For the third time in 12 years, the San Diego State men’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16 after wins over the College of Charleston and Furman University in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament in Orlando.
The two wins were the first NCAA Tournament wins for the Aztecs since 2015 and the first two of head coach Brian Dutcher’s career. He credited the teams’ chemistry for the postseason success after the 75-52 second-round win over Furman.
“They play the right way, they’re for one another,” Dutcher said. “Most teams can’t play this deep a bench and have great chemistry.