San Diego State averted a first-round upset within the NCAA Event.
However are the Aztecs prepared for prime time? We’ll discover out.
SDSU will tackle Yale within the closing recreation performed in Spokane, Wash., on Sunday night time, with the winner advancing to the Candy 16. The Aztecs and Bulldogs will tip off at 6:40 p.m. in a recreation that can air on TBS. Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Robbie Hummel and Lauren Shehadi will probably be on the decision.
Yale, a No. 13 seed, upset fourth-seeded Auburn 78-76 on Friday afternoon, simply after No. 5 SDSU beat No. 12 UAB 69-65. This marks the second straight 12 months San Diego State will face a No. 13 seed with an opportunity to advance to the Candy 16; it beat Furman a year ago after the Paladins upset No. 4 Virginia in the first round.
Sunday’s recreation will probably be performed instantly after the 4:10 p.m. matchup between No. 4 Alabama and No. 12 Grand Canyon in Spokane. Each groups superior Friday, with Alabama beating No. 13 Faculty of Charleston 109-96 and No. 12 GCU topping No. 5 Saint Mary’s 75-66 within the first spherical’s closing recreation.
The San Diego State-Yale winner will journey subsequent week to Boston, the place it’ll tackle both top-seeded UConn or ninth-seeded Northwestern on Thursday within the East Regional semifinal. A UConn-SDSU matchup could be a rematch of final 12 months’s nationwide championship recreation, which the Huskies won.
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