The answers: UCLA and USD, Long Beach State, Fresno State, and high.

The questions: Who will San Diego State’s basketball team play in preseason exhibitions? Who is the opener against? Which road trip do they skip in the unbalanced Mountain West schedule? And what is the level of difficulty?

In past seasons, the nonconference and conference schedules have been released separately, sometimes months apart. SDSU opted to release it all at once this year, leaving all 32 games – two exhibitions, 10 nonconference, 20 conference – to be digested in a single sitting.

Coach Brian Dutcher has historically built a schedule around his personal expectations for the team: If he thinks they’re gonna be good, he’ll challenge them early and often.

And he has, with three games in the Players Era Festiva

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