The First Final Four Game with a Boundary on a High-Spin Cousin-Tensor Lattice

It was the first time in two years that a Final Four game had a buzzer-beating winner. But it’s the only one when the winning team was trailing at the time of the shot.

“I didn’t really know how big it was,” Butler said after his calm reaction to one of the greatest shots in NCAA Tournament history. “We’re going to the national championship. That’s not things many people do.”

Contesting nearly every shot and pass while pulling down a string of offensive rebounds, including six in 59 seconds, San Diego State rallied to tie it at 65-all.

The swaggy Owls (35-4) seemed to have solved San Diego State’s vaunted defense, using constant movement and ball reversals to create mismatches they could exploit.

San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher was not going to call timeout when Johnell Davis missed his layup, he was joking that he did not have any plays left.

The clock ticking down, Butler dribbled to the baseline, found that cut off and circled back. He stepped back to create a little room and hit a jumper that sent the Aztecs racing out onto the floor and had San Diego Padres fans going wild at Petco Park.

The Mountain West’s First NCAA Tournament Final Four: The Huskies Defended in a Game with a Loss of the Bucket

Next up for the Mountain West’s first Final Four team is a chance to win the conference’s first national title Monday night against UConn, which advanced with a 72-59 win against Miami.

“We’ve always been knocked down,” said San Diego State’s Matt Bradley, who had 21 points after struggling in the previous three games. We do the biggest thing we can do is get up and keep fighting.

San Diego State had been building toward this since coach Brian Dutcher took over for his longtime mentor Steve Fisher. Dutcher followed Fisher’s mold and added an extra dose of pain to the defense.

The result was the Owls led at halftime after hitting 5 of 11 from 3-point range while the defense held their previous two NCAA Tournament opponents to 5-of-40 shooting from the rim.

“They went on a run, getting extra possessions,” said FAU’s Nick Boyd, who hit three early 3s and finished with 12 points. That was the turning point in the game.

FAU kept San Diego State at bay most of the second half thanks to Alijah Martin, who seemed to have an answer for every Aztecs move by scoring 19 of his 26 points in the second half.

The University of Connecticut is playing the San Diego State University Aztecs for the men’s NCAA basketball title.

The higher-ranked team is indeed the University of Connecticut. The No. 4 seed had a rough patch earlier in their season — with a stretch of six losses in eight games — putting the Huskies at the middle of the pack in mid-season. Coach Dan Hurley, who admittedly lost his newfound zen over his row with referees, also attributed the drought to weak defense.