The 2025-2026 SDSU Men’s basketball schedule has been released and boy are we happy. The Aztecs final run through the Mountain West Conference will be a highly anticipated season for the Red & Black who has put together a pre season Top-25 team according to many experts.
Two weeks ago news broke that SDSU had an official agreement in place for an exhibition game against UCLA. The game will take place at Viejas Arena in San Diego State’s Campus. The matchup drew lots of interest naturally from Aztecs fans always looking to play the Southern California rival.
However the outcome will not count towards any regular season standings or rankings. The Bruins really should consider making this an official matchup some day. One benefit of the matchup however, will be the ability of generating revenue from it, as proceeds will benefit the programs recruitment & retention fund now that revenue sharing is beginning to roll out across the NCAA.
Let’s take a quick glance at the rest of the schedule. When breaking the season in two parts, as SDSU has done according to their social media graphics, the first part has some excellent out of conference opponents.
Long Beach State stands out as it marks the return of former SDSU assistant coach Chris Acker’s first trip back to the Montezuma Mesa. As member of the SDSU coaching staff, Acker was crucial in the recruitment and development of such standouts like Keshad Johnson, Lamont Butler Jr to name a few.
His high basketball IQ and leadership earned him the head coaching job at his coveted Long Beach State program and in his 2nd year he will be looking to take a next step in the rebuilding of their program. Demarshay Johnson will also be making his return to Viejas, as he is a key transfer joining the Beach this season.
Then the end of November brings the prized Players Era NIL Tournament in Las Vegas. Last season the Aztecs took 2 out of 3 games at the premier college basketball event, including wins against Creighton, a loss to Oregon, and an exciting win over National Championship runner-up Houston Cougars.
This year the Aztecs are set to face two B1G Ten opponents: Monday, November 24, vs the Michigan Wolverines and Tuesday, November 25, vs the Oregon Ducks. Depending upon the outcomes SDSU can possibly advance to play on Wednesday/Thursday as well. Either way a tremendous NIL generating venture and from our time there last year, a first class event to be a part of.
The two other games that jump out is a matchup against the University of Arizona days before Christmas break on Saturday, December 20th in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the Hall of Fame Series. No doubt an unofficial home game for the Wildcats, but still attractive and easy enough travel for Aztecs to make the trip and represent in an exciting matchup of two of the Nation’s best.
Boise State at Viejas on January 3 moves the needle early in the calendar year for the Aztecs fans as the Broncos were able to win one of their three matchups last season and eliminate SDSU from the Mountain West Conference Tournament last season. The Broncos still missed out on the NCAA Tournament and left a sour taste in their mouth no doubt.
In part two of the schedule it’s the last chance to burn down the Mountain West on the way out. The Aztecs will travel to Laramie on January 13th for that final journey vs Wyoming. Then kicks off a serious run through the league’s best as they face five contenders in 15 days beginning at home against New Mexico with new hire & former UCSD coach Eric Olen.
They then will make a 2nd trip to the state of Arizona when they travel to face Grand Canyon on January 20th as part of their one year of competition with the Antelopes in the Mountain West. After that it’s a jump over to Las Vegas to face the Rebels, back home against defending conference champion Colorado State, and then head over to Logan, Utah to take on the Utah State Aggies.
The boys get a brief break against high profile programs but then pick back up to finish the final five games of the season at Colorado State, home vs Utah State, on the road against New Mexico & Boise State, before ending the year on senior night vs UNLV.
None of it will be easy this year—even with a loaded team made up of veterans and talented newcomers. But this schedule put together offers visibility, excellent competition, opportunities for high rankings, and opportunity to earn the final Mountain West Conference Championship Banner in school history.
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