Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.
Individuals like to bash Spokane. It’s not Seattle. It’s caught out within the rural, japanese fringe of the state. The downtown is getting old, the economic system struggling. Sunday it was overcast with a light-weight drizzle after morning snow flurries. It’s foggy lots.
It’s not San Diego.
San Diego State? Completely loves the place.
The Aztecs stumbled by means of a season of elevated expectations, dropping 10 instances, switching the beginning lineup in February, tinkering with the rotation, blowing late leads, crumbling in crunch time, clanking photographs, ending fifth within the Mountain West, dropping within the convention match ultimate.
Besides within the Lilac Metropolis. They’re the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers right here, the 88-0 UCLA Bruins right here.
The 85-57 destruction of 13th-seeded Yale on Sunday evening at Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment was simply the newest instance, sending the fifth-seeded Aztecs to the NCAA Event’s Candy 16 for the fourth time in class historical past and the second straight 12 months to face the No. 1 general seed — Thursday in Boston in opposition to Connecticut at 4:39 p.m. PDT on TBS.
The Huskies little doubt noticed the rating, noticed the bracket and thought: “These guys? Once more?”
It’s a rematch of final 12 months’s championship sport earlier than 72,423 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, gained by the Huskies 76-59 however solely after the Aztecs had the margin right down to a nervy 5 factors with 5 minutes to go.
“We’re simply excited to get one other crack at them,” mentioned Darrion Trammell, one among two returning Aztecs starters from sport. “Clearly, they gained a nationwide championship final 12 months, however I really feel like we have been proper there. Simply to get one other likelihood at it, I believe we’re up for the chance.
“We’ve got the group to do it.”
The final time the Aztecs got here right here for the opening weekend of the NCAA Event, in 2014, they gained two video games and headed to the Candy 16. There’s additionally the 2-1 document at Gonzaga in an on-campus venue the place the Bulldogs virtually by no means lose, together with an 84-74 win on Dec. 29 during which they led by 15 halfway by means of the second half.
Three months later on this identical metropolis, they led by 23 … within the first half.
It largely went like this sequence:
Trammell drained a nook 3, was fouled and made the free throw for a four-point play. The Bulldogs went to the opposite finish, and August Mahoney threw a bounce go to Matt Knowling … that went by means of his legs and out of bounds.
Yale did what most No. 13 seeds do after knocking off No. 4 within the opening spherical, exploding with emotion for arguably the most important victory in class historical past after which having nothing left two days later in opposition to a tricky, bodily, veteran, businesslike group that churned by means of them like a wheat mix within the Palouse.
That’s eight straight losses for No. 13 seeds within the second spherical in opposition to No. 5s and 3-18 because the match expanded to a 64-team bracket in 1985. On this very same state of affairs a 12 months in the past in Orlando, the Aztecs rolled 13th-seeded Furman by 23 factors after the Paladins upset Virginia.
Yale is on spring break and had the College of Idaho’s band carrying blue T-shirts with a Y on them as impostors. Possibly the Ivy League match champions despatched an impostor group, too.
Now mix that with the Aztecs’ finest efficiency of the season.
The group that entered the day ranked 306th in 3-point accuracy out of 362 Division I applications made a season-high 13 on 27 makes an attempt (48.1 %). Jaedon LeDee was 2 of two. Miles Byrd was 3 of three. Elijah Saunders and Lamont Butler have been 2 of three. Trammell was 4 of seven.
Mentioned Yale coach James Jones: “I mentioned to the fellows within the locker room (at halftime), ‘Effectively, they will’t shoot 7 of 15 within the second half,’ and so they went out and so they shot 6 of 12. … They bought scorching and so they felt good, they bought comfy, and so they have been in a position to make photographs. And that’s what occurs, when you could have a consolation degree, you bought it going, and each Tom, Dick and Harry that comes off the bench, they make ’em as effectively.
“We ran right into a buzz noticed.”
LeDee was extra succinct: “I believe it’s simply, it’s March.”
LeDee had 17 factors by halftime and subbed out with 8:40 to go, his work performed for the evening, with 26 factors (on simply 12 photographs) and 9 rebounds after 32 and eight in Friday’s four-point win in opposition to UAB. Trammell, who bought scorching presently a 12 months in the past, had 18 factors on simply eight photographs to go together with 4 assists and three steals in simply his finest sport of his season.
Saunders added eight factors off the bench however extra vital drew the defensive task of Yale 7-foot heart Danny Wolf, who completed with 9 factors on 2 of 8 capturing.
Butler drew John Poulakidas, who had 28 in opposition to Auburn and 9 on 2 of 9 capturing with the Mountain West defensive participant of the 12 months in his shorts. He additionally handed 1,000 factors for his profession.
If all this sounds acquainted – squeak by within the match’s first sport, play free and win massive within the second – it’s.
“I believe we simply bought the toughest sport out of the best way,” Trammell mentioned. “First sport is certainly all the time the toughest. I really feel like getting that first one underneath our belt, we come out rather more free and rather more assured. … There’s no purpose to go on the market and be hesitant. So I believe we simply let if fly tonight.”
Possibly all of the Aztecs (26-10) wanted was to breathe in some cool, damp Northwest air to unravel their downside with gradual begins.
They got here right here having trailed after 5 minutes in 13 of their earlier 14 video games. Now it’s two straight with the lead.
Friday was a modest 10-7. Saturday was a extra emphatic 13-3 thanks to three of 5 capturing behind the arc, one by Butler on an help from LeDee and two by LeDee when the Bulldogs sagged off him into the paint.
When Jones known as timeout with 8:13 left within the first half, LeDee was as much as 15 factors after back-to-back dunks on feeds from Byrd. Normally, LeDee will get a relaxation halfway by means of the half, however he was feeling it and had no fouls, and Dutcher let him trip.
His teammates have been solely getting began. The Bulldogs minimize it to 5, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
The Bulldogs scored a pair baskets, and the Aztecs hit them with an 8-0 run and it was 45-21 on the half (and would have been 47-21 if Micah Parrish didn’t miss a layup on the buzzer).
Then Trammell hit a pair of 3s early within the second half, and the lead was 29.
How candy is is …
This 12 months marks San Diego State’s fourth look within the NCAA Event’s Candy 16. Right here’s a take a look at how they bought there, and what occurred.
2011
A No. 2 seed, San Diego State beat Fifteenth-seeded Northern Colorado 68-50 within the first spherical and seventh-seeded Temple 71-64 in double-overtime.
After which … Third-seeded UConn defeated SDSU 74-67 on the Candy 16 in Anaheim.
2014
A No. 4 seed, the Aztecs beat Thirteenth-seeded New Mexico State 73-69 in additional time within the first spherical and No. 12 North Dakota 63-44 within the second spherical.
After which … Prime-seeded Arizona defeated SDSU 70-64 in Anaheim.
2023
A No. 5 seed, SDSU beat Twelfth-seeded Faculty of Charleston 63-57 within the first spherical and Thirteenth-seeded Furman 75-52 within the second spherical.
After which … The Aztecs traveled to Louisville and upset No. 1 seed Alabama within the Candy 16, 71-64.
2024
A No. 5 seed, San Diego State beat Twelfth-seeded UAB 69-65 within the first spherical and `Thirteenth-seeded Yale within the second spherical.
After which … SDSU will tackle No. 1 seed UConn on Thursday in Boston.
Then Byrd hit a 3 from the left wing to make it was an excellent 30.
He skipped down courtroom and turned to the SDSU followers. And smiled.
It was the biggest margin of victory within the NCAA Event in class historical past, the biggest halftime lead, essentially the most complete factors and essentially the most 3-pointers. The 24-point halftime margin was Yale’s largest in a decade.
“Our guys battled,” Jones mentioned of his Bulldogs. “It simply was not our day. I instructed them within the huddle (afterward), basketball offers you life classes and the lesson that we discovered right now is that all the pieces’s not going to be sunshine and roses for you.
“You’re going to have a sandwich that you just don’t wish to eat generally, and we needed to eat this sandwich. It doesn’t style good.”
Notable
The SDSU journey get together, which incorporates the group, directors, boosters, cheer squad and band, was scheduled to fly dwelling through an NCAA-supplied constitution a couple of hours after the sport. Departure out of Spokane was scheduled for 12:45 a.m. with a 3:26 a.m. arrival time in San Diego, which suggests they wouldn’t get to campus a lot earlier than 4 a.m. There was some considered flying on to Boston, however they made plans to fly dwelling earlier than realizing they bought the late Sunday evening tip. “It’s value it to sleep two nights in your individual mattress,” Dutcher mentioned. They’ll fly to Boston on Tuesday …
SDSU didn’t path, solely the second time that’s occurred in an NCAA Event sport. The opposite, in 2014 in opposition to New Mexico State, was additionally in Spokane … SDSU is one among seven applications in back-to-back Candy 16s. Alabama, Gonzaga, UConn, Creighton, Houston and Tennessee are the others … The sport was scheduled to tip at 6:40 p.m. however didn’t till 7:13 as a result of Alabama-Grand Canyon ran late … Sunday was former SDSU coach Steve Fisher’s 79th birthday … The officers: Ronald Groover (ACC), Matt Potter (Huge East, Atlantic 10) and Paul Szelc, who does West Coast video games and labored SDSU in opposition to Nevada and Stanford this season, each wins. Groover is ranked No. 7 within the Kenpom ref scores, Szelc No. 15 and Potter No. 40.