The San Diego Toreros will play host to conference foe Pepperdine. Saturday's matchup is the first this season for the teams.

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The Utah State Aggies are the current favorites to win the Mountain West regular-season crown but after a loss to the Rebels, the race is much closer than you might think.

Although Kenny Gonzalez knew about San Diego City when he was coming out of Mater Dei Catholic High School, he accepted an offer to join the NCAA Division II program at William Jessup University in Rocklin. A semester later, Gonzalez was back home and enrolled at San Diego City.

"It's honestly one of the more beautiful full circle moments I could've asked for." said the 6'11" Center Cisse. "Once I graduated from Rancho Bernardo, I didn't get an offer from San Diego State or UCSD so I pretty much thought my time in San Diego was over as long as I would be a basketball player.

An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Saturday on CBS when New Mexico hosts San Diego State in a clash of two of the top programs from the Mountain West. The Lobos are one of two teams from the conference that has yet to lose a game in league play heading into the second weekend of the new year.

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Many layers of Boise State's game will make it hard to go against them covering the spread against San Diego State.

Another weekend of conference play in college basketball is underway with plenty of marquee matchups Saturday including a showdown between two of the top programs from the Mountain West. New Mexico will put its perfect 5-0 record against conference opponents on the line when it hosts San Diego State on CBS.

Richard Pitino, left, talks with Bill Raftery of CBS Sports in January 2011. Pitino, then the associate head coach at Louisville, is now UNM’s head coach. Raftery will be on the CBS team broadcasting Saturday’s UNM-San Diego State game at the Pit.