It felt like old times.
A sold-out Pit.
The Aztecs and the Lobos.
A Mountain West championship on the line for one team and the fading NCAA Tournament at-large hopes on the line for the other.
But this trip down memory lane in front of an announced Pit crowd of 15,431 turned into a nightmare for the home team.
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Lamont Butler hit a top-of-the-key 3-point buzzer-beater lifting No. 22 San Diego State to a 73-71 win over New Mexico — clinching at least a share of the Mountain West regular season championship for the Aztecs.