After winning both the Mountain West Conference (MWC) regular season and tournament championship, the San Diego State Aztecs (23-4, 14-4 MWC) will head to Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed where they will meet the Syracuse Orange (16-9, 9-7 ACC), in their first round matchup.
The Aztecs are riding a 14-game winning streak entering the tournament, the hot streak by San Diego State was likely crucial for the Aztecs to move up to the No. 6 seed line, when many bracketology predictions had them as either an eight or nine seed. They defeated the Utah State Aggies in the MWC Championship Game 68-57 to claim its first conference tournament championship since 2018, which is the last time they made the NCAA Tournament.