San Diego State earned its first trip to the NCAA men's tournament Final Four with a defeat of Creighton on a late free throw by Darrion Trammell.
San Diego State is bound for the Final Four for the first time. Darrion Trammell sank the second of two free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining as the Aztecs outlasted Creighton 57-56 in a tightly contested and physically intense South Regional final in Louisville on Sunday.
The ending, unfortunately, was not without controversy. Creighton’s Ryan Nembhard was whistled for a foul on Trammell’s attempt at a go-ahead jumper. He missed the first free throw but made the second, and Creighton’s last-ditch effort to go the length of the floor was broken up. The Aztecs trailed for most of the first half, by as many as eight on a couple of occasions, and were down 33-28 at the intermission. But they staged a 6-0 run coming out of halftime to take the lead briefly, and things were close the rest of the way. The Bluejays tied the game at 56-all with 32 seconds on a steal and layup by Baylor Scheierman.
It was a rematch of a first-round contest in last year’s tourney, as the Bluejays as a No. 9 seed outlasted the Aztecs in overtime. Both programs, in fact, have become NCAA tournament regulars but were each in the round of eight for the first time.
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