By Anna Ramirez
3 16 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — The San Diego State men’s basketball team will play North Carolina on Tuesday in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced Sunday. Both the Aztecs (21-9) and the Tar Heels (22-13) earned an 11-seed in the South Region, with the winner facing No. 6 Ole Miss (22-11) on Friday.
The San Diego State-North Carolina Tuesday game is set for a 9:10 p.m. ET (6:10 p.m. PT) tip and will air on truTV, and on the radio on San Diego Sports 760.
This is SDSU’s fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, sixth in eight seasons under head coach Brian Dutcher (San Diego State was 30-2 in 2019-20 but the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic), 17th at the Division I level and 20th overall.
The Aztecs are the 11-seed for the fourth time in program history and will play in the South Region for the third time.
SDSU earned an at-large bid, one of our teams from the Mountain West to make this year’s tournament. UNC also earned an at-large bid as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
San Diego State and North Carolina have met twice before with the Tar Heels winning both matchups, a 103-92 win at San Diego Sports Arena on Dec. 29, 1988 and a 99-63 victory in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Nov. 24, 1990.
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