The San Diego Toreros will host conference opponent Pepperdine. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.
An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Saturday on CBS when New Mexico hosts San Diego State in a clash of two of the top programs from the Mountain West. The Lobos are one of two teams from the conference that has yet to lose a game in league play heading into the second weekend of the new year.
Although Kenny Gonzalez knew about San Diego City when he was coming out of Mater Dei Catholic High School, he accepted an offer to join the NCAA Division II program at William Jessup University in Rocklin. A semester later, Gonzalez was back home and enrolled at San Diego City.
The Utah State Aggies are the current favorites to win the Mountain West regular-season crown but after a loss to the Rebels, the race is much closer than you might think.
"It's honestly one of the more beautiful full circle moments I could've asked for." said the 6'11" Center Cisse. "Once I graduated from Rancho Bernardo, I didn't get an offer from San Diego State or UCSD so I pretty much thought my time in San Diego was over as long as I would be a basketball player.
San Diego faces Gonzaga. Our college basketball odds series has our San Diego Gonzaga prediction, odds and pick for Wednesday
Richard Pitino, left, talks with Bill Raftery of CBS Sports in January 2011. Pitino, then the associate head coach at Louisville, is now UNM’s head coach. Raftery will be on the CBS team broadcasting Saturday’s UNM-San Diego State game at the Pit.
Two top Mountain West teams face as we continue our College Basketball odds series with a San Diego State-New Mexico prediction and pick.
The Washington State Cougars (13-5, 3-2 WCC) take on the San Diego Toreros (4-14, 1-4 WCC) Thursday night. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Washington State-San Diego prediction and pick.
The Broncos visit the Lobos as we continue our college basketball odds series with a Boise State-New Mexico prediction and pick.