Freshman forward Matt Mitchell goes up for a shot during the Aztecs 64-52 victory over Fresno State on March 8 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
San Diego State men’s basketball will take on the University of Houston in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on March 15 in Wichita, Kansas.
The Aztecs (22-10) head to Wichita on a nine-game win streak, and are coming off their first Mountain West Conference tournament championship since the 2010-11 season.
Houston (26-7), meanwhile, comes into the tournament on a down-note, after losing by a single point to the University of Cincinnati in the championship game of the American Athletic Conference championship on March 11.