Just two months ago, Utah State swept San Diego State convincingly in their two-game series. The Aztecs, who were without senior Matt Mitchell for the second game, had plenty of time to get ready for a potential third matchup with the Aggies in the conference tournament.
The last three meetings between Utah State and San Diego State were low scoring, physical, defensive struggles. So it wasn’t a surprise that their third meeting this season, and the third consecutive in the conference championship game was a physical, grind it out type of game.
In the third edition of Utah State vs San Diego State, the regular season champion Aztecs came out victorious with a 68-57 victory against the Aggies to go back to the NCAA Tournament and win its first conference tournament championship since 2018.