LAS VEGAS — Top-seeded San Diego State reached the Mountain West Conference tournament final, again, beating San Jose State, 64-49, in a game that was pretty much over late in the first half.
But the Aztecs always do — 13 times now in the past 15 years and in all six seasons with Brian Dutcher as head coach.
The bigger challenge has always come when they get there, which has usually gone about as well as an unsuspecting tourist sitting down at a high-stakes poker table and asking, “You guys playing cards?” Of the previous nine finals, they’ve won exactly two.
