Utah State Slices SDSU Thin 21-6 in Semifinal Thriller!
Utah State guard Drake Allen holds the Mountain West championship trophy after defeating New Mexico 94-90, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Logan, Utah. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal via AP) | Eli Lucero While they might have been playing for a conference championship on Pi Day, the Utah State Aggies didn’t concern themselves with any complicated mathematics formulas Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. They just knew that two trophies were better than one, as they beat the San Diego State Aztecs 73-62 at the Thomas & Mack Center to claim the Mountain West Conference tournament crown after winning the regular season title.
“The last three days we’ve just guarded our tail off,” Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “I’m really proud of the guys. To win the regular season (outright) and a tournament title, we just made Utah State history.
It’s never been done, so I’m just really, really proud of our guys. ” While there was perhaps a 3. 14% chance the Aggies (28-6) wouldn’t hear their name called during Sunday afternoon’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s game against the Aztecs (22-11), they made that positive outcome a 100% certainty while potentially also knocking their longtime rivals out of the field of 68.
Utah State, which will make its fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament next week, also became the seventh team in school history to win 28 or more games in a season. “I hear all these coaches talking about their team,” Calhoun said. “We just won the regular season and the tournament.
We’ve got 28 wins with great metrics on both sides. Now we’ll see if we get rewarded. I’ll be anxious to see what kind of seed, what kind of matchup, but our guys will be ready.
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