San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”
San Diego State ahead Jaedon LeDee was requested Wednesday about getting a rematch of the nationwide championship sport in opposition to the Connecticut Huskies.
“It might have been anyone,” LeDee mentioned. “It might have been UConn. It might have been Kentucky. It might have Boys or Ladies Scouts. It doesn’t matter.”
Truly, it did. It was the UConn Huskies.
These UConn Huskies.
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring in opposition to the NCAA Event’s No. 1 general seed within the Candy 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs similar to UConn’s earlier eight opponents within the Huge Dance. They hung round for a half earlier than shedding 82-52 at Boston’s TD Backyard, simply 85 miles from the Huskies’ campus.
That makes UConn 3-0 within the all-time collection, all within the NCAA Event, all within the Candy 16 or later. Within the earlier two, the Huskies gained all of it.
That additionally makes it 9 straight NCAA Event wins, all by 15 or extra factors. The three this 12 months are by a mean of 28.7 factors.
It was SDSU’s most lopsided loss in match historical past and equaled its most lopsided loss in any sport since 2001.
The UConn Invitational, individuals are calling it.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher was requested if not getting residence from Spokane, Wash., till 4 a.m. Monday morning, then getting again on a aircraft 36 hours later for a cross-country journey, was an element within the second half.
“No,” he mentioned, laughing, “there was simply much more UConn.”
“Clearly we had our greatest evening, they usually didn’t have one in every of their finest nights,” Huskies coach Dan Hurley mentioned. “Clearly didn’t anticipate a sport like this versus these guys, however final respect to San Diego State. True champions.”
There’s an expression in biking when the peloton splits and the lead group begins pedaling away whereas the opposite half furiously chases, that the rubber band stretches and stretches and stretches. And finally snaps.
Halfway by way of the second half, the rubber band snapped.
An Aztecs workforce that had led or been down one level in all 10 of its losses this season, that was inside 4 factors late within the first half, instantly seemed up on the big scoreboard in TD Backyard and noticed themselves trailing by, gulp, 32.
Candy 16 turned Two Instances 16.
“We suck at successful shut video games, so it’s a must to go together with the choice,” Hurley joked. “No, I believe the group, now we have killer instincts. We play each possession with nice desperation. We now have NBA-level gamers which are extremely well-prepared. … Clearly we’re very snug in match play. We’re onerous to organize for.”
The field rating was affected by the explanation why, however one stood out — actually and figuratively. The Aztecs allowed 10 offensive rebounds in final 12 months’s last … and 12 at halftime Thursday evening with out Nathan Mensah, Keshad Johnson and Aguek Arop.
The Huskies completed with 21 offensive boards — six by 6-foot-5 guard Tristen Newton — that allowed to them to increase possessions regardless of capturing 46.2 p.c, below their season common of 49.6 p.c that ranks sixth nationally. They obtained 5 photographs on one possession. They obtained three on one other. Complete rebounds: 59-29.
The Aztecs shot 36.2 p.c general and had been simply 5 of twenty-two behind the 3-point arc after blistering the nylon for 13 treys in a 28-point win in opposition to Yale 4 days earlier.
LeDee scored their first seven factors and 11 of their first 16 and had 15 by halftime, however he completed with “solely” 18 after scoring 32 and 26 final week in Spokane. Micah Parrish was the one different Aztec in double figures with 10. Lamont Butler had seven factors and 6 assists. Nobody else had greater than 5 factors.
UConn’s three beginning guards — Cam Spencer, Newton and freshman Stephon Citadel — mixed for 51 factors, one fewer than SDSU’s complete roster.
“Their actions are so good, they usually do a very job of recruiting the precise individuals and personnel for what they run,” sophomore Miles Byrd mentioned. “I imply, they’ve a very good guard going downhill and a 7-3 huge rolling to catch a lob with actually good fingers. That’s a tricky opponent to play.”
Or as Parrish put it: “We simply didn’t do the issues we wanted to do, that we did within the first half. And that’s what occurs while you don’t.”
If the concept was to hold round and preserve the match’s No. 1 general seed inside single digits, the Aztecs achieved that for a half, a minimum of.
They gained the opening tip, one thing they’ve with elevated infrequency this season, and labored the ball to LeDee for a free-throw jumper and a 2-0 lead. On the first media timeout, they had been nonetheless forward, 10-9 compliments of a Darrion Trammell 3.
The issue was, they couldn’t cease UConn on the different finish. The Huskies scored on 12 of their first 15 possessions and had 27 factors simply 9 minutes into the sport — a charge of 180 factors per 100 possessions. Some context: The nationwide common is 106.1 and the nationwide chief (Illinois) is at 126.8.
Some extra: They had been doing it in opposition to an opponent ranked eighth nationally in defensive effectivity.
The Aztecs finally couldn’t sustain with the torrid offensive tempo, had just a few empty possessions and trailed 27-16.
Then, down eight, LeDee obtained his second foul with 6:33 left within the half and Dutcher had a call to make: Stick together with his historical past and sub out his main scorer (the Aztecs rank 331st in Division I in two-foul participation), or roll the cube and go away him in.
Dutcher did a bit of each. He left LeDee for 2 extra minutes, and the Aztecs trimmed the margin to 5.
Then he took him out for the ultimate 4:27, and the Aztecs made just one basket and trailed 40-31 at intermission.
It might need been nearer, besides Reese Waters stumbled trailing Spencer over the second of two staggered screens. Spencer calmly drained the open 3 (as he has 44 p.c of the time this season).
A 12 months in the past, San Diego State trailed the Huskies by 12 at halftime and whittled the deficit to 5 with 5 minutes to go. This 12 months, it went in the other way.
The rubber band snapped.
Dutcher tried to supply soothing perspective within the face of a 30-point journey to the woodshed.
“I wish to say it’s not the ending we’re going to recollect, it’s the journey as a result of the journey is every part,” Dutcher mentioned, opening his postgame information convention. “We’ve been on an unimaginable journey collectively. I take nice pleasure right here tonight with these three guys sitting subsequent to me, the truth that they’re 7-2 on school basketball’s largest stage over the past two years.
“It’s one thing to take nice satisfaction in. I mentioned if shedding a basketball sport is the worst factor that’s going to occur in your life, you’re going to have a incredible life.”