SDSU vs Chicago State Mens' basketball
by AztecOralSurgeonDrG on 1/12/12Aztec Mens Basketball At Viejas Arena - San DiegoHoly Moly!!!! That was close!!!!!! For a team that was supposed to be an easy win, they nearly whooped our rear ends...they would have if their bench was deeper...but once their lead guys got into foul trouble (all 5 of them), they had no one else to save them. I tell you, 3 more decent guys on their bench and they beat us absolutely. These Chicago State kids came out fired up to play and they flat out did!!! They took a sloppy, ill-prepared SDSU team to task and at multiple times throughout the game made us look absolutely silly! Crisp passing, solid fundamentals, alley-oop slam dunks, trick slam dunks, and good defense - Chicago State had it all. The Aztecs looked flat and very sloppy. We (Aztecs) were behind at one point by at least 7 points and it looked like we could possibly end up losing if we didn't get our game on. Finally we did get our game on and sent the Chicago State team packing, but the outcome could have been vastly different if they had a deeper bench. Several of their top players fouled out...thank God. We did NOT look like a top 25 team - far from it. This is the first game I've attended this year and hope to attend more. I want to see if this was just an off-night for our boys. I pray it was. Hat's off to Chicago State for a very good effort...they clearly put a scare in all of us Aztecs - fans, coaches and players included.