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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.

It might not be March anymore but the madness is still very much so alive. SDSU was down 14 at one point yet ended up snatching the win from FAU on the final shot.

DALLAS — One of the many charms of basketball is that it is a city game and a country game. Games are honed on net-less rims in urban parks and homemade backboards nailed to ancient barns. When the Iowa and LSU women play for the championship of a culturally homogenized and politically divided country Sunday, they will emerge from opposite ends of the sport’s landscape. It will be Midwest against South and East, country against city, mostly white against mostly Black—contrasts that could be combustible in so many places in America but not on a hardwood floor.

After spending just over two weeks in the transfer portal, sought-after junior guard Jameer Nelson Jr. has reportedly made a decision on where he will continue his college career.
Nelson, the son of former NBA All-Star and St. Joseph’s star point guard Jameer Nelson, announced Friday he has committed to play for TCU and coach Jamie Dixon, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. The Horned Frogs will reportedly land Nelson following the former Delaware star’s decision to enter the transfer portal on March 14.

We’re still in the first week of Major League Baseball’s pitch clock era. Some people will need to sit with a bit more before deciding whether or not they’re in favor of it, however, John Smoltz has seen enough.
He’s all in on the pitch clock.
The Fox Sports MLB analyst sat down with TMZ Sports to talk about the start of the season.

“I’m excited about the opportunity that baseball has with these changes and with the rule changes to get the game action-packed again,” Smoltz said, “I think it’s going to be phenomenal.

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