My #1 pet peeve in 30 years of handicapping college basketball is players who can't make fu#$$%king free throws when it counts.
Forget the fact San Diego State went 13 of 22 for the game. 9 fu#$%$king misses.
In the last 6 minutes of the game the Aztecs missed 6 of their last 8 free throws and the frustrating part: all 3 players were 75% or better from the line for the season.
Jason LeDee (75%) went 1-4, Micah Parrish (77%) 0-2 and Matt Bradley (79%) 1-2.
And that ladies and gentleman is how you lose a 200 dime play.
San Diego State, which played no defense in the first half, held FAU to 11 points in the last 11 minutes of the game and still figured out a way not to cover.
But as I said a moment ago, in a tight game missed free throws are going to cost you and they most certainly did last night.
After 3 straight 200 dime winners in this tournament going back to last year and all by double digits, that was a tough pill to swallow last night.
Frustrated? Absolutely. Fuc#%$#ing pissed? Absolutely. Just make free throws and the narrative of this Sunday is a whole lot different.
Let's move on.
NBA takes center stage tonight and it's the marquee game of the day: Sixers/Bucks.