LAS VEGAS — Survive, and advance.
San Diego State knows the drill.
The top-seeded Aztecs won their 16th consecutive quarterfinal in the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament Thursday, but if you’ve seen them, you know the scores sometimes aren’t as convincing as the streak suggests. A couple years ago, they nearly got beat by eighth-seeded Wyoming. A few years before that, they had to overcome a 21-point deficit – the largest in school history – to beat UNLV in overtime. A few years before that, a buzzer-beater against Boise State.
