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''March Madness?'' How 'bout ''The Longest Day?'' San Diego State made a bit of history late Thursday night, pulling out a 73-69 victory over New Mexico State in the record-setting fourth overtime game of Day 1 of the NCAA tournament. Xavier Thames scored the first basket of overtime and made three of four free throws at the end of the extra session to help the fourth-seeded Aztecs (30-4) advance to Saturday's third-round West regional game against North Dakota State, which beat Oklahoma 80-75 - in overtime, of course. ''I told our players after the game, doesn't matter how, it just matters you did win,'' San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said. Thames had 23 points for the Aztecs, who didn't trail once over the entire 45 minutes.
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