San Diego State arrived with its run through the 2011 NCAA Tournament, though technical foul calls and a loss to UConn left Aztecs hurting
Steve Fisher used to tell people the goal was for his San Diego State basketball team to still be playing on his birthday. His birthday is March 24.It was the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, against Connecticut, at Anaheim’s Honda Center, with the majority of the 17,890 driving up Interstate 5 and turning it into Viejas North. The Aztecs were 34-2, the first team in school history ranked in the top 25, the first to win 30 games, the first to win one in the NCAA Tournament. A No.
UConn and Kemba Walker would win 74-67 in a game that had seven ties and 11 lead changes. Two nights later, the Huskies beat Arizona for a spot in the Final Four in Houston. UConn then beat Kentucky and Butler to claim the national championship. But some felt the real final was in Anaheim against Kawhi Leonard and the Aztecs, with six future NBA players on the floor and a national television audience captivated by the drama.
SDSU had four players in double figures, including 12 points and nine rebounds from Leonard and 13 and eight from Malcolm Thomas. Gay had all 16 of his points in the second half.SDSU’s Steve Fisher yells at the ref after Kawhi Leonard got his second foul against UConn. Gay: “That was ridiculous, the flop. Once it happened, we all kind of felt that energy shift. He made the flopping play of the year and changed the complete momentum.”)
“I was very disappointed,” Fisher says now, “because we were better than Connecticut, in my opinion. If it had been best four out of seven like in the NBA, I think we would have won. That was a team that could have played anybody, anyplace, anywhere, and won. It was that good.“It shows, too, that sometimes in these tournament games, you have to not get lucky but you have to make sure you don’t get unlucky.
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