The 2014–15 San Diego State men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. This was head coach Steve Fisher's sixteenth season at San Diego State. The Aztecs played their home games at

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. They were members in the

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. They finished the season 27–9, 14–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for the Mountain West regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Wyoming. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated St. John's in the second round before losing in the third round to Duke.

Previous season

The 2013–14 San Diego State Aztecs finished the season with an overall record of 31–5, and 16–2 in the Mountain West to win regular season championship. In the MWC tournament, the Aztecs defeated

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and

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to make it to the championship game, where they lost to

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, 58–64. The Aztecs received an at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament as a 4-seed in the West Region. The team defeated 13-seed

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and 12-seed

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to make it to the Sweet Sixteen, where they eventually lost to 1-seed

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, 64–70.

Off-season

Departures

2014 Recruiting Class

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References

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