Somewhere on the way to a 12-turnover first half the Aztecs began looking less like a team that has won a share of five of the last six conference titles, and more like a team that is destined to fall off the wrong side of a bursting tournament bubble.
The first half was unimpressive and unbecoming of SDSU, but it was followed by a much better second half until … pop.
San Diego State blew a nine point lead with just over a minute left in the game, and watched their NCAA tournament at-large bid hopes disappear as fast as, well, a bursting bubble.