With depth and defense, San Diego State keeps surprising

The fifth-seeded Aztecs have made it this far — to the Elite Eight, a first for the program, and now have a chance to extend that history-making run to the Final Four if they beat No. 6 seed Creighton on Sunday in the South Region final — because of their depth. And that depth enables San Diego State to play with the frenetic defensive intensity that took down top-seeded Alabama in the Sweet 16. The Aztecs describe their defense not as a one-on-one effort but instead a one-on-five attack. It’s...