SDSU had like a 12 minute scoring drought in the National championship game and still made it a game with 5 minutes to go. Avoid that on Thursday and we could have a chance
DJ Gay, Chase Tapley, Kawhi Leonard, Billy White, Malcolm Thomas, Jamaal Franklin, Brian Carwell, James Rahon, Medhi Cheriot, Alec Williams, LaBradford Franklin…
We’ll finish what you started.
Give DT is recognition. Dude has gotten a lot of hate throughout the year and dude was absolutely fearless in the biggest game in the history of the program. Thank you Darrion.
So FAU can lose at
#118
UAB, take
#151
Wichita State to OT, and remain ranked.
We go 1-1 and lose to
#47
on the road and we fall out of the rankings, even though pretty much every top 25 team lost last week.
It just…. Doesn’t make any sense…
Kawhi is out tonight against Memphis. Reports are that he is out for personal reasons. Terance Mann will take his place.
In other news, Norman Powell is back.
BREAKING: Indianapolis Cathedral QB Danny O'Neil commits to
#SanDiegoState
.
"It really comes down to the people," O'Neil told 247Sports. "Coach Lew, Coach Johnson and everyone else there just made it seem like home.
"Everyone will see soon that San Diego State University is
San Diego State’s Lamont Butler will declare as an early entrant for the 2024 NBA Draft, I’m told.
The 2023 March Madness hero + 3x MWC All-Defense honoree is among the nation’s top perimeter defenders.
Strong, tough, aggressive lockdown defender w/ a real nose for the ball.
Steven Ashworth: “I’m too good for the Mountain West, I’m going to transfer to a Big East school”
*proceeds to go 0-2 against MWC and outscored by an average of 18 points
lol
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 San Diego State is unfair. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 San Diego State is not cool, especially when all the opponent has going for it is a fairy tale.
This is an Aztecs team that is up for the task of a title game rematch, writes
@_Brian_Hamilton
.
First off - LOVE what Keshad is doing at the combine. He's going to play in the NBA.
BUT
Reading 'Arizona's Keshad Johnson' just kills me...
Dude played 4 years at SDSU and only 1 at Arizona, but Arizona will always be attached to him now through his career.
Great day for you Arizona's Keshad Johnson. Crushed the athletic testing. Guarding everyone in live action and making shots and smart reads too. Plug and play guy.
We’ll be good next year. I really REALLY like our incoming freshman and we have some good talent returning (hopefully).
Think we need a big man (our defense and rebounding isn’t the same without mensah) and we need to go get a true point guard that can run an offense
Holding UCONN to under 70 is great
However, this year when we score under 70 points, we are 3-6...
When we scored 70 or more... 23-4
Moral of the story, we HAVE to score.
According to Bartovik, SDSU is ranked
#10
. Alabama's record vs Top-10 teams (on Bartorvik):
1-3
We are also the best team (metrics wise) that Alabama has played since February 15th, in which they lost to Tennessee.
I'm starting to go through UCONN tape and numbers for this year, but one things has immediately stood out.
UCONN is 2-3 when scoring less than 70 points.
And those 2 wins were by a combined 5 points.
So
#2
Duke and
#5
Auburn struggle with
#92
and
#127
respectively and no one cares.
SDSU blows out
#32
,
#45
, and
#47
and winning 12 of 16 games by double digits - “OMG SDSU hasn’t played anyone! Play some real competition!”
Something has to change with these officials. SDSU shot 7 FTs - CSU shot 22. Thats an incredible discrepancy when SDSU has one of the best post players in the nation
I hope isaiah stevens has his moment in the tournament and helps the rams go on a run. I respect the hell out of that kid and for him sticking with Colorado state for his entire career and not transferring out.
NEWS: Washington State guard Myles Rice plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells
@On3sports
.
The 6-3 Rice averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game this season — in his first year playing CBB.
Story:
Lamont Butler has entered the transfer portal with the option to return to SDSU, per his Instagram page. No matter what’s next in his career, he’ll be a San Diego legend for forever.
I love how all the expert are saying “it’s a down year in college basketball.”
That’s a lie.
If you were to put SDSU, Gonzaga, Dayton in traditional blue blood uniforms, no one would be complaining. These are elite teams that just aren’t getting the respect they deserve.
The thing that makes SDSU so special is the consistency of everything.
We’ve had the same two coaches since 1999.
Before this year, almost no one transfers out.
Everyone buys in.
Players who played their whole careers come back years later because they love the program.
My prediction for the MWC in March Madness:
- SDSU beats CofC and Virginia before losing to Bama in S16
- USU beats Mizzou before losing to UofA in R32
- Boise St loses to Northwestern in R64
- Nevada beats ASU before losing to TCU in R64
MWC goes 4-4
What’s crazy about this is we just played in the national championship game, have a player of the year candidate, just beat the west coast media darling at their house, and have one of the best records over the past 18 years… and the voters still don’t know about us???
Should SDSU be ranked? 100%
Does it matter? Not at all, except as a source of frustration for fans
Most voters couldn’t name more than one Aztec player (sad but true)
The rankings and metrics that matter (NET, KenPom) value the Aztecs and the MWC - don’t sweat it !!
Let me get this straight... The guy that those same coaches had to game plan to double and triple all game, and still averaged over 20 points... DIDN'T win player of the year???
Schedule looking tough (a sign Dutch thinks we’ll be good):
At BYU
At GCU
At UCSD
Vs Xavier, St Mary’s, or Wash (2 or the 3)
At Gonzaga
Vs Fullerton
Vs Stanford
Would have to expect the remaining 4 slots to be at home; would like one more quality game.