Tag: college basketball
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How Northern Colorado turned its season around and became the Big Sky contender the numbers say the Bears are | College Basketball Insider
GREELEY — Process over product. That’s been the motto for Steve Smiley and his Northern Colorado team all season. It was that way when the Bears won 10 games in nonconference play for the first time in program history, including beating Colorado for the first time in nearly 100 years. It was that way when…
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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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Now at Minnesota, former CSU Rams coach Niko Medved still doing things his way | College Basketball Insider
Niko Medved is thinking about a weekend he never wanted to end. It’s been a week full of déjà vu for the former Colorado State coach, now in his first season at Minnesota. First, his Golden Gophers hosted Maryland on Sunday, the first time Medved had seen the Terrapins uniform since the Terps stormed the…
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Air Force basketball starts strong, falters in second half to lose to Colorado State in last Clune Arena matchup as conference opponents
It was a valiant effort, but Air Force men’s basketball will have to wait another game for a chance at victory. The Falcons kept in-state rival Colorado State close for most of the first half but trailed the entire second half to fall to the Rams 91-74 at Clune Arena on Tuesday. It is the…
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Colorado beats Arizona State 78-70, passes last season’s Big 12 win total
BOULDER — Progress. That is officially a way to describe Colorado’s 2025-26 season. With a 78-70 win over Arizona State on Saturday at the CU Events Center, Tad Boyle’s young group secured its fourth victory in Big 12 play this season, surpassing last year’s mark with still seven games left to play in the regular…
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Air Force men record 22 turnovers, suffer blowout loss to co-conference leader San Diego State
Air Force led for 3:28 to start the first half, but it was all San Diego State after that. With a 19-point lead at the half, the Aztecs continued to dominate in all facets of the game to roll to an 88-54 win over Air Force men’s basketball Saturday night at Clune Arena. San Diego…
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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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Young CU Buffs blitz TCU to snap six-game losing streak
BOULDER — As he watched his Colorado team demolish TCU in somewhat cathartic fashion, a thought crept into Tad Boyle’s mind. “Where’s this team been?” Boyle said. “We hadn’t seen that Colorado Buffalo team in November, December or January, but we finally saw it on February 1. I told our team, ‘Better late than never.’”…
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Air Force men’s basketball falters in second half, falls to Fresno State at Clune Arena
A year after taking down Fresno State in overtime, the Bulldogs returned the favor. Air Force stayed close with Fresno State and was down by five at halftime, but went cold after the intermission while the Bulldogs ran away to a 79-62 win at Clune Arena on Saturday. Fresno State outscored the Falcons 35-23 in…
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Colorado freshman Isaiah Johnson is your favorite NBA star’s favorite college hooper | College Basketball Insider
BOULDER — Dwyane Wade is his godfather. LeBron James calls him “nephew.” Chris Paul has been a family friend for as long as he can remember. NBA locker rooms are flush with Isaiah Johnson fans. Tad Boyle’s standout freshman is your favorite NBA player’s favorite college basketball player. “I’ve been keeping tabs on him,” Detroit…