LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The program that 25 years ago was among the worst in college basketball, that had 14 losing seasons in 15 years, that had never been ranked in the Associated Press poll until 2010, that hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game until 2011, that hadn’t been past the Sweet 16 until Friday, that doesn’t play in a power conference, that crams into middle seats on Southwest Airlines for road trips, that has two players in its rotation who had no Division I scholarship offers out of high school … is going to the Final Four in Houston.
Take a breath and think about it.
There are 363 men’s college basketball teams in Division I. Four will play in Houston for the national championship. And San Diego State is one of them after beating Creighton 57-56 in the South Region final on Sunday at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center.
