Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball

Fresno State Bulldogs
Fresno State Bulldogs
	2020–21 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team
University	California State University, Fresno
Head coach	Justin Hutson (3rd season)
Conference	Mountain West
Location	Fresno, California
Arena	Save Mart Center ; (Capacity: 14,544)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Cardinal Red and Blue[1];
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1982
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1982, 2001
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1981, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2016 ; vacated by NCAA
Conference Tournament Champions
	1981, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2016
Conference Regular Season Champions
	1981, 1982, 1996, 2001, 2003

The Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represents California State University, Fresno, located in Fresno, California, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Save Mart Center and since 2012-13 are members of the Mountain West Conference. Their current head coach is Justin Hutson. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference from 1992 to 2012.

Postseason results

NCAA Tournament results

The Bulldogs have appeared in six* NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 2–5.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1981	6 W	Round of 48	(11) Northeastern	L 53–55
1982	4 W	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	(5) West Virginia (1) #6 Georgetown	W 50–46 L 40–58
1984	7 MW	Round of 48	(10) Louisiana Tech	L 56–66
2000*	9 W	Round of 64	(8) Wisconsin	L 56–66
2001	9 S	Round of 64 Round of 32	(8) California (1) #3 Michigan State	W 82–70 L 65–81
2016	14 M	Round of 64	(3) #13 Utah	L 69–80

*The appearance in 2000 was vacated due to the use of an ineligible player.

NIT results

The Bulldogs have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), with a combined record of 14–10; they were champions in 1983.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1983	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	UTEP Michigan State Oregon State Wake Forest DePaul	W 71–64 W 72–58 W 76–67 W 86–62 W 69–60
1985	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Santa Clara New Mexico UCLA	W 79–76 W 66–55 L 43–53
1994	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	USC BYU Kansas State	W 79–76 W 68–66 L 77–115
1996	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Miami (OH) Michigan State Nebraska	W 58–57 W 80–70 L 71–83
1997	First Round	Nevada	L 86–97
1998	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Pacific Memphis Hawaiʻi Minnesota Georgia	W 73–70 W 83–80 W 85–83 L 89–91 L 79–95
1999	First Round	California	L 71–79
2002	First Round	Temple	L 75–81
2007	First Round	Georgia	L 78–88
2017	First Round	TCU	L 59–66

CBI results

The Bulldogs have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI), with a record of 4–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2014	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Game 1 Finals Game 2 Finals Game 3	UTEP Princeton Old Dominion Siena Siena Siena	W 61–56 W 72–56 W 71–64 L 57–61 W 89–75 L 68–81

Regular season conference championships

Pacific Coast Athletic Association (2)

1981, 1982

Western Athletic Conference (3)

1996, 2001, 2003

Conference tournament championships

Pacific Coast Athletic Association Tournament (3)

1981, 1982, 1984

Western Athletic Conference Tournament (1)

2000 (vacated)

Mountain West Conference Tournament (1)

2016

Honors and awards

Retired numbers

The Bulldogs retired their first number in program history in 2014, honoring number 2 for Bulldogs player and coach Jerry Tarkanian. He was joined by Paul George when his number 24 was retired on November 10, 2019.[2]

No.	Player	Year retired
Fresno State Bulldogs retired numbers
2	Jerry Tarkanian	2014
24	Paul George	2019

Notable former players

Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player

References

Fresno State's Protected Marks and Verbiage (PDF). GoBulldogs.com. August 27, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
Kuwada, Robert (October 31, 2019). "Fresno State to retire the jersey of Paul George at its home opener against Winthrop". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

External links

Official website

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[1] Fresno State's Protected Marks and Verbiage (PDF). GoBulldogs.com. August 27, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.

[2] Kuwada, Robert (October 31, 2019). "Fresno State to retire the jersey of Paul George at its home opener against Winthrop". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	College Gym (1953–1967) Selland Arena (1967–2003) Save Mart Center (2003–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Teams	Air Force Falcons Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams Fresno State Bulldogs Nevada Wolf Pack New Mexico Lobos San Diego State Aztecs San Jose State Spartans UNLV Runnin' Rebels Utah State Aggies Wyoming Cowboys
Championships & awards	Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20