Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | San Diego State Aztecs |
Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
Short Conf: | MW |
Coachrank: | 2 |
Aprank: | 18 |
Record: | 32–7 |
Conf Record: | 15–3 |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Asst Coach1: | David Velasquez |
Asst Coach3: | JayDee Luster |
Stadium: | Viejas Arena (Capacity: 12,414) |
Champion: | NCAA tournament, Runner-up Mountain West regular season champions Mountain West tournament champions |
Def Scheme: | Pack-Line |
The 2022–23 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team represented San Diego State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aztecs were led by sixth-year head coach Brian Dutcher and played their home games at Viejas Arena as members in the Mountain West Conference.
The Aztecs finished the season 32–7, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated Colorado State, San Jose State, and Utah State to win the Mountain West tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the South region, the school's third straight trip to the tournament. They defeated Charleston and Furman to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2014. They defeated overall No. 1 seed Alabama and Creighton to advance to the Final Four for the first time in school history. In the national semifinal, they defeated Florida Atlantic to advance to the national championship game where they lost to UConn.
The Aztecs finished the 2021–22 season 23–9, 13–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. In the Mountain West tournament, they defeated Fresno State and Colorado State to advance to the championship game, where they lost to Boise State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Region, where they lost in the first round to Creighton.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Trey Pulliam | 4 | G | 6'3" | 180 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Keith Dinwiddie Jr. | 10 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Weber State | ||
Chad Baker-Mazara | 20 | F | 6'7" | 190 | Sophomore | Transferred to Northwest Florida State College | ||
Tahirou Diabate | 22 | F | 6'9" | 225 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Joshua Tomaić | 23 | F | 6'9" | 230 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Max Wilson | 25 | G | 6'6" | 190 | Freshman | Walk-on; not on roster |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous college | |
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Micah Parrish | 3 | F | 6'6" | 194 | Junior | Oakland | ||
Darrion Trammell | 12 | G | 5'10" | 165 | Senior | Seattle |
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See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.