Lamont Butler hit jump shot at the buzzer, sending San Diego State to its first national championship game with a 72-71 win over Florida Atlantic in the Final Four on Saturday night.
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San Diego State is headed to the national championship for the first time in program history after Lamont Butler lifted the Aztecs over FAU with a game-winning jumper at the buzzer.
With just a few seconds left on the game clock, SDSU grabbed a key rebound and opted against using a final timeout. Butler raced down the court and eventually found enough space to take the mid-range jumper, which he buried to give the Aztecs a one-point lead over the Owls with no time left on the clock.
San Diego State’s Lamont Butler delivered a moment that the college basketball world will never forget on Saturday night in Houston when he drained a jumper at the buzzer to give his Aztecs a 72–71 victory over Florida Atlantic in the men’s Final Four.
After trailing for much of the second half, San Diego State stormed back from as many as 14 points down to give Butler a chance on the final possession. The junior guard delivered, nailing a mid-range shot as time expired to send the crowd into pandemonium and his team into the national championship game.
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HOUSTON – San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher was fresh out of plays, so he just went with it.
And won with it – 72-71 over Florida Atlantic on a jumper by Lamont Butler at the buzzer in the first game of the Final Four on Saturday night at NRG Stadium.
After Florida Atlantic’s Johnell Davis missed a layup with 10 seconds left, and San Diego State’s Nathan Mensah rebounded, Dutcher chose not to call a timeout. San Diego State just rushed down court, Butler got it, dribbled right, then left, and launched a 14-foot jumper for the win.
FAU and San Diego State were battling late in their Final Four matchup on Saturday, but despite the close contest, college basketball fans were a bit unsettled by the slew of stoppages during the second half of the Aztecs’ comeback victory.
Down the stretch of the game, there was virtually nothing the officials would let slide. A multitude of foul calls were whistled late in the game, with the notion of letting the kids play seemingly going by the wayside.
San Diego State took their only lead of the second half at the buzzer.
San Diego State and Florida Atlantic always felt like an incredibly odd and unlikely matchup in the Final Four of the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament, but fans had reason to believe this would be a great game. The FAU Owls weren’t exactly a Cinderella despite being a No. 9 seed, but had been winning by tight margins throughout their March Madness run.
San Diego State is off to the NCAA national title game thanks to an insane buzzer beater against FAU, and the hometown fans were LIT back at Petco Park.
And by lit, I mean the San Diego Padres showed the end of the game on the video board while the Colorado Rockies were being introduced, and, well …
The immediate aftermath at Petco. pic.twitter.com/VdTtospGIh
— Jay Posner (@JayPosnerSD) April 2, 2023
Padres fans watch San Diego State beat FAU
Electric city, baby! Everyone has Aztec fever right now, and they are ready to PARTY back in San Diego.
San Diego State punched its ticket to the 2023 men’s national championship game after a thrilling 72–71 win over Florida Atlantic at the buzzer in the Final Four.
Aztecs junior guard Lamont Butler, hit a baseline jumper as time expired to help San Diego State pull off the miracle.
The No. 9 Owls, playing in the Final Four for the first time in school history, blew a 14-point second-half lead in a game for the ages. FAU, who took a 40–33 advantage into halftime, were outscored 39–31 in the second half.