The difference, apparently, is night and day.
Night, meaning what San Diego State men’s basketball did last Saturday against Little Rock.
Day, meaning what the Aztecs subsequently have done to East Carolina and now No. 14 UC Berkeley.
In a stunning turn of events, SDSU went from competitive, to on its way to a double-digit beatdown, to a huge double-digit win over Cal, 72-58 in the Las Vegas Invitational.
The Aztecs overcame 1-for-18 shooting drought in the first half, uncharacteristically bad even by their standards as they sat and watched Cal’s freshman phenom Ivan Rabb
In his midweek press conference, after he so uncharacteristically changed his starting five after a bad performance, head coach Steve Fisher wasn’t sure if he’d change the starting lineup again this season, even with San Diego State’s first ranked opponent looming on Thanksgiving Day.