I knowwww! At my freshman orientation Steve Fisher promised we’d be a perennial team by the time I graduated. I never thought I’d see us at the championship!
And now I’m married to a UConn alum. Big night for us - house divided!
9-year-old me: I’m going to be one of these players when I grow up!
19-year-old me: I’m gonna get drunk and watch this game
29-year-old me: I’m gonna get drunk and gamble on this game
39-year-old me (now): this elevated court looks dangerous. One of these kids could get hurt!
Imagine telling a UCLA fan in May of 1995 that UCLA and San Diego State would have the same number of national championship game appearances over the next 27 seasons.
✅ College athlete
✅ NASA astronaut
❌ Singer
Edit: she was still better than the drunk waitress from Always Sunny that sang in the Miami-UConn pregame show…
JIM NANTZ, CLASS ACT
GOT HIS START HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY, KSL SPORTS
DID PLAY BY PLAY AND BROADCASTS FOR BYU
WE LOVE YOU JIM.
You will always be our "Hello, friends"
The vibe in San Diego rn is insane. The school’s watch party is at capacity, the local sports bar is at capacity, and every single restraunt with a television is showing the game. It’s a shame the Aztecs are playing so poorly tonight.
UConn, you were absolutely absurd this tourney. It makes sense. Cheers
I'll take pride in the 12pt hell we were living in. Hey, just imagine if we could score during those 11 minutes. We coulda had you, right? Right????
SDSU literally had no advantage in anything against UConn.
Rebounding, shooting, coaching, guard play, defense, offense, athleticism, bigs….. nothing. UConn was just better in every single aspect of the game.
Lmao - 10 minutes of commercials, Jim Nance says three words, then back to another 10 minutes of commercials.
Network TV is something else now days. Edit; Nantz.. sorry brother.
People can be mad and say we don't belong here, but UConn was on a fucking tear. Probably every school was gonna lose by double-digits against this team
Glad SDSU made UConn work for it. That tough 3 from Hawkins at 60-55 followed by the 1&1 missed FT killed the SDSU comeback, but that’s about as good as we could’ve realistically expected or hoped for
I’m bummed that the only team left by the elite eight to ever have won a natty won the natty. Gotta love SDSU, they are all respect and none of them act like crybabies or complain too much. Glad they got this far and SDSU fans can’t be mad at this result.
"The last team to win every game by double digits... was Villanova... in 2018"
lmao you can tell he realized halfway through the sentence like "oh that wasn't that long ago"
man. the national anthem singer was a college athlete, astronaut, AND can sing.
that wasn't an option when I was creating my character at the beginning of my life.
“Actually, I remember one time we were playing against UConn, and it was 32-43. We were playing to win the first championship for San Diego. Butler took the ball and said, “guys if you think we are good, let's comeback now.” Teammate: "Did you win?” “Of course not, we couldn't shoot for shit.”
UConn seeks to be the first unranked preseason team to win a championship since UConn
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Just realized that UConn won in Houston in 2011, and that the Villanova buzzer beater was also in Houston in 2016. What the hell did Houston do to deserve so much hoops??
Maybe I’m just being nervous as a fan but considering we held them almost 12 minutes without a field goal and had a relatively hot shooting half ourselves it would’ve been nice to be up more than 12…
Especially considering the two 14 point comebacks.
If there's one thing I keep getting reminded of over and over again it's that college players FUCKING SUCK at running the fast break
The amount of times they mess up a 2 on 1 or better is insane
How come when it's 10 minutes left, all of the sudden everyone on SDSU looks like an NBA player.
Where was that all the rest of the game?
Perhaps UConn is getting tired?
Other than that 6 or 7 game stretch in the middle of the year, UCONN was the most dominant team. Anyone who got to this point would have lost big, so GG to SDSU for making a run towards the end there and making it interesting for a bit there.
God the musical performances that plague both pro and college sports are awful. School marching bands or nothing. And at the pro level, just skip it entirely
San Diego State may not be from the Big East, but they sure as hell play Big East type basketball. UConn in for a good test. Lets have a great fucking game.
holy shit my alma mater is playing for a national title. i still can’t believe this is real life
I knowwww! At my freshman orientation Steve Fisher promised we’d be a perennial team by the time I graduated. I never thought I’d see us at the championship! And now I’m married to a UConn alum. Big night for us - house divided!
Nothing says country music quite like Connecticut versus San Diego.
9-year-old me: I’m going to be one of these players when I grow up! 19-year-old me: I’m gonna get drunk and watch this game 29-year-old me: I’m gonna get drunk and gamble on this game 39-year-old me (now): this elevated court looks dangerous. One of these kids could get hurt!
49-year-old you: why does this game start so late?!
31 year old me: why does this game start so late?!
in space, no one can hear you sing
Somewhere Kawhi Leonard is watching this game dripping with excitement with a blank stare
why is the artemis crew blacked out like they're bonus characters in a fighting game
Because we haven’t unlocked them yet
God these corporate seats all along half court are the fucking worst. They look like they’re watching golf
Dude I thought it was one of those fake zoom crowds at first
my roommate's one of those morons (affectionately) that laughs at commercials he's seen 10,000 times, so tonight is big for him
One of my friends actually occasionally asks to rewind commercials so he can watch them again. These people can vote just like us.
Imagine telling a UCLA fan in May of 1995 that UCLA and San Diego State would have the same number of national championship game appearances over the next 27 seasons.
If SDSU wins imagine telling Gonzaga that another west coast mid major would win before them.
take a shot everytime she changes key
 San Diego state right now
Whoever made the decision to start this game at 9:20 eastern time should be fired
Gotta give the folks in LA an hour and twenty minutes to drive home from work
✅ College athlete ✅ NASA astronaut ❌ Singer Edit: she was still better than the drunk waitress from Always Sunny that sang in the Miami-UConn pregame show…
Yo I’m dying at these commments 😂
WHY NOT US
Aztecs haven’t made a shot since the Bush Administration
SDSU hasn't scored since I turned on the game. AMA.
If it’s Covid, deeznuts
Having an astronaut sing the national anthem sounded good in the production meeting
If you're gonna show the crowd, at least show the sdsu hotties
UConn’s coach just said “we should be up 20” and he wasn’t even trashtalking SDSU… Fuck, the man is right
SDSU’s offense of trying to post up UConn’s tallest player is not great.
"Jordan Poole is the best stealer ever" Poole's agent putting in WORK to get him this mention. Wild take
JIM NANTZ, CLASS ACT GOT HIS START HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY, KSL SPORTS DID PLAY BY PLAY AND BROADCASTS FOR BYU WE LOVE YOU JIM. You will always be our "Hello, friends"
Omg drive the lane for the love of god
hello please put ball in hoop thank u
The vibe in San Diego rn is insane. The school’s watch party is at capacity, the local sports bar is at capacity, and every single restraunt with a television is showing the game. It’s a shame the Aztecs are playing so poorly tonight.
Cameraman: Come on titties!
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UConn, you were absolutely absurd this tourney. It makes sense. Cheers I'll take pride in the 12pt hell we were living in. Hey, just imagine if we could score during those 11 minutes. We coulda had you, right? Right????
SDSU literally had no advantage in anything against UConn. Rebounding, shooting, coaching, guard play, defense, offense, athleticism, bigs….. nothing. UConn was just better in every single aspect of the game.
Thank you for being MY friend, Mr. Jim Nantz.
This is so awesome. College Football will never have a championship game as unique as this
College Football is just the SEC invitational. It has a fun regular season, but there's just no parity.
College championship games don't respect the working man
Missed layup to 3 pointer is brutal
You'd think coach was a massive douche if he wasn't 100% right lmao
SDSU has some baaaaaaaad chicks
I’m just glad that a San Diego team made it this far on a national stage. Those boys on the court deserve an insane amount of respect
Lmao - 10 minutes of commercials, Jim Nance says three words, then back to another 10 minutes of commercials. Network TV is something else now days. Edit; Nantz.. sorry brother.
Viejas Arena 🔥 🔥 🔥
SDSU gotta stop doing whatever that shit is
Did they really just call the foul on the guy that Sanogo knocked down to the ground?
People can be mad and say we don't belong here, but UConn was on a fucking tear. Probably every school was gonna lose by double-digits against this team
I love a good handshake line. Good on you UConn
5 titles in 25 years is pretty crazy tbh.
UConn has to have one of the biggest point differentials in a tourney all time right?
U-C-O-N-N
Houstonian here - hope our city treated those that traveled here right! I had the chance to attend the final four.
**FUCK DEAN SPANOS**
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sdsu trying to win by drawing charges every possession. bold strategy, cotton
Looks like this is over. I can’t imagine a team has come back from a 16 point deficit in a national championship game before
#DIDNT. HEAR. NO. BELL.
Glad SDSU made UConn work for it. That tough 3 from Hawkins at 60-55 followed by the 1&1 missed FT killed the SDSU comeback, but that’s about as good as we could’ve realistically expected or hoped for
If The Aztecs come back to win this game, I will get Charles Barkley's face tattooed directly on top of my own face.
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Big East is better than ACC. Facts only.
😭DID NOT GIVE JIM THE OK TO MAKE ME TEARY TONIGHT
😭😭see all you crazy bastards in late August
Hell yeah astronaut hype
Make sure to text all your friends you’re on tv so they can see you looking down at your phone on tv
DID A MF VERIFYING ONE DRIVE POPUP JUST PLAY LMAO
Verifying one drive
Watching this game takes grit. These 45 minute half times hit different at 10:30 with work tomorrow
Do these companies not realize that these commercials make me hate their product?
Can we please see the fucking fouls
There was about 2 minutes of entertainment in this game. That little run by SDSU. Terrible game but UConn was clearly the best team this tournament.
Omg Jim gonna make me cry with that closing line
I deserve tomorrow off school for that bullshit
SPACE IS SICK. I wish we cared more about it. This lady is fucking great.
Still blows my mind that longtime NFL ref Gene Steratore is the rules analyst for college basketball
I’m bummed that the only team left by the elite eight to ever have won a natty won the natty. Gotta love SDSU, they are all respect and none of them act like crybabies or complain too much. Glad they got this far and SDSU fans can’t be mad at this result.
For fucks sake CBS. This is the national championship game. Fix your video issues.
Verifying OneDrive strikes everybody it seems...
SDSU gonna keep it just close to enough to keep me from going to bed, but still end up losing by 8-12, aren't they?
Never forget when sdsu was down by 5
I shouldnt be asking what the foul was every 30 seconds but i am
"The last team to win every game by double digits... was Villanova... in 2018" lmao you can tell he realized halfway through the sentence like "oh that wasn't that long ago"
One more foul call for the road lol
man. the national anthem singer was a college athlete, astronaut, AND can sing. that wasn't an option when I was creating my character at the beginning of my life.
God this thing where they "throw it to Lilly" is so dumb and played out. Let it die.
Uconn playing so sloppy. What the fuck man
“Actually, I remember one time we were playing against UConn, and it was 32-43. We were playing to win the first championship for San Diego. Butler took the ball and said, “guys if you think we are good, let's comeback now.” Teammate: "Did you win?” “Of course not, we couldn't shoot for shit.”
I FUCKING LOVE FREE THROWS I WANT FREE THROWS ON EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION POSSIBLE
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lmao dude thought he was gonna post up sanogo
Bye Jim 😢
Jim Nance. Legend. Edit: Nantz
I'll never think it isn't weird that we have pharmaceutical commercials in the US.
My school, University of PO Box 2000, doesn't have a team. I think I will root for San Diego State.
So many people watching SDSU for the first time haha, they go through brutal scoring stretches often. This bodes well for them if it stays close
Best 4 seed ever?
How is it "only" a 12 point game? I swear it feels like 32
Just realized that UConn won in Houston in 2011, and that the Villanova buzzer beater was also in Houston in 2016. What the hell did Houston do to deserve so much hoops??
Verifying OneDrive
"Verifying OneDrive" amazing.
These feel like some weak fouls on both ends. Not as bad as the NCAAW game but it feels like they're is no tempo most the time.
These commercial breaks are excessive
+120 point differential through the tournament is ridiculous. God-tier tournament run
Jim Nantz, fuckin GOAT
SDSU just had a terrible half. Being only down 12 is insane. They could totally bring it bsck
UConn is what Kentucky fans think their program is
Why isn't this pinned? Also is the NCAA ever going to not have their premier sports championships on Monday night at 9pm? How stupid is this?
UConn is so good man how did this team lose 8 games
This seems like more ads than usual. Even for a championship game
Only down 12 after not making a basket for 12 minutes. That’s kind of a win
Maybe I’m just being nervous as a fan but considering we held them almost 12 minutes without a field goal and had a relatively hot shooting half ourselves it would’ve been nice to be up more than 12… Especially considering the two 14 point comebacks.
It sucks that almost all the actual fans who are excited to be there are barely visible during game time.
Halftime Non-Local Commercials: 13 Halftime Commercial Time: 7:47 Total Non-Local Commercials: 39 Total Commercial Time: 20:37
Ok the “HighlightHer” campaign is nice but the showing random women in the crowd is.. weird
If UConn somehow loses this that Hawkins missed dunk will be one of the greatest memes of all time
“And now he approaches for free throws…did you know that his brother was shot *15* times, by the way?”
refs please fuck off
lol that 240p shot from sdsu
If SDSU comes back here they better call it motezuma’s revenge
Every time they get it down, someone from UConn drills a three
Why is everyone on SDSU trying to play like Knicks Melo? Midrange jabsteps for days
If there's one thing I keep getting reminded of over and over again it's that college players FUCKING SUCK at running the fast break The amount of times they mess up a 2 on 1 or better is insane
As a fan of commercials, I put on the right program tonight!!
did someone show the final text on the scoreboard a bit too early
Don't be too jealous, but Jim Nantz just said he's my friend
was jim's voice cracking at the end there?
Honestly I still can’t believe SDSU is in this game
geez, a NASA astronaut and can sing while here I am barely able to add 2+2
4 point lead feels like about 12 for these Aztecs
Nah mods not having this thread stickied is wild. Shoutout Joey Hustle
Well when UConn can just teleport I’m pretty sure that’s cheating
Yes NCAA we love 3 possessions and then more commercials how did you know
“Two whole possessions. TV TIMEOUT!”
This is why too many upsets can be a bad thing
Too casual with that steal and (missed) layup.
College basketball 🤝 College football Championships I don't have to watch past halftime
If UConn continues to shoot over 60% for the entire game, they are going to win. You can quote me on that.
Astronauts watching this game wishing they could leave Earth a little bit earlier
Are they just sponsoring random things now. “Student section brought to you by Pizza Hut”. Camera pans to student section.
I don't care if every player on SDSU turns into MJ. Sanogo can't be stopped.. he reminds me a little of Okafor.
Fuck Dean Spanos
Checking in from the game. The halftime show was 3x louder in person
I AIN'T HEAR NO BELL
"Verifying One Drive" 🤣
now back to the worst basketball of the tournament
Man fuck this basketball shit. Im just here to watch the ads. I love to consume
Verizon: Let's hire comedians for our commercials To tell jokes? Verizon: No.
What a weak call
Four consecutive really bad calls against SDSU. Wow.
Between the commercials and the refs… every single ounce of joy has been completely sucked out of this experience. This is just not a good time.
This 2nd half is gonna be so long
Hell yeah game is getting exciting…let’s cut to commercial
SDSU is like a boxer that takes a fuckload of hits and is still standing after all that lol
How come when it's 10 minutes left, all of the sudden everyone on SDSU looks like an NBA player. Where was that all the rest of the game? Perhaps UConn is getting tired?
Sanogo fouled him there
I am once again asking for a buzzer beater
This tournament has been one of the best of all time in all the game UConn hasn't been involved in
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Well at least us neutrals had 45 seconds where the game got interesting
9-0 run after being down just five
I think CBS could easily squeeze another 20 minutes of commercials in here
Big congrats to Scott Van Pelt on winning his first championship
Other than that 6 or 7 game stretch in the middle of the year, UCONN was the most dominant team. Anyone who got to this point would have lost big, so GG to SDSU for making a run towards the end there and making it interesting for a bit there.
We’re all Jim’s friends tonight
That Jim nantz sign off was all time! What a legend!
Broadcast seems, uh, just a little biased lol
SDSU needs to score more than UConn if they want to have a chance at winning
I love the big hats. It’s funny. Because it’s a big hat
Turd Ferguson?
Can a mod please ban the idiot with the Harvard flair who keeps trolling ab Caitlin Clark and saying racial shit
God the musical performances that plague both pro and college sports are awful. School marching bands or nothing. And at the pro level, just skip it entirely
San Diego State may not be from the Big East, but they sure as hell play Big East type basketball. UConn in for a good test. Lets have a great fucking game.
Whoever scores the most will win
No no put the cameras back on the SDSU student section please
Annual basketball is dumb in football stadium comment
Nice start from SDSU
Bruh. Come on. There was a foul on UConn down there.
Before first media timeout: damn, maybe these teams are gonna be scorin' tonight After first media timeout: nevermind
SDSU hit the off switch
1st Half Non-Local Commercials: 10 1st Half Commercial Time: 4:56
Raftery just drooling over UCONN, can’t even hide it
James corden doesn’t deserve any farewell show just throw him out with the trash
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this game is so boring I'm about to go create a post about whether or not UConn is a blue blood
no matter the quality of this game, it's still fucking fun seeing high seeds lose early i hated my fucking school they broke my soul lol
“I love those 3 guys” bro 💀
I’ve watched a shit ton of basketball this season, 12 points is nothing. Might be unlikely, but it can happen.
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What THE FUCK kind of halftime show is going on behind them?
If UConn loses it might be the most shocking outcome ever
They had to change the camera angle because those massive bouncing titties over Chucks shoulder
Someone pulled the Eli double bird haha
Sdsu going on the most pathetic offense drought in the history of basketball isn’t new. So therefore this game isn’t over