With Wilbur in his Santa Suit, Elliott Pitts with Kaleb Tarczewski sitting on the bench, and former Arizona and Long Beach State University coach Lute Olson in the crowd, the No. 8 Wildcats were about to be a 12-1 team prior to conference play.
Forty-niner Roschon Prince is a former HS teammate of Ryan Anderson and a former USC Trojan. He played his first season at USC, then transferred and sat out a season. Also, Forty-niner Nick Faust played at Maryland for three seasons before coming to Long Beach State.