Tag: Ali Farokhmanesh
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Colorado State falls to San Diego State in quarterfinals of Mountain West Tournament
Colorado State is leaving Las Vegas empty-handed this year. The No. 7 seed Rams’ title defense at the Mountain West Tournament ended in the quarterfinals with a 71-62 loss to No. 2 seed San Diego State. After holding on for a win over Fresno State the previous night, Ali Farokhmanesh’s team came out hot and…
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Colorado State survives against Fresno State, advances to Mountain West tournament quarterfinals
Colorado State’s title defense at the Mountain West tournament rolls on to the quarterfinals. The No. 7 seed Rams held on for a 67-63 win over No. 10 seed Fresno State on Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas to advance to play No. 2 seed San Diego State on Thursday…
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Former Colorado State star David Roddy eager to contribute to Denver Nuggets on two-way contract
David Roddy made a familiar trip up Interstate 25 on Saturday afternoon. It’s one he’s made countless times for the better part of a decade now —beginning when he first flew into Denver and visited the Colorado State campus for the first time as a high schooler. This trip was a little different, though. Sure,…
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Colorado State basketball’s 8-game win streak snapped by Boise State, 78-67
FORT COLLINS — The hottest team in the country was served a tall, cold glass of reality check. After winning at the Pit for just the fourth time this century earlier this week to stretch its win streak to eight games, Colorado State got punked on its own floor to close the regular season with…
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The new-look Pac-12 is coming. Can it crash the high-major hoops party? | College Basketball Insider
Football will pay the bills, but the new-look Pac-12’s identity should be defined on the hardwood. After a two-year hiatus, the West Coast’s premier conference will return next fall, and while its ceiling on the football field is mostly limited due to the increasing gap between the power conferences and the rest of the country,…
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Colorado State grinds out sixth-straight win, continues February surge in Mountain West
FORT COLLINS — Kyle Jorgensen uttered a phrase that could’ve been said a few times now in the month of February. “About a month ago, I don’t think we were winning that game,” the sophomore forward said after Colorado State’s 74-70 win over Fresno State on Tuesday night at Moby Arena. Jorgensen is right. The…
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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…