Inside the numbers: UNM Lobos, San Diego State have long history in Mountain West Tournament

San Diego State and New Mexico have squared off seven times in the Mountain West Tournament. The victor in that game won the MW Tournament title all seven of those years.

Friday night will be the eighth and final time the two teams play in the MW Tournament, as the Aztecs are moving to the Pac-12 after the season.

Here is the MW Tournament history between the two teams:

Game by game

• 2005* semifinals: UNM 77, SDSU 67

• 2010 semifinals: SDSU 72, UNM 69

• 2012 championship: UNM 68, SDSU 59

• 2013 semifinals: UNM 60, SDSU 50

• 2014 championship: UNM 64, SDSU 58

• 2018 championship: SDSU 82, UNM 75

• 2024 championship: UNM 68, SDSU 61 

*The 2005 game was played in Denver. All others were in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The numbers

• Seven tournament matchups (UNM 5-2)

• Four times in the championship game (UNM 3-1)

• Three times in the semifinals (UNM 2-1)

• Five of those seven seasons, both teams made the NCAA Tournament (2005 SDSU did not, 2018 UNM did not)

• All-time scoring average: UNM 68.7, SDSU 64.1

• The two teams split their regular season series in five of the seven years they met in the MW Tournament (the Lobos and Aztecs split this regular season as well)

• Average announced attendance for the session their game was played (semifinals count two games as one session): 11,707

This time around

• When: Friday, 9 p.m. PT/10 p.m. MT

• Where: Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)

• TV: CBS Sports Network

• Radio: 770 AM/95.9 FM 

• Betting line: San Diego State favored by 2.5 (as of 12:40 p.m. PT)

• Regular season: 1-1 (SDSU won in Viejas Arena, UNM won in the Pit)

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