Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball explained

Current:

2023–24 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

Fresno State Bulldogs

University:

California State University, Fresno

Conference:

Mountain West

Location:

Fresno, California

Coach:

Vance Walberg

Tenure:

1st

Arena:

Save Mart Center

Capacity:

14,544

Nickname:

Bulldogs

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NCAA Division II
1963, 1966

Ncaasweetsixteen:

NCAA Division II
1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
NCAA Division I
1982

Ncaaroundof32:

1982, 2001

Ncaatourneys:

NCAA Division II
1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
NCAA Division I
1981, 1982, 1984, 2000*, 2001, 2016
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The Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and since 2012–13 are members of the Mountain West Conference. Vance Walberg is the head coach for the Bulldogs. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference from 1992 to 2012.

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

The Bulldogs have appeared in six* NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 2–6.

	6 W	Round of 48		L 53–55
	4 W	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen		W 50–46 L 40–58
	7 MW	Round of 48		L 56–66
	9 W	Round of 64		L 56–66
	9 S	Round of 64 Round of 32		W 82–70 L 65–81
	14 M	Round of 64		L 69–80

• The appearance in 2000 was vacated due to the use of an ineligible player.

NCAA Division II

The Bulldogs appeared in seven NCAA Division II men's basketball tournaments, where they had a combined record of 8-8.

1958	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Francisco State Chapman	W 69–56 L 49–52
1960	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Chico State Chapman	W 62–49 L 62–70
1962	Regional Semifinals Regional Third Place	Cal Poly Pomona Seattle Pacific	L 81–88 L 68–73
1963	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	UC Santa Barbara Chapman South Dakota State	W 68–60 W 71–59 L 71–84
1964	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Seattle Pacific Cal Poly Pomona	W 68–53 L 72–79
1965	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Nevada Southern Seattle Pacific	W 74–61 L 68–82
1966	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Nevada Seattle Pacific Southern Illinois	W 127–78 W 64–58 L 70–93

National Invitation Tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments, with a combined record of 14–10; they were champions in 1983.

	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	UTEP Michigan State Oregon State Wake Forest DePaul	W 71–64 W 72–58 W 76–67 W 86–62 W 69–60
	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Santa Clara New Mexico UCLA	W 79–76 W 66–55 L 43–53
	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	USC BYU Kansas State	W 79–76 W 68–66 L 77–115
	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Miami (OH) Michigan State Nebraska	W 58–57 W 80–70 L 71–83
	First Round	Nevada	L 86–97
	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Pacific Memphis Hawaiʻi Minnesota Georgia	W 73–70 W 83–80 W 85–83 L 89–91 L 79–95
	First Round		L 71–79
	First Round		L 75–81
	First Round		L 78–88
	First Round		L 59–66

College Basketball Invitational results

The Bulldogs have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational, with a record of 4–2.

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Game 1 Finals Game 2 Finals Game 3

UTEP Princeton Old Dominion Siena Siena Siena

W 61–56 W 72–56 W 71–64 L 57–61 W 89–75 L 68–81

The Basketball Classic results

The Bulldogs have appeared in The Basketball Classic one time. Their record is 4–0, and they won the Championship in 2022.

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Regular season conference championships

Pacific Coast Athletic Association (3)

• 1978, 1981, 1982

Western Athletic Conference (3)

• 1996, 2001, 2003

Conference tournament championships

Pacific Coast Athletic Association tournament (3)

• 1981, 1982, 1984

Western Athletic Conference tournament (1)

• 2000 (vacated)

Mountain West Conference tournament (1)

• 2016

Honors and awards

Retired numbers

See main article: List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers.

Fresno State Bulldogs retired numbers
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2			1954–1955	2014	^[1]
24			2008–2010	2019

Notes

Notable former players

• Courtney Alexander
• Rafer Alston
• Ron Anderson
• Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
• Melvin Ely (born 1978)
• Paul George (born 1990), basketball player
• Nate Grimes (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Chris Herren (born 1975)
• Tyler Johnson (born 1992), basketball player
• Tito Maddox (born 1981)
• Rod Higgins
• Deshon Taylor (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Bernard Thompson
• Art Williams

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Kuwada . Robert . Fresno State to retire the jersey of Paul George at its home opener against Winthrop . . November 10, 2019 . October 31, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031143655/https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/bulldogs-basketball/article236842053.html . 2019-10-31 .