Butler does it! San Diego State guard's buzzer-beater sinks FAU, puts Aztecs in national title game

Brian Dutcher just stood there while the net danced and pandemonium erupted around him. Players charged onto the court and jumped on Lamont Butler, first Aguek Arop, then Darrion Trammell, then Elijah Saunder off the bench, maybe the fastest a 6-foot-8, 240-pound human has ever moved.AdvertisementSan Diego State trailed by 14 and didn’t lead Florida Atlantic in the second half until Lamont Butler’s 14-footer from the right side was released with .

If you thought it was over, you haven’t been watching this team. They came back from nine down in the second half to beat No. 1 overall seed Alabama in the Sweet 16. And they did it again Saturday, tying it with four minutes to go. FAU called timeout up one with 57.4 seconds left, and Alijah Martin delivered with a reverse layup for two of his game-high 26 points. Jaedon LeDee made a jumper in the lane to close to one again, and the Aztecs quickly called timeout with 36.2 seconds left.They opted to rest on their defense. After a pair of FAU timeout, they stood tall and coaxed a miss by Johnell Davis that Nathan Mensah rebounded.

Bradley had been underwhelming so far in the tournament, especially in the previous two games – averaging 4.0 points on 3 of 17 shooting . The Aztecs finished the half with 33 points on 44.8 percent shooting, five turnovers and two more offensive rebounds than the Owls. That wasn’t the problem. Those numbers were actually better than they’ve been all tournament in the first half.Teams have been shooting 17 percent and making an average of four 3s per game against the Aztecs during the tournament. The Owls made one on their first possession and had six by halftime. Overall shooting: 53.6 percent.

The Aztecs were no doubt pleased to see John Higgins on the three-man officiating crew. He regularly works the Mountain West, so there’s familiarity. There’s also this: The Aztecs were 17-1 the last 18 times he was on their games.

Fantastic finish, Congrats to SDSU BB!!!

Cool, but not going to RT you. 🤑

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Let’s go!!

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