At every morning shootaround, even during pregame warmups, often at the end of practices, San Diego State players launch midcourt shots.

This is why.

Miles Byrd drained one as the regulation clock hit 0:00 Tuesday night at Viejas Arena to improbably force overtime against Troy, but it still wasn’t enough to beat the pesky Trojans in an absolutely bonkers 108-107 double overtime loss on a night filled with hope (the return of Magoon Gwath) and ultimately despair.

Troy entered the night at No. 135 in the Kenpom metric, a brutal nonconference home loss in a game where SDSU paid the Trojans in the high five figures for visiting Viejas Arena without a return date — the kind of loss that keeps you out of the NCAA Tournament.

And the schedule doesn’t get any easier. If the Aztecs can’t beat a

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