Fresno State Athletics
Wednesday, March 9
Las Vegas, Nev.
4 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
No. 11 seed San Jose State
'Dogs head to Vegas for MW Tourney
3/7/2022 9:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Fresno State is the No. 6 seed in the 2022 MW Basketball Championships.
2022 Mountain West Championships: Tournament Notes • V1
March 9-12, 2022 • Las Vegas, Nev. • Thomas & Mack Center
TV/ONLINE: First Round • Mountain West Network (3/9); Quarterfinals & Semifinals • CBS Sports Network (3/10 & 3/11); Championship Game • CBS (3/12)
RADIO:Â Bulldog Sports Network (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
HISTORY: Fresno State is 7-8 in MW Tournament games (2013-21)
THE BREAKDOWN
March 9-12, 2022 • Las Vegas, Nev. • Thomas & Mack Center
TV/ONLINE: First Round • Mountain West Network (3/9); Quarterfinals & Semifinals • CBS Sports Network (3/10 & 3/11); Championship Game • CBS (3/12)
RADIO:Â Bulldog Sports Network (Paul Loeffler & Marc Q. Jones)
HISTORY: Fresno State is 7-8 in MW Tournament games (2013-21)
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 opens the 2022 MW Basketball Championships as the No. 6 seed in the 11-team field.
- Fresno State would need to win four games in four days to earn the MW's NCAA Tournament automatic bid.
- No. 6 seed Fresno State opens the MW Championships with a first-round game against No. 11 seed San Jose State on Wednesday at 4 p.m. PT. Â This is the first-ever MW Tournament game between the teams.
- Fresno State is second in the MW and ranks third in the nation in scoring defense (58.4 ppg allowed).
- Fresno State leads the MW in rebounding defense (29.70/avg).
- Through games played on March 6, Fresno State ranked 42nd in field goal percentage defense (40.7 percent).
- Fresno State limited its opponents to fewer than 70 points in 28 of its 30 games during the regular season.
- Fresno State limited five of its opponents to 43 points or less during the regular season.
- Through games played on March 6, Fresno State junior forward Orlando Robinson was ranked fifth in KenPom's 2022 Player of the Year Standings with a 1.418 kPOY rating (2nd nationally in Game MVPs: 17).
- With 1,290 career points, Orlando Robinson (19.2 ppg/8.2 rpg) enters the week ranked 21st on the Bulldogs' all-time scoring list - 10 points away from becoming the 20th Bulldog to score 1,300 or more career points.
- 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 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 6, Fresno State was No. 62 in the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings.
- Through games played on March 6, Fresno State was No. 69 in the NCAA's NET rankings.
- Through games played on March 6, six Mountain West teams were in the Top 70 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 seven Quad 1 games during the 2021-22 regular season.
- Fresno State enters with three Quad 2 wins: SCU (59-52, N); at UNLV (73-68, A); vs. USU (61-54, H)
- Fresno State enters the 2022 MW Basketball Championships with a 7-8 all-time record in MW Tournament games (2-3 in head coach Justin Hutson's tenure).
- From 2013-21, Fresno State was 5-4 in its MW Tournament opener (2-1 in first round games).
- From 2013-21, Fresno State was 3-5 in the quarterfinals and 1-2 in the semifinals (1-0 in MW title games).
- This is the third time Fresno State has been the No. 6 seed (1-2 record as No. 6 seed • 1-1 in Hutson's tenure).
- Fresno State won the 2016 MW tournament championship as the No. 2 seed.
- Fresno State junior Anthony Holland received 2021-22 All-MW honorable mention honors (MW Media).
- Holland was one of three Bulldogs to average double-digits in scoring (11.2 points) during conference play.
- Holland currently owns the program's fourth-best single-season 3-point shooting clip (48-102, 47.1%).
- Holland scored a career-high 22 points with eight rebounds to help lead the Bulldogs to a 65-60 road win at New Mexico on Jan. 25, 2022 - a game when Orlando Robinson was limited to 15 minutes (ankle injury).Â
- Holland scored 20 or more points three times in MW play this season.
- Fresno State is 14-4 when Holland scores 10 or more points (18-5: 9 or more points; 19-6: 8 or more points).
- Holland was unavailable for the Bulldogs' Dec. 28 MW opener at Boise State (health & safety protocols).
- In the 2021 MW Tournament, Holland played 78 of the possible 80 minutes with six assists and just one turnover. Â Holland also recorded a double-double (15 points/10 rebounds) in a first round win over UNM.
- Fresno State won the 2021 Venue Twin Southern California Surf Division Championship.
- Fresno State's Orlando Robinson was named the Surf Division Most Valuable Player and all-tournament team while leading the 'Dogs to a 3-0 record (all three wins were by exactly seven points each).Â
- Robinson averaged 21.7 points (22-for-41 FG, 53.7 percent), 8.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 blocks per game to lead the Bulldogs to a home win over Idaho and neutral site victories over Pepperdine and Santa Clara.
- In the championship game, Fresno State held Santa Clara, who entered averaging 88 points per contest on 55 percent shooting, to a then season-low 52 points on a 36 percent clip from the field.
- Fresno State's Isaiah Hill scored 19 points (11-for-16 FT) in the 70-63 win over Pepperdine.
- In the three wins, Hill posted 11.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
- Robinson scored 27 points with 10 rebounds in the Bulldogs' 69-62 win over Idaho.
- With the 59-52 win over SCU, Fresno State earned its first of now three wins over KenPom Top 100 teams.
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