San Diego State basketball

Furman's upset of the Cavaliers was the Paladins' second-ever win in the tournament and first since 1974. That year, the field was still only 25 teams. Furman ...

[How to watch Furman basketball vs. San Diego State is playing in its third consecutive NCAA Tournament, but it hadn't advanced past the first round of the tournament since the 2014-15 season. Furman lost its second game and was eliminated in the regional semifinal, meaning a win against San Diego State on Saturday would be the first time the Paladins (28-7) have won multiple games at the NCAA Tournament. The winner of Saturday's matchup will face either No. 4-seed Virginia](https://www.goupstate.com/story/sports/college/furman/2023/03/16/furman-basketball-upsets-virginia-in-ncaa-tournament/70007267007/), the 13-seed Paladins are taking on 5-seed San Diego State in the [second round](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/furman/2023/03/17/how-to-watch-march-madness-furman-basketball-vs-san-diego-state-on-tv-live-stream/70018588007/) of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. [upset of No.

The Aztecs defeated Furman to by 23 to punch their ticket to the second weekend.

“I came here to compete, and I feel like we can compete with any team in the country. “We have the ability to play a center like a guard,” Dutcher said. Furman didn’t score a field goal for 10:57 to close out the half, which allowed San Diego State to go on a 15-0 run. “For me, playing the top teams is what I want to do,” said Lamont Butler, who was one of four Aztecs in double figures with 12 points. “We’re focused on the next task,” San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said. For the Mountain West, SDSU became the league’s first program to make the Sweet 16 since Nevada did so in 2018.

Sweet 16 tickets will be punched Saturday in the men's NCAA tournament while the women's first round continues.

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Notebook: Paladins coach Bob Richey sings the praises of mid-majors in the tournament, conference championship woes and Micah Parrish catches fire.

He is based on the West Coast and worked six SDSU games this season, most recently the win against San Jose State in the Mountain West tournament semifinals. The previous largest margin of victory for the Aztecs in the NCAA Tournament was 19 against North Dakota State in 2014, when they also reached the Sweet 16 … Adams (SEC) and Chiazza (Big East) had no prior familiarity with the Aztecs. ... Lamont Butler became the second SDSU player with at least 12 points, six rebounds and six assists in an NCAA Tournament game. In the Mountain West tournament final, he was 1 of 9 and 0 of 7. When you look at the league, when you look at the Mountain West and how they schedule, the resources they put in, … and had 14 points by halftime, and a game-high 16 total to go with six rebounds and a block in 21 minutes. I love what (Virginia coach Tony Bennett) said the other day in his press conference, that great basketball has no level and has no limit, and I’m a big subscriber to that. Over the previous five games, he was shooting 9 of 37 overall (24.3 percent) and 5 of 21 behind the 3-point arc. Richey noted that eight of the 32 teams reaching the weekend this year (and the round of 32) don’t come from college basketball’s six power conferences. They closed the season by winning 15 of 16 and climbed only 23. “Mid-majors are showing they belong in this thing,” said Richey, whose Paladins came from 12 points down to knock off fourth-seeded Virginia of the ACC here Thursday.

For the first time since 2014, San Diego State Aztecs will advance to play in the Sweet 16 after defeating Furman on Saturday.