Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball

Fresno State Bulldogs
2021–22 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team
University	California State University, Fresno
Head coach	Justin Hutson (4th season)
Conference	Mountain West
Location	Fresno, California
Arena	Save Mart Center (Capacity: 14,544)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Cardinal red and blue[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
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]

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

Notable former players[]

• Courtney Alexander

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

• Melvin Ely

• Paul George (born 1990), American basketball player

• Tyler Johnson (born 1992), American basketball player

• Chris Herren

• Tito Maddox

References[]

External links[]

• Official website