowing under 60 points.
Through games played on Feb. 28, Fresno State's Orlando Robinson was one of 31 players in the nation with eight double-doubles and tied for the 28th-most nationally (second in the MW behind USU's Neemias Queta: 10).
Fresno State sophomore point guard Isaiah Hill currently ranks third in program history for single-season free throw percentage (45-51, 88.2 percent), with a chance to track down the Bulldogs' all-time single-season leader, Paul George (120-132, 90.1 percent) -- minimum two made free throws per team game. George played at Fresno State from 2008-10.

Fresno State visits Boise State to start final week
Fresno State (10-10, 8-10 Mountain West) begins its final week of the regular season with a road game at Boise State (18-6, 14-5 MW) on Tuesday at 4 p.m. PT on CBS Sports Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio. The game was previously scheduled for Jan. 22 before being postponed due to what at the time were "COVID-19 issues within the Boise State men's basketball program," which were later determined to be "a false positive attributed to an asymptomatic patient who received further testing consistent with Boise State and Mountain West protocols."

Series history: Fresno State vs. Boise State
This will be the 46th meeting in the all-time series between Fresno State and Boise State with the Broncos owning a 24-21 edge entering the series. Fresno State has won four of the last seven meetings with wins in two of its last three road games in Boise, including a 63-53 win back on Jan. 19, 2019. Since joining the MW in 2012, Fresno State is 6-8 against Boise State, which includes a 2-2 record in Hutson's tenure.

Fresno State contending in the Mountain West
Since joining the Mountain West in 2012, Fresno State has won the 2016 conference tournament championship and finished as high as second in the regular season. The Bulldogs have finished no lower than seventh in league play in its first eight seasons in the Mountain West, which includes four top four finishes in the past five seasons. In the last five MW campaigns, the 'Dogs won an average of 11 MW contests per year, including twice going 13-5 against MW opponents, including Hutson's first season at Fresno State during the 2018-19 season.

Dates set for rescheduled Mountain West games
The Mountain West rescheduled two of Fresno State's previously postponed conference games with the Bulldogs now scheduled to play at Boise State on March 2 at 4 p.m. PT (CBS Sports Network) and then host Utah State on March 6 at 8 p.m. PT (FS1). If both games are played, Fresno State and Boise State would join Air Force as the only three MW schools to complete a full 20-game league schedule prior to heading to the 2021 MW Basketball Championships, which will be held March 10-13 in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center. No spectators will be in attendance during the conference tournament due to health and safety concerns.

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. 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).

Bulldogs represent Fresno State in the 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.

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