Nice Win, For What It Is

With San Diego State and Missouri State going down to the wire Wednesday night, how many of you really thought the Aztecs would win it?
No, we didn't either.
But then we remembered this is just the NIT. There are girls high school field hockey tournaments more relevant than this thing.
When the games really matter -- like, oh, last week's Mountain West tournament -- the Aztecs always seem to develop a bad case of stage fright.
But there was Brandon Heath nailing a clutch 3-pointer in the closing seconds as the Aztecs came away with a 74-70 road victory in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday.
The Aztecs' reward for beating Missouri State is a sudden boatload of airline miles. They already took a roundabout way to get to Springfield, Mo., flying first to Cincinnati, before making the trek to the Show Me State. Now, their itinerary is to fly halfway across the country back home to San Diego, then a couple days later, fly all the way across the country for Monday's second-round game against Syracuse.
And the sports world can't wait. Because we're dying to know who the 66th-best team in the country is.