San Diego State (No. 5) shocks the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in the program's history.
The pace. The back-and-forth. The final minutes playing out for what seemed like eternity. Everything about San Diego State's 71-64 win overThey're in the Elite 8 now, three wins away from a National Championship. No Mountain West Conference school has ever made it this far.
For the first time in men's NCAA tournament history, a Mountain West team is headed to the Elite 8 after No. 5 San Diego State University defeated No. 1 Alabama. It didn't come without drama, though. A Jaedon Lee missed free throw with 55 seconds left led to an Alabama layup that closed the gap to two points. A quick foul put Matt Bradley, the season's leading scorer who had only registered 4 points on 2 of 9 shooting to that point, on the line and he sank two to push the lead back to four with 34 seconds left.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
From there, Bama played the hack-a-Tec game, and a series of trips to the charity stripe put SDSU up for good. Darrion Trammell took over in the second half, sparking a mini-run that helped the Aztecs maintain a tight lead in the final minutes. He finished the game with 21 of SDSU's 71 points. Big man Jaedon LeDee added 12 of his own and a six-pack of boards.
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