Quietly, up on a hill near the eastern city limits of San Diego, basketball has returned.
One might have forgotten Aztec basketball has existed over the past several months with the Chargers toying with the city and threatening to leave and the Padres firing and hiring a new manager.
Only this year it’s very different for SDSU. The fanfare and hype aren’t as prevalent as in the past, like when Jimmer and Kawhi dueled each other in 2011.
The notoriously rowdy student section, The Show, has been less active than it was in the heyday of Aztec hoops.