SDSU radio call of Final Four buzzer beater is immense

Take a listen to the radio call of Lamont Butler’s buzzer-beater that helped send the SDSU Aztecs to the national championship game.

The No. 5 San Diego State Aztecs men’s basketball team is hading to the national championship game for the first time in program history. And they did so in the most magical way possible on Saturday.

With the Florida Atlantic Owls leading 71-70, the Aztecs rebounded a missed shot by Johnell Davis, and it led to Lamont Butler hitting a shot at the buzzer to clinch the 72-71 victory. with that, San Diego State was heading to the national title game to face either No. 5 Miami or No. 4 UConn.

You heard the call by Jim Nantz on the national broadcast, not take a listen to the call by San Diego State radio voice Ted Leitner on San Diego Sports 670.

Listen to San Diego State radio call of Lamont Butler’s buzzer-beater

“How about them Aztecs.”

It was quite the final sequence in the game. San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher refused to use a timeout even after Nathan Mensah hauled in the rebound on Davis’ missed shot. Dutcher admitted during his post-game interview with CBS Sports that he didn’t call a timeout because he ran out of plays!

The decision paid off for Dutcher, as he has SDSU just one win away from winning their first national title.

Prior to this lengthy run by SDSU, the furthest the men’s basketball program had gotten was the Sweet 16. They clinched their longest run in the NCAA Tournament by defeating the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sweet 16, who were one of the favorites to win the national title this year.

San Diego State fans were celebrating everywhere, from inside NRG Stadium in Houston, to Petco Park ahead of a Padres game. It will be a moment that San Diego sports fans will remember for quite some time.