Aztecs lose when leading with 5 minutes to go, Matt Bradley at the line late, and the Mountain Worst
Once Creighton had completed the improbable victory after trailing by nine with 2:30 to go in regulation and three in overtime, the telecast cut to the studio and Charles Barkley offered his analysis of what he’d just seen.
It’s one of the reasons, maybe the primary reason, they have developed such a loyal fan base, especially for a major metropolis in a sport that is more fervently followed in small college towns. And maybe why, to hear those who were at Dickies Arena, this ranks among the most crushing defeats they have witnessed.Unless it’s indoor soccer, San Diego sports teams generally don’t win a lot. SDSU basketball does.
The unfortunate part for Brian Dutcher and his staff is that they had done arguably their best coaching job — yes, better than the 30-2 team — just to get to Dickies Arena, taking a group so challenged to score that it was rated 230th nationally in offensive efficiency in January and had only one guy averaging more than 8.5 points … to 23 wins and an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament just weeks after being on the wrong side of the bubble.
Nevada, Feb. 6: Up one, 9.6 seconds left, make miss. Wolf Pack center Will Baker had a look at a winning 3 but stepped out of bounds and SDSU survived 65-63.
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