A quick look at the reaction from the San Diego perspective. Stories from the San Diego Union Tribune:
Aztecs lose to Houston as Kell’s final shot fails to fall
by Mark Ziegler
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#c62b29″ class=”” size=””]What looked like a routine rout of a 6 seed against an 11 became one the best games of this, or any, NCAA Tournament, with a furious back-and-forth finish, with one crazy shot topping the last, with roars from one side of the arena and then the other, and then finally with a shot arcing toward the basket as the clocked ticked to zero — suspended in time, victory and defeat resting on its destination, elation and dejection hanging in the balance.[/perfectpullquote]
12 hours after the fact, the amazing UH win is still breaking news in the Gaslamp, Hillcrest, and on Coronado Island.
Costly turnovers create NCAA-bruising hole in Aztecs’ loss to Cougars
by Bryce Miller
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#c62b29″ class=”” size=””]“It seems like we were trying to play catch-up the entire game,” Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher said.
That’s because they were, almost from the tip.[/perfectpullquote]
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The last-second play that nearly won it for San Diego State
by Mark Zeigler
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#c62b29″ class=”” size=””]“I was thinking about Cincinnati, how I had a final chance to win the game for us and didn’t. So I just wanted to come through for my team and just give all the U of H fans the feeling they haven’t had since 1984.”[/perfectpullquote]
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