Colorado State vs New Mexico basketball: How to watch, stream Mountain West men's game

Colorado State vs New Mexico basketball: How to watch, stream Mountain West men’s game

Posted by Admin December 27, 2024 Basketball

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Can the Rams make a surge?

The Colorado State men’s basketball team opened Mountain West play last week with a significant upset on the road to beat Nevada.

CSU comes back home Saturday for the first MW game of the season at Moby Arena as the Rams face New Mexico. The Lobos are expected to be a top contender for the league title.

After this, CSU has a set of seemingly winnable games (at San Jose State, vs Fresno State, vs UNLV), meaning a win over New Mexico could give the Rams a chance to make an early statement of intent.

Here’s a look at everything to know about Saturday’s CSU game against New Mexico:

What time does New Mexico vs Colorado State basketball start?

Date: Saturday, Dec. 28
Start time: 1 p.m. Mountain

Saturday’s game between New Mexico and Colorado State will begin at 1 p.m. MT.

What channel is the New Mexico vs CSU men’s basketball game on?

The game is not available on linear TV and can only be streamed online via the Mountain West Network.

Online stream: TheMW.com/watch

The Mountain West app is available on most smart devices and can be downloaded on the Apple app store, Google Play and more.

How can you listen to the game on the radio?

The CSU broadcast is available on 99.1 FM or on the Varsity Network app.
CSU’s radio team will be Brian Roth (play-by-play) and Adam Nigon (analyst).

What are the records?

New Mexico is 9-3 overall and 1-0 in Mountain West play. CSU is 7-5 overall and 1-0 in Mountain West play after a road win at Nevada.

What’s the betting line for New Mexico vs Colorado State basketball?

A betting line has not yet been set.

Who are the coaches?

New Mexico is led by Richard Pitino, who is in his fourth season with the Lobos. The former Minnesota and Florida International coach is 70-44 at New Mexico and 229-181 in his career. CSU is led by Niko Medved, who is in his seventh season as head coach of the Rams. He’s 124-80 at CSU and 203-167 overall in his career.

Series history

New Mexico leads the all-time series 81-53.

Stadium information, tickets, Arizona Bowl watch party

The game will be at Moby Arena on Colorado State’s campus. Moby has a capacity of 8,083. Tickets are available at CSURams.com/tickets for as low as $7 as part of a sale.

Also, as part of CSU’s “student rush” anyone with a student ID (college, high school, elementary) gets in free.

The game has been moved up an hour (original tip was 2 p.m.) and Moby Arena will remain open after for a Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl watch party for fans to watch the CSU football team face Miami (Ohio). Concessions will remain open and the game will be shown on the big screens.

What do the metrics say?

CSU is No. 96 in KenPom and New Mexico is No. 67. KenPom projects a one-point victory (78-77) for New Mexico.

CSU is No. 111 and New Mexico is No. 85 in the NCAA NET rankings.

Who are the top players to watch?

Here are some players for each team who will be key to the game:

NEW MEXICO

Donovan Dent: The 6-foot-2 guard is coming off a 40-point scoring night last game out against VCU. He beat the Rams on a game-winning layup at The Pit last season. Dent is averaging 19.6 points and 7.3 assists per game.
Mustapha Amzil: The 6-foot-9 forward is second on the team in both scoring (14 points per game) and rebounding (6.3 per game) and has the most 3-pointers made on the team with 19.
Nelly Junior Joseph: The 6-foot-10 center leads New Mexico in rebounding at 9.8 per game and blocks with 19. He’s third on the team in scoring at 13 points per game.

COLORADO STATE

Nique Clifford: The 6-foot-6 wing leads CSU in scoring (16.3 points per game) and rebounding (10.3 per game). He’ll be looking to improve his shooting form after hitting 34% of his shots over the last three games.
Jalen Lake: The 6-foot-4 senior guard is second on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game and leads the team with 27 3-pointers, although he’s just 2-15 from deep over the last three games.
Kyan Evans: The sophomore point guard found a scoring groove last week, setting career highs in back-to-back games (15 and then 16 points) in wins over Radford and Nevada. He was 3-5 from 3-point range in each of those games.

Follow sports reporter Kevin Lytle on X and Instagram @Kevin_Lytle.