After his team punched a ticket to the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament Final Four, San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher decided to put ultimate faith in his guys yet again.
This time, it came on a trust fall after cutting down the nets for winning the South Region.
Indeed, Dutcher’s SDSU topped Creighton, 57-56, in Sunday’s Elite Eight game to grab one of the spots in this year’s Final Four.
It’s the school’s very first Final Four appearance, one that came with plenty of drama during its nail-biting finish.
Dutcher trusted his team to close things out when the game went down to the wire, and he trusted his players to catch him as he fell into their arms off the ladder he went up to cut down the net.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher did a trust fall with his players 😂
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— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) March 26, 2023
Dutcher threw his hands up and fell backwards into the arms of his players, who caught their coach and cheered their coach on during the postgame celebration.