Fresno State Athletics
Monday, March 28
Fresno, Calif.
7 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
Southern Utah
Photo by: Samuel Marshall
Bulldogs face T-Birds in semifinals
3/27/2022 11:15:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Fresno State and Southern Utah will be two of 12 D-I teams left competing in the country entering Monday's semifinals.
Semifinals: Southern Utah (23-11) at Fresno State (21-13)
March 28, 2022 • Fresno, Calif. • Save Mart Center • The Basketball Classic, presented by ERACISM
TV/ONLINE: ESPN+ (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
RADIO: Bulldog Sports Network (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
SERIES HISTORY: Fresno State leads 3-0 (overall)
LAST MEETING: Fresno State 87, Southern Utah 77 (12/1/90)
NEXT UP: Winner advances to TBC Championship Game (Location: TBD)
THE BREAKDOWN
March 28, 2022 • Fresno, Calif. • Save Mart Center • The Basketball Classic, presented by ERACISM
TV/ONLINE: ESPN+ (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
RADIO: Bulldog Sports Network (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
SERIES HISTORY: Fresno State leads 3-0 (overall)
LAST MEETING: Fresno State 87, Southern Utah 77 (12/1/90)
NEXT UP: Winner advances to TBC Championship Game (Location: TBD)
THE BREAKDOWN
- Fresno State Athletics is celebrating its centennial year and the 2021-22 men's basketball season is the 100th season of competition in program history.
- Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is in his fourth season back home in the San Joaquin Valley.
- Fresno State earned a postseason appearance for the 25th time in program history (first since 2017).
- This is the fourth-ever meeting between Fresno State and Southern Utah (first since 1990).
- Fresno State and Southern Utah will be two of 12 Division I teams left competing in the country entering Monday's semifinals.
- Fresno State will host Southern Utah on Monday at 7 p.m. PT at the Save Mart Center in the semifinals of The Basketball Classic, presented by ERACISM.
- Fresno State is second in the MW and ranks fifth in the nation in scoring defense (59.3 ppg allowed).
- Fresno State limited its opponents to fewer than 70 points in 30 of its 34 games during the 2021-22 season.
- Fresno State limited five of its opponents to 43 points or less during the regular season.
- Through games played on March 26, Fresno State junior forward Orlando Robinson was ranked seventh in KenPom's 2022 Player of the Year Standings with a 1.307 kPOY rating (2nd nationally in Game MVPs: 19).
- Robinson was named to the Mid-Season Watch List for the 2021-22 Lute Olson National Player of the Year.
- Robinson was named to the Midseason Team for the 2022 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Player of the Year.
- Robinson earned 2021-22 All-MW first team honors from both the coaches and a select MW media panel.
- Robinson, a Las Vegas native, was also a 2021-22 preseason All-MW selection and earned 2020-21 second-team All-MW, NABC All-District honors, CoSIDA Academic All-District and MW Scholar Athlete honors.
- Through games played on March 13, Fresno State was No. 73 in the NCAA's NET rankings.
- Through games played on March 13, six MW teams were in the Top 75 of the NCAA's NET rankings.
- Fresno State entered conference play as high as No. 50 in the NET (through games played on Dec. 27, 2021) and has been as high as No. 48 overall (through games played on Jan. 14, 2022).
- Fresno State checked in at No. 93 in the NCAA's first NET rankings release of the season on Dec. 5, 2021.
- Fresno State played eight Quad 1 games during the 2021-22 regular season.
- Fresno State has three Quad 2 wins: SCU (59-52, N); at UNLV (73-68, A); vs. USU (61-54, H).
- Through games played on March 26, Fresno State was No. 82 in the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings.
- This will be Fresno State's 41st postseason game in its Division I era (since the 1970-71 season).
- This is Fresno State's 18th postseason appearance in its Division I era (25th all-time in program history).
- This is Fresno State's first postseason appearance since 2017 (first in The Basketball Classic).
- This is Fresno State's fourth semifinal postseason appearance in its Division I era (since 1971).
- Fresno State is seeking its third championship postseason appearance (1983 - NIT & 2014 - CBI).
- Fresno State is 22-18 all-time in postseason play in its Division I era (since the 1970-71 season).
- Fresno State has won at least two games six times in postseason tournament appearances (D-1 era).
Players Mentioned
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