San Diego States Deep Run Plays Right Into Conference Realignment

HOUSTON — Whether or not John David Wicker, the San Diego State athletic director, owns many leather-bound books or an apartment that smells of rich mahogany, he could be pardoned for channeling his inner Ron Burgundy. With its men’s basketball team playing for a national championship Monday night against Connecticut, and with two major conferences eyeing the Aztecs as a potential addition, San Diego State is, indeed, kind of a big deal. “People have heard of us,” Wicker said on Saturday night, before the Aztecs won a thriller over Florida Atlantic on Lamont Butler Jr.’s jumper at the buzzer to…