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Matt Bradley talks about returning for the 2022 season and how basketball saved his life

Twenty-two-year-old returning senior point guard Matt Bradley talked about his love for basketball and why he decided to return to San Diego State basketball in 2022.

Bradley was born in San Bernardino, Calif. and said his older brother was a huge influence on him playing basketball, but it ultimately got him out of bad situations growing up.

“Being from the neighborhood I’m from, there is not much offered other than getting involved in the wrong things,” Bradley said. “I had a lot of friends that I grew up with and if basketball didn’t pull me out of those groups, I would have ended up in jail or getting killed.