Tag: Ali Farokhmanesh
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Colorado State takes down San Diego State for 5th straight win, matching longest streak of season
FORT COLLINS — What was once just a vision for Ali Farokhmanesh is finally turning into reality. When the first-year Colorado State coach built this team last offseason, he envisioned one that would get better as the season wore on and play its best basketball as March neared. That’s exactly what his Rams (17-10, 8-8…
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Colorado State storms back to beat Wyoming for third straight win
FORT COLLINS — On an afternoon where Colorado State honored a handful of program legends, Jase Butler did his best Jalen Lake impression and Carey Booth did his best Jason Smith. It’s never a bad sign when you’re emulating two players who are all over the program record book, but the Rams (15-10, 6-8 Mountain…
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The numbers behind Colorado State’s Mountain West struggles | College Basketball Insider
Where have you gone, pre-Christmas Colorado State? A sad college basketball state turns its lonely eyes to you. Almost everything was going well two months ago in Ali Farokhmanesh’s first season. They had just knocked off rival Colorado in front of a sold-out crowd at Moby Arena to move to 7-2, a week or so…
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Turnovers, cold offense late doom Colorado State in home loss to Utah State
FORT COLLINS — This one is going to haunt Ali Farokhmanesh’s first season as a head coach. Colorado State was rolling. The Rams led by as many as 13 points early in the second half thanks to a red-hot start by Kyle Jorgensen and they were keeping the Mountain West’s best offense under wraps. But…
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Colorado State drops to 0-2 in Mountain West after Nevada loss as injuries mount
FORT COLLINS — The best offense in the Mountain West went ice cold at the worst possible time. For a moment, Moby Arena breathed a sigh of relief. After Josh Pascarelli made his first 3-pointer of the game to give Colorado State a one-point lead with under 7:30 remaining, it felt like the tide was…
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Hot-shooting Colorado State holds on for thrilling win over rival Colorado
FORT COLLINS — Score one for the Colorado State math department and professor Ali Farokhmanesh. Just about every statistic suggested Colorado should have won Saturday afternoon. The previously unbeaten Buffaloes (8-1) were the more physical team, dominating in the paint. They were deep, scoring nearly triple the bench points as the Rams. They were more…
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Senior Jevin Muniz is the conductor of Colorado State’s high-powered offense
FORT COLLINS — Try and keep up with Ali Farokhmanesh’s offense if you can. After grabbing a pair of important nonconference wins over Wichita State and South Florida last week at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas, Colorado State sits at 6-2 ahead of Saturday’s matchup (3 p.m. via CBS Sports Network) against in-state…
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Denver men’s basketball stuns Colorado State as Pioneers upset Rams 83-81 in Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS — The Tim Bergstraser era already has a signature win. Just five games into his tenure as the Denver men’s basketball coach, Bergstraser has already made a statement as his Pioneers team came into Moby Arena and stunned a previously unbeaten Colorado State team for an 83-81 win on Friday night. For Bergstraser,…
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Colorado State using explosive offense in hot start to Ali Farokhmanesh era
FORT COLLINS — ButterBurgers for everyone. There’s a new promotion at Moby Arena this season: if Colorado State scores 67 points in the game, visit a Culver’s location in Fort Collins or Loveland and get a free ButterBurger the next day. If the first two games are any indication, Ali Farokhmanesh’s Rams are out to…
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Here’s what has changed for CSU Rams as Ali Farokhmanesh era begins | College Basketball Preview
FORT COLLINS — Aside from not having the whiteboard in his hands, everything felt normal for Ali Farokhmanesh once the ball was tipped in the air. But the 2 hours before his first exhibition game as the Colorado State head coach? “Everything leading up to it felt abnormal, though,” Farokhmanesh said this week. “I couldn’t…