Inside Lamont Butlers buzzerbeater for San Diego State I didnt really know how big it was

HOUSTON – The ball came off the rim and toward the grip of San Diego State center Nathan Mensah, and he did not wait five years to get this moment wrong. He’d been through 144 games, a serious lung ailment, a canceled March Madness, two conference defensive player of the year awards, and a heartbreaking overtime NCAA Tournament loss. This ball was going immediately to point guard Lamont Butler before a second lapsed. He would know what to do with it. And, in the end, he did. Not before he dribbled himself into potential disaster. Not before all but a…