CSU basketball to face San Diego State on Saturday in light of MW schedule change

FORT COLLINS –– Though the Colorado State men’s hoops squad made its long-awaited instrumentality from a 24-day COVID intermission with a win implicit Air Force connected Tuesday, coronavirus concerns proceed impacting the Mountain West’s schedule.

On Wednesday, the league announced modifications to its upcoming slate successful airy of COVID issues wrong Boise State’s and Nevada’s programs.

Namely, alternatively of facing BSU connected Friday arsenic initially planned, CSU volition question to play San Diego State connected Saturday astatine 1 p.m. The marquee clash was primitively slated for March 1.

If the Rams and Broncos neglect to reschedule their clash, the MW volition state the lucifer a nary contest. The aforesaid goes for SDSU and Nevada, which were expected to butt heads this Saturday.

CBS volition broadcast Saturday’s conflict betwixt the No. 20, 11-0 Rams and manager Brian Dutcher’s Aztecs squad (9-3, 1-0 MW).

SDSU finds itself successful the heavy of a promising commencement aft winning 2020-21’s Mountain West Championship and reaching its 2nd NCAA Tournament successful 4 years. The Aztecs presently cheque into the NET rankings astatine No. 56 portion CSU stands astatine No. 27.

Notable 

Shortly pursuing the MW’s docket change, CSU prima guardant David Roddy was named 1 of 25 finalists for John R. Wooden Award –– distributed annually for the nation’s astir invaluable player.

The junior’s team-most 19.7 points per crippled presently fertile 2nd successful the MW arsenic good arsenic 25th nationally. While dropping conscionable astir 20 tallies connected a nightly basis, Roddy has converted astatine an electrical 57.9% from the floor, which ranks 35th successful the NCAA.

Additionally, with 4 double-doubles nether his belt, Roddy’s squad-best 8.1 rebounds per crippled correspond the seventh-highest people of each MW contributors.