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2023 College Basketball predictions: Michigan State, Arkansas and best title futures

John Fanta has his eyes on a few under-the-radar national title-chasers as the season gets underway. See who he believes is worth wagering o...

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Bryce Miller: San Diego State's big shot Lamont Butler wasn't afraid to fire away on basketball's biggest stage SAN DIEGO — You ask a question that has gathered dust for more than six months, since 11.9 million viewers froze like Louvre statues, since...

OCTOBER 21, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Bryce Miller: San Diego State's big shot Lamont Butler wasn't afraid to fire away on basketball's biggest stage SAN DIEGO — You ask a question that has gathered dust for more than six months, since 11.9 million viewers froze like Louvre statues, since...

OCTOBER 21, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Bryce Miller: San Diego State's big shot Lamont Butler wasn't afraid to fire away on basketball's biggest stage SAN DIEGO — You ask a question that has gathered dust for more than six months, since 11.9 million viewers froze like Louvre statues, since...

OCTOBER 21, 2023 • SACBEE.COM

SDSU big shot Lamont Butler wasn't afraid to fire away on basketball's biggest stage Knockout punch of Florida Atlantic in national semifinal changed things for Aztecs' guard and program on the rise

OCTOBER 20, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

San Diego St. hero Lamont Butler to return San Diego State Final Four hero Lamont Butler announced Monday that he is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and returning for a fourth...

MAY 29, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Lamont Butler's decision: Should he stay or should he go? The San Diego State guard is keeping his options open, spending two months at a Las Vegas training facility that specializes in preparing pl...

APRIL 23, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

San Diego State hero Lamont Butler declares for NBA draft Apr 1, 2023; Houston, TX, USA; San Diego State Aztecs guard Lamont Butler (5) scores the game-winning basket over Florida Atlantic Owls guar...

APRIL 10, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Top 23 takeaways from a memorable 2022-23 college basketball season

From Lamont Butler's Final Four buzzer-beater to Markquis Nowell's "watch this" lob, John Fanta offers up 23 takeaways from the 2022-23 coll...

APRIL 5, 2023

Column: San Diego State's first-half shooting struggles evoke Butler's 2011 performance in Houston Soon after Lamont Butler sent them to the national championship game, my concern for the San Diego State Aztecs was they’d live the Butler n...

APRIL 4, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

2023 NCAA championship game SDSU vs. UConn betting preview: Big, sharp bets

Patrick Everson previews the title game between SDSU and UConn from Vegas. Read here for the big bets and to see who the sharps are taking i...

APRIL 3, 2023

Lamont Butler, Ever Steady After His Winning Shot, Buoyed by Family Butler doesn’t like a lot of attention, his father said, but that’s what he got after sending San Diego State to the national title game. “H...

APRIL 3, 2023 • NYTIMES.COM

2023 National Title Game San Diego State vs. Connecticut odds, expert picks

March Madness is coming to a close and FOX Sports Betting Analyst Jason McIntyre has you covered with his best bets. Read to see who he like...

APRIL 3, 2023

San Diego State hero Lamont Butler motivated by sister's death Apr 1, 2023; Houston, TX, USA; San Diego State Aztecs guard Lamont Butler (5) celebrates in the locker room with teammates in the semifinals...

APRIL 3, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

In unpredictable NCAA Tournament, UConn not underestimating 'tough' San Diego State

Connecticut has put to bed the idea that there isn't a clear-cut top squad in college hoops this season. But this NCAA Tournament has seen t...

APRIL 2, 2023

Analysis: Aztecs played for a stop rather than fouling FAU, sparking the greatest moment in program history Brian Dutcher's decision not to foul with the game on the line, resulting missed shot and rebound let to Lamont Butler's game-winning 3-poin...

APRIL 2, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

Lamont Butler's buzzer-beater the product of painstaking work and painful memories Butler's buzzer-beating pull-up to sink Florida Atlantic in the Final Four was a shot he practiced countless times last summer.

APRIL 2, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

SDSU's Brian Dutcher has simple explanation behind Lamont Butler's buzzer-beating play: 'I ran out of plays' March, as Dutcher said, is for the players — and that was especially true in the waning moments of Saturday's Final Four game.

APRIL 2, 2023 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

For San Diego State, 6 seconds changed everything in Final Four thriller

Lamont Butler changed the narrative, rescuing San Diego State from certain defeat in a Final Four win over Florida Atlantic.

APRIL 2, 2023

Inside Lamont Butler's buzzer-beater for San Diego State: I didn't really know how big it was San Diego State won in the game's final second, but there was plenty that led up to the perfect ending at the Final Four.

APRIL 2, 2023 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

2023 Final Four highlights: SDSU stuns FAU at buzzer to reach title game

Catch up with the top highlights and in-game analysis from No. 5 SDSU's comeback win over No. 9 Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

APRIL 2, 2023

2023 NCAA odds: San Diego State buzzer-beater costly for FAU title, moneyline bettors

San Diego State moneyline bettors cashed in as the Aztecs rallied from 14 points down, much to the chagrin of FAU backers.

APRIL 2, 2023

Lamont Butler hits a buzzer-beater to send San Diego State to the championship game. “You cant even dream about what just happened,” his father, Lamont Butler Sr., said moments after the shot went in.

APRIL 2, 2023 • NYTIMES.COM

Perspective | Lamont Butler's buzzer-beater shows San Diego State can win pretty The Aztecs, accustomed to winning through force, advanced to the national championship game in the most skillful way.

APRIL 2, 2023 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM

'FRAME IT': Best reactions to Lamont Butler’s Final Four buzzer-beater

Fans at Petco Park celebrated and fellow March Madness hero Kris Jenkins had a perfect response to the buzzer-beater by San Diego State's La...

APRIL 2, 2023