Sort of like San Diego State’s basketball team in the same city 147 years later. Hit its ceiling. And crashed. The team that began the season by losing all-conference guard Reese Waters for its entirety and instead stuttered along with one of college basketball’s youngest rotations that included six freshmen or sophomores experienced the power of gravity Tuesday night in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four,

The UC San Diego men's basketball team is 26-4 and 16-2 in the Big West Conference. The Tritons could make the NCAA tournament in their first season of eligibility.

UNC fell behind 2-0 and that was the only time they trailed in their 95-68 in over San Diego State in the First Four in Dayton on Tuesday. They did so behind hot shooting in the first half, making their first five three-pointers and shooting over 60 percent from the field.