LET'S GO AZTECS! San Diego State to face Connecticut for NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Oddsmakers have made Connecticut a 7.5-8 point favorite.
SAN DIEGO – San Diego State will try to bring the city its biggest sports championship Monday evening against a Connecticut team that has won its five NCAA tournament games by an average of 20 points.
Oddsmakers have made Connecticut a 7 1/2- to 8-point favorite. The ABC News-owned data prediction website FiveThirtyEight gives the Aztecs a 30% chance of winning. Connecticut reached the championship game by defeating Iona, the 52nd overall seed, 87-63, in the first round; Saint Mary’s, the 19th overall seed, 70-55, in the second round; Arkansas, the 30th overall seed, 88-65, in the Sweet 16, Gonzaga, the 10th overall seed, 82-54, in the Elite 8, and Miami, the 20th overall seed, 72-59, in the Final Four.
“It was extremely devastating when we got that news,” forward Adam Seiko, one of four members of the 2019-20 team who are on this season’s team. “I was at home watching ESPN when they canceled the season. I had no words. I was speechless. Connecticut’s roster includes guard Joey Calcaterra, a graduate student who spent the first five seasons of his college career at the University of San Diego, including a redshirt year in the 2017-18 season. The 6- foot-3-inch Calcaterra averaged 8.2 points in 105 games with the Toreros.The teams have three common opponents — Alabama, Creighton and Saint Mary’s. The Aztecs lost to Saint Mary’s, 68-61, Dec. 10, and defeated Alabama, 71-64, and Creighton, 57-56, in the NCAA tournament.
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