SAN DIEGO — The games aren’t often pretty, and averaging 67.4 points per game, it’s amazing San Diego State wins enough basketball games to break even.
But the Aztecs ran away with the regular-season Mountain West championship because they could play defense like no other team in the conference.
And almost like no other team in the nation.
The Aztecs allow just a 60.2-point average, fourth lowest nationally, and it’s that defense UNLV will have to try to figure how to beat when the teams meet at 7 p.m. today at Viejas Arena.
“They’re very physical,” UNLV interim coach Todd Simon said.