Career night from Tim Shelton helps extend winning streak to five
Name the excuse, and the San Diego State men’s basketball team had every opportunity to use it.
Jet-lagged from flights to Alaska and Colorado. Fatigued from four games in seven short days. Winded after its first game of the season playing at altitude.
Aztecs return to Cox Arena for the first time since their season opener on Nov. 14
After a grueling 10-day schedule that featured a cross-country flight to take on No. 1-ranked UConn, an emotionally charged game against crosstown rival USD and a three-games-in-three-days stretch at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic in Hawaii, the San Diego State women’s basketball team finally had a second to take a breath and relax at home.
After three games in Alaska, SDSU plays in Colorado tonight
You can’t fault Kyle Spain for staying optimistic.
About 24 hours after the San Diego State men’s basketball team returned home from the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, and about 24 hours before it flew to Greeley, Colo., Spain only had one thing to say about SDSU’s travel plans.
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Paris Johnson’s 68 total points earn all-tournament honors
While most people visit Hawaii to unwind and relax, this past weekend the San Diego State women’s basketball team was all business out on the islands.
International sport finds success and popularity at SDSU
Captain of his high school football team, president of his college rugby team, vice president of club sports at San Diego State — Alex Main seems to have “leadership” written all over him. With just one look at his family, it’s no surprise where that drive comes from.
Gay, White and Spain all score double-digit points in blowout win
Entering as prohibitive favorites to win the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, the San Diego State men’s basketball team got a quick reality check.
Seven months of doctor’s visits. Seven months of treatment. Seven months of waiting.
Seven months have all led to this. After 17 visits in the past four weeks, and months of chemotherapy during the summer and spring, Kelvin Davis will finally take his last walk into the doctor’s office this morning for a radiation treatment.
Approximately 10,214 miles. That’s 53,929,920 feet or almost 24 hours worth of traveling by plane.
It’s also the distance the San Diego State women’s basketball team will cover in the span of about a week.
How can you not fail a coaching staff that was fired for being so poor? Head coach Chuck Long and his assistants failed to get the job done for the third consecutive season and guided the 2008 San Diego State football team to its first ever double-digit loss season. The team ranked 100th or worse in the nation in nine statistical categories and Long – and most likely his assistants, too — depart SDSU with a three-year record of 9-27. In Long’s tenure, the team never finished higher than sixth place in the final Mountain West Conference standings.
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Throughout a basketball game, each team makes its runs and goes on scoring streaks as momentum flips from team to team.
That same dynamic often also applies to head-to-head results from year to year.
For the San Diego State women’s basketball team, its rivalry with the University of San Diego is based on momentum swings.
