Friday night’s Colorado State vs SDSU showdown in Fort Collins features two teams slipping down the Mountain West standings. Can the Rams avenge the 30-point loss they suffered in San Diego in January? At the time of posting, Colorado State has opened as a 3-point home favorite over the visiting Aztecs, with the total sitting at 134.5 points.<\/p>\n
Stay on top of the latest College Basketball<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><\/p>\n While most \u201cBracketology\u201d projections still have these two in the field of 68, lately they\u2019ve both been sliding back closer to the bubble and toward the cut-line. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has dropped the Aztecs to a precarious \u201clast four in\u201d designation for Selection Sunday.<\/p>\n The Rams\u2019 once-solid Dance credentials are looking a bit more shaky in the wake of consecutive losses to UNLV and Wyoming, with many regional observers still insisting Colorado State hasn’t been quite the same since a three-week Covid pause thru the festive season and immediately struggling upon the return, taking an awfully long time to put away big underdog Air Force then getting walloped at Viejas Arena by SDSU on Jan. 8, the Rams\u2019 first loss of the campaign.<\/p>\n The offense just wasn\u2019t there four weeks ago for CSU, which hit on only 12-of-43 from the floor and 3-of-20 beyond the arc in by far its worst shooting night of the season. But some Mountain West sources also believe the Rams finally looked like more their early-season selves even in a bitter OT loss at Wyoming last Monday, when some questionable calls would eventually disqualify main threat David Roddy, who scored 23 points but wasn\u2019t on the floor in the late going.<\/p>\n Though we suspect Niko Medved will be working more on defense in the run-up to tonight after the Rams have been burned in consecutive games by 45-point (UNLV\u2019s Bryce Hamilton) and 35-point (Wyoming\u2019s Hunter Maldonado) efforts, which might make SDSU leading scorer Matt Bradley\u2019s eyes as big as saucers tonight at Moby.<\/p>\n Averaging 16 points per game, Bradley has been Brian Dutcher\u2019s only consistent threat and lone double-digit scorer. The Aztecs’ offense badly misfired in recent losses to fellow Mountain West contenders Boise and Utah State.<\/p>\n The under is 9-3 in Colorado State’s last 12 games, and we could be in for another rock fight tonight. If the Rams’ defense can limit Bradley, the Azte offense hasn’t found a viable second option.<\/p>\n Interested in placing a bet on Friday’s Colorado State vs SDSU showdown in the Mountain West? Caesars Sports is offering up to a $1,500 match bet for first-time deposits in New Jersey, West Virginia, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona, New York and Louisiana.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Friday, February 4<\/th>\n \u00a0Mountain West Basketball Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Point Spread:<\/td>\n Colorado State Rams -3 vs San Diego State Aztecs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total:<\/td>\n 134.5 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Game Time:<\/td>\n 9:00pm ET \/ 6:00pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Arena:<\/td>\n Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n TV:<\/td>\n FS1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Colorado State vs SDSU Analysis<\/h2>\n
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