Nedeljko Golubovic News

On the fifth day of Christmas Timeout brought the Red Wave five years with Coach Cleveland.

The Fresno State Bulldog men's basketbal team is back in the Save Mart Center at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to battle the San Diego Toreros in non-conference contest.

The Fresno State men's basketball team made its much-anticipated return to Grant's Tomb on Tuesday night.

Fresno State will wrap up their road portion of the 2009 West Coast Classic at Santa Clara University, the host school of the non-conference exempt tournament played at campus sites.

The defensive emphasis by head coach Steve Cleveland paved the way for Fresno State to secure a key road opening win against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, 65-59, on Tuesday night in a soldout J.C. Rolle Activity Center.

Head Coach Steve Cleveland enters his fifth year at the helm of his hometown Bulldogs and opens with a single exhibition game against crosstown NAIA rival Fresno Pacific University.

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a nine-part series previewing the WAC basketball teams .

It took two Western Athletic Conference championships for the Fresno State women's basketball team to convince people it's for real.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Big man Greg Smith was a huge catch for the Bulldogs, as Smith decided to stay close to home rather than accept offers from several Pac-10 schools, including Arizona .

The Fresno State men's basketball team is primed for a breakout year and one national preseason magazine already took notice.