Filed under: California, MWC, Pac-10
BERKELEY, Calif. — If it is a rebuilding year at Cal, it is a building year for San Diego State.
The Aztecs moved to 9-0 for the first time in the 90-year history of the program Wednesday night, taking apart the reigning Pac-10 champions, 77-57 on the Bears’ home floor Wednesday night.
This was a date San Diego State had circled on its calendar, a measuring stick game. It ended with a blowout win, on the road against a Pac-10 school with a sizable contingent chanting “Let’s Go Aztecs” as they left the floor with the win. San Diego State hadn’t won in Berkeley since 1941 and they hadn’t beaten a Pac-10 team on the road since 1982.
Steve Fisher’s team is for real, ranked No. 14 in the nation and worthy of it.
“We have embraced it, we should be rated, we’re good.” Fisher said. “Look, we don’t have a legacy of excellence in basketball. We’ve had some good teams. But this is the first time we’ve been rated.”
The first time he told them it was OK to embrace their national ranking it was back in late October.
“I told them ‘Wait ’til Dec. 9,’” Fisher said. “Are we still going to be ranked? Are we going to be good enough and tough enough?”
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