Tag: Mountain West
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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…
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New Mexico shows how to slow down CSU offense
FORT COLLINS — The book is out on Ali Farokhmanesh’s Rams. Get in their face, pressure them and, more often than not, their high-powered offense falls apart. That’s been the case in all five losses so far this season for Colorado State (10-5, 1-3 Mountain West) — including in Tuesday’s 80-70 home defeat to New…
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Tyson Summers remains thankful for chance to lead Colorado State in difficult season | Rams Gameday
Tyson Summers wears his coaching failures — or scars, as he calls them — on his sleeve. Over the last 23 years, starting at Tift County High School in Georgia all the way to now as the interim Colorado State coach, Summers has coached at 11 different places and hasn’t been in the same place…
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Colorado State faces Boise State for first time since Hail Mary win with both teams very different | Rams Gameday
Oh, how things have changed. The last time Colorado State faced off against Boise State was arguably the peak of the Jay Norvell era. It was a little over two years ago at Canvas Stadium and despite trailing 30-10 midway through the fourth quarter, the Rams miraculously came back and won on a Hail Mary…