SDSU sports successes are somewhat rare, so it was significant news this weekend when both the Aztec men's and women's basketball teams both earned automatic berths to the NCAA post-season tournaments by winning their respective Mountain West Conference tournaments.

The San Diego State men's basketball team begins March Madness and the 2010 NCAA Championship on Thursday, March 18, with a first-round game against 15th-ranked Tennessee in Providence, R.I. The Aztecs earned the No. 11 seed, while the Volunteers are the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region. Game time will be announced later.

The Aztecs earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic NCAA bid by beating UNLV, 55-45, on Saturday night in Las Vegas.  SDSU (25-8, 11-5 MWC) is making its sixth trip to the NCAA Division I tournament. The Aztecs' last NCAA appearance was in 2006.

San Diego State women earned the league's automatic bid, after winning its first Mountain West Conference tournament title with a 70-60 overtime victory over Utah on Saturday in Las Vegas. This is the second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament for the Aztecs and eighth in school history. Brackets for the women's tournament will be announced on Monday.

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Aztec Men and Women Win Conference Tournaments, Earn Automatic Berths to NCAA Tournament originally appeared on About.com San Diego on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 20:19:17.

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The San Diego Latino Film Festival was established in 1994 as a student film festival focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, The San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the larger and well-respected Latino film festivals in the country. Over 120,000 people have attended during the past seven years and 1,000 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened.

The 2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival takes place March 11-21 at the Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley at Hazard Center.

The 2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival will screen such feature films as ARRANCAME LA VIDA (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), TRASPATIO (Ana de la Reguera), CINCO DIAS SIN NORA (Cecilia Suarez), NIKTE (Pedro Armendariz Jr.), PARADAS CONTINUAS (Silverio Palacios), AMAR A MORIR (Bruno Bichir), MORENITA EL ESCANDALO (Maya Zapata), COSAS INSIGNIFICANTES (Barbara Mori), SOLO QUERIO CAMINAR (Diego Luna) and many more.

For more information about the 2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival, visit the official website here.

2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival Continues This Weekend, Runs Through March 21 originally appeared on About.com San Diego on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 14:17:38.

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