The Aztecs will be participating in the Sweet 16 for the first time ever in the history of San Diego State University.

The Aztecs will play the top-seeded University of Connecticut Huskies in Boston on Thursday after defeating Yale 85-57 on Sunday night.

“We’ll go out there and we’ll play in a hostile environment in Boston against a great UConn team and see where it ends up,” Brian Dutcher, our coach, said. “We’re going to go in with a game plan and with a bunch of guys that believe they can win and we’ll see how it ends.”

Last year, when the Huskies defeated the Aztecs 76-59 in the championship game, gold confetti was thrown to the sidelines by Jaedon LeDee, the outstanding All-American forward for SDSU and one of the most prolific scorers in the country.

“We kind of had a little bitter taste in our mouth last year after they beat us, but we get to play them again and they’re a great team,” LeDee said.

The Thursday, March 28 game is slated to begin at 7:39 p.m. Eastern (4:39 p.m. local) and is being televised by TBS / truTV  and available via San Diego Sports 760.

The university is hosting a watch party for students and season ticket holders at Viejas Arena. The event is not open to the general public and those who do not have tickets will not be provided access. Tickets are not available at the door.

Several local businesses are hosting watch parties on Thursday. Alumni groups are also hosting parties throughout California including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Danville, and across the country including Denver and Plano, Texas. A list of locations to watch the Aztecs is available online.