CSU To Battle Northeastern For 2021 USVI Paradise Jam Championship Monday Night

Opening Tip
• In their longest trip of the year, the Rams will take on Northeastern for the championship of the 2021 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Monday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. MT.
• The entire tournament will be televised on ESPN+/ESPN3 nationally with Brad Wells and Kevin Lehman on the call.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Matt Wozniak and Adam Nigon on the call. CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices). Fans can use the app for instant access to free gameday audio streams and receive push notifications to remind them of games starting or upcoming audio broadcasts.
• The game will also have live stats on CSURams.com.

2021-22 Rams Quick Hits
• Colorado State is under the direction of fourth-year head coach Niko Medved, who took over the helm of the Rams' program in 2018-19. In his ninth season as a head coach, Medved has a 136-127 record overall but improved on the previous season's winning percentage in each of his eight years as a head coach, including both years now at CSU.
• The 2021-22 season marks the 117th in the history of the Colorado State men's basketball program. The Rams are 1,307-1,292 (.503) in 2,598 games all-time.
• CSU concluded the 2020-21 season in the National Invitation Tournament, advancing to the final four and finishing 20-8 overall record, including 14-4 in MW play, an three-game improvement over 2019-20 and 11 games over 2018-19.
• The Rams earned their eighth invitation for postseason play in the last 11 years, though postseason events were eventually cancelled due to the CoVID-19 virus worldwide pandemic.
• CSU returns all five starters and nine letterwinners to this year's squad along with four newcomers.
• For broadcasting quick hits, current averages and career highs on individual players, go to the back page of the notes for a Radio/TV chart that includes that information.

The Leaders
• Colorado State Head Coach Niko Medved (Minnesota, '97) is in his fourth season at CSU as head coach with a 57-40 mark and has an 136-127 overall record is in his ninth season as a head coach.
• Northeastern Head Coach Greg McDermott (Hamilton College, 1983) is in his 16th season with the Huskies and as a college head coach with a 254-224 record.

A Familiar Face In Fort Collins
• While he may be in just his fourth season in charge of the program, head coach Niko Medved was already a familiar face around Fort Collins and to Ram fans. Medved previously was on the coaching staff from 2007-13 under two different coaches. He was a key part of recruiting players that helped the Rams to four consecutive postseason appearances, the last two in the NCAA Tournament that included a win over Missouri in 2013.

A Quick Look at Northeastern
• Returning three starters and nine total letterwinners from last year's 10-9 team that was 8-2 and tied for first in the Colonial Athletic Association, Creighton was picked to finish second in the league.
• The Huskies are led by Second Team Preseason All-CAA picks guards Jahmyl Telfort and Shaquille Walters along with forward Chris Doherty and guard Nikola Djogo, both who originally started their collegiate careers at Notre Dame. Walters was a starter for Northeastern last season and paces the team in minutes and three-point field goal percentage. Doherty leads the team in points, rebounds, assists, field goal percentage and free throw percentage. Djogo is tops in three-pointers, blocks and steals.

History Versus Northeastern
• CSU has met Northeastern just once, winning the previous meeting 63-52 in the consolation game of the 2000 Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis.
• CSU is just 3-2 all-time against current Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) schools, including 2-1 at neutral sites.
• CSU head coach Niko Medved has never coached against Northeastern and is just 1-3 against current CAA opponents.
NORTHEASTERN - 1-0
Neutral: 1-0
     Date               Loc.        W/L        Score      Att.
#   12/29/2000   Neutral       W          63-52   10000
# Indiana Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.)

CSU vs. Colonial Athletic Association
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Charleston                1-0           1-0           -          -
Drexel                      1-1           0-1           -         1-0
Northeastern              1-0            -             -         1-0
William & Mary           0-1            -             -         0-1
Totals                      3-2          1-1            -         2-1

Medved vs. Northeastern - First Meeting
Medved vs. CAA Opponents - 1-3 (0-0 at CSU)

Starting 5-0 Is A New Thing
• For the first time in his head coaching career, Niko Medved has his team at 5-0 in the early part of the season. He was 3-1 in his only season at Drake and has been 3-1 in each of his three previous seasons at CSU.
• The last time CSU was 5-0 at this point was in 2015-16, when the Rams were 5-0 to start but finished at 18-16. It is only the eighth time that Colorado State has been 5-0 in the 117-year history of the program.
• If the Rams win, it will be fourth time in program history to start 6-0 (1970-71 -- 6-0, 2012-13 -- 6-0 (Medved Asst. Coach); 2014-15 -- 14-0)

Tournament Finals
• CSU has advanced to the tournament championship game of a three-game neutral site tournament for the 10th time in school history, the most recent in 2014.
• In three-game neutral site tournament title games, the Rams are 5-4.

Previous Tournament Titles-Location (Number of Games)
1964      Mile High Classic-Denver, Colo. (2)
1965      Mile High Classic-Denver, Colo. (2)
1968      Utah Classic-Salt Lake City, Utah (2)
1977       Far West Classic-Portland, Ore. (3)
1989      Mile High Classic-Denver, Colo.(2)
1990      Gator Bowl Classic-Jacksonville, Fla. (2)
1994      Foothills Dodge Classic-Moby Arena (2)
1996      Foothills Dodge Classic-Moby Arena (2)
1997       Jam Fest Tournament-Moby Arena (2)
1999      Pearl Harbor Classic-Honolulu, Hawai'i (3)
2000      Phoenix Classic-Harford, Conn. (2)
2002      CSU Tournament-Moby Arena (3)
2006      Dr. Pepper Classic-Chattanooga, Tenn. (2)
2007      BP Top of the World Classic-Fairbanks, Alaska (3)
2010      Cancun Governor's Cup-Cancun, Mexico (3)
2010      Hilltop Challenge-San Francisco, Calif. (2)
2011       Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invit.-El Paso, Texas (2)
2012      Continental Tires Las Vegas Classic (2)
2014      GCI Great Alaska Shootout-Anchorage, Alaska (3)

CSU Preseason MW Favorites
• For the first time in program history, the Colorado State men's basketball team has been picked to win the Mountain West in the annual preseason media poll, announced today prior to the league's Media Days.
• As part of that, juniors David Roddy and Isaiah Stevens were named to the Preseason All-Mountain West squad.

Improvement Always
• Head coach Niko Medved has had extensive success wherever he has coached, both as a head and an assistant.
• As an assistant coach, he helped turn around the CSU program to improving its win totals from his first year in each successive year, ending in four straight postseason appearances.
• He continued that trend at Furman and Drake, improving both programs' win totals from the previous year in each of his five seasons as a head coach, finishing his last three years in postseason play.
• In his first year at CSU in 2018-19, he led the Rams to surpass the previous season's win totals at CSU, both overall and in Mountain West play.
• In 2019-20, the Rams had nine non-conference wins, betterring 2018-19's total of five. The squad also won 20 games overall, improving on 2018-19's total of 12.
• The five-game win streak during the 2020-21 season was the longest for CSU since the Rams won seven straight during 2016-17.
• In 2020-21, Medved led the Rams to their best conference record in program history with the 14-4 mark. The 14 wins were most CSU wins in any conference in history.

The Improvement Under Medved
Year       School             Overall   Win%   Conf.      Post
2012-13   Furman**            6-24     .200     3-15
2013-14   Furman              9-21     .300     3-13
2014-15   Furman              11-22     .333     5-13
2015-16   Furman              19-16     .543     11-7         $
2016-17    Furman              23-11     .676     14-4         $

2016-17    Drake**              7-24     .226     5-13
2017-18    Drake                17-17     .500     10-8         $

2017-18    Colorado State**   11-21     .343     4-14
2018-19   Colorado State    12-20     .375     7-11
2019-20   Colorado State    20-12    .625     11-7        $*
2020-21   Colorado State!    20-8     .714    14-4#        $
** Seasons prior to Medved taking over program
# School record for conference wins in a season
$ Postseason action for the program (2020 postseason canceled due to COVID-19)
! Season shortened due to COVID-19 protocols)

The Road Is Unique This Year
• Because of six neutral site games in non-conference play (though Birmingham will hardly be neutral for Alabama on Dec. 21), Colorado State's first "true" road game in an opponent's home arena is not until Dec. 28 at The Pit vs New Mexico, 49 days from the start of the season.
• This is the longest time from the opening of the season until Colorado State played a true road game in the program's modern history.
• The last time CSU played its first road game of the year this late was in the 1971-72 season (which wasn't allowed to start until Dec. 1), when the Rams played Arizona in Tempe on Jan. 14, 1972 (a 78-74 UA win). CSU finished 15-9 that year.

Challenging Schedule
• CSU has seven guaranteed opponents and two other possible opponents that played in postseason in 2020-21 on this year's schedule, combining for at least nine games.
• Alabama, Creighton, San Diego State, Oral Roberts and Utah State all competed in the NCAA Tournament, as CSU is 2-0 against those opponents so far.
• Saint Mary's and Mississippi State were in the NIT with Colorado State.

Medved vs. 2021-22 Opponents
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Air Force                  6-0          4-0         2-0         -
Alabama                           First Meeting
Arkansas-Pine Bluff     2-0          2-0           -          -
Boise State                2-4          1-2          1-1        0-1
Bradley                     3-1           1-0          1-0        1-1
Creighton                  1-0            -             -         1-0
Fresno State              6-1          4-0          1-1        1-0
Little Rock                         First Meeting
Mississippi State                 First Meeting
Nevada                     1-4           1-1          0-3         -
New Mexico               3-1          3-0          0-1         -
Northeastern                     First Meeting
Northern Colorado      0-1            -           0-1         -
Oral Roberts              1-0           1-0           -          -
Peru State                 1-0           1-0           -          -
Saint Mary's (CA)         0-1            -           0-1         -
San Diego State          1-4          0-2          1-2         -
San Jose State           5-0          1-0          2-0       2-0
Tulsa                        1-0            -             -         1-0
UNLV                       3-3          3-1          0-2         -
Utah State                 1-6          0-2          1-3        0-1
Wyoming                  5-3          2-0         3-2       0-1
TOTALS                 42-29       24-8       12-17      6-4

CSU vs. 2021-22 Opponents
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Air Force                 84-33       46-11       34-18      4-4
Alabama                   0-1            -             -         0-1
Arkansas-Pine Bluff     4-0          4-0           -          -
Boise State               12-15         9-5         2-9        1-1
Bradley                     1-0            -             -         1-0
Creighton                 2-3           1-1          0-2       1-0
Fresno State            23-18        17-3        3-13       3-2
Little Rock                 0-2          0-1          0-1         -
Mississippi State         1-0           1-0           -          -
Nevada                   10-16         6-4         4-11       0-1
New Mexico             49-78       36-26      12-50      1-2
Northeastern              1-0            -             -         1-0
Northern Colorado    69-36       50-12       18-24      1-0
Oral Roberts              4-1          3-0          1-1         -
Peru State                 1-0           1-0           -          -
St. Mary's (Calif.)         2-2            -            1-1        1-1
San Diego State        42-46       26-14       14-28      2-4
San Jose State          22-0         9-0         9-0       4-0
Tulsa                       3-3           1-1          1-2        1-0
UNLV                      19-41        14-16       5-24       0-1
Utah State               40-60      28-20      12-37      0-3
Wyoming                98-137      53-56      42-76     3-5
TOTALS                487-492   305-170   158-297 23-26

CSU vs. 2021-22 Conference Foes (-MW)
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
American Athletic       11-19         6-4         2-10       3-5
Atlantic 10                 4-4          1-0          1-1        2-3
Big East                    3-4           1-1          0-2       2-1
Big Sky                  140-75      99-21       38-51      3-3
Colonial Ath. Assoc.    3-2           1-1            -         2-1
Ivy League                3-0          1-0          1-0        1-0
Missouri Valley          14-13         8-1          3-9       3-3
Pac-12                   124-251      79-90      36-151     9-10
Southeastern            10-8          5-2         2-5       3-1
Southwestern Athletic 10-0         9-0           -         1-0
Sun Belt                   13-5         10-2         2-2        1-1
Summit League        107-75       69-31      36-43      2-1
West Coast              66-110      42-34      14-67     10-9
Divison II/Other        201-91      150-36     42-49     9-6
TOTALS                709-657   481-223   177-390 51-44

Experience Gained=Success in '21-'22?
• In 2020-21, CSU ranked 311th in terms of experience and youth in NCAA Division I basketball, yet finished among the top 70 teams in the nation.
• This year, CSU returns all five starters and nine total letterwinners from the 2021 NIT run.
• Here is a look at what CSU returns in production, making many optimistic about what the season could hold.
2021-22 Returners Production Breakdown (Total (%))
Category       So. (4)         Jr. (5)          Sr. (2)          Total
> Points        241 (11.6)     1,211 (58.4)     539 (26.0)     1,991 (96.1)
> Rebounds   134 (15.0)     551 (61.8)     180 (20.2)     938 (97.2)
> Assists       45 (11.0)      260 (63.7)      65 (15.9)      370 (90.7)
> Steals        20 (12.2)      76 (46.3)      55 (33.5)       151 (92.1)
> Blocks       20 (26.7)      34 (45.3)      20 (26.7)       74 (98.7)
> Minutes     809 (14.4)   2,800 (50.0)   1,623 (29.0)   5,232 (93.4)

Tonje With Career Night To Open
• Junior John Tonje came out with a stellar performance in the opening night win over 2021 NCAA Sweet 16 team Oral Roberts Nov. 9.
• Entering the contest with a previous career high of 15, Tonje was inserted in the starting lineup to help the defensive alignment but also made a great impact on offense. He tallied a career-high 31 points (18 of which came in the first half), while shooting 10-of-14 on field goal attempts, including 3-7 on triples, and making all eight free throw attempts.

Roddy Named To Malone Watch List
• Junior David Roddy was named to the Karl Malone Award Watch List, announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. One of 20 named to the initial watch list, this honor recognizes the top power forward in men's college basketball.
• A 2021 First-Team NABC All-District and All-Mountain West selection as well as a 2021-22 preseason All-MW pick, Roddy showed his development in his second year. As a sophomore, he increased both his scoring and rebounding averages, going from 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds a game last season to a team-bests of 15.9 points and 9.4 rebounds. Those numbers were even higher in MW play at 16.6 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, ranking, fourth and second, respectively, in the league. One of the toughest matchups in the Mountain West, Roddy hit 55.3 percent of his shots from the field, also second in the Mountain West, and ranked 13th in assists at 2.83 per game. Roddy's best game was in the 22-point win over Boise State, where he recorded career bests of 27 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. He also was just shy of the program's first triple-double when he had 12 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists in the March 3 win over New Mexico. He has recorded 10 double-doubles this season, nine of them coming in conference play, with the two against Fresno State and the double-double in the comeback win at SDSU earning him Mountain West Player of the Week honors.
• This year after missing part of the opener with an upper body injury, Roddy has since then set career highs in scoring twice, including 30 points in the first round of the Paradise Jam against Bradley.
• Roddy had another career night against Creighton, Nov. 21, scoring 36 points with seven three-pointers to lead CSU to the Paradise Jam championship game.

Defense Setting A Tone
• CSU showed an improved defensive effort and shows clearly in the stats, despite having the 311th club in the country in terms of experience entering the 2020-21 year.
• In 2020-21, the Rams were ranked in the top 75 nationally in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, three-point field goal percentage defense and defensive rebounds.
• CSU held opponents under 60 points for five consecutive games. The last time CSU held opponents each under 60 points that many consecutive games was in 2012-13 (NCAA Tournament bid and win over Missouri season), where they held six straight opponents under 60.
• The Rams had back-to-back games holding an opponent under 50 points on Feb. 27 and March 1. This was the first time it has happened since the 2014-15 season and the first time it has happened in head coach Niko Medved's eight-year career spanning three schools.
• Colorado State also gave up just 44 points to Air Force March 1, the lowest opponent output since Jan. 17, 2015, a 70-41 win at San Jose State. It was also the third-lowest overall opponent scoring total in Medved's career (second lowest vs Division I school).
• This year, the Rams had at least five blocks in each of the first three games. This was the first time that CSU has had three-straight contests with five or more rejections since 2006-07.

Getting Offensive (Fouls Drawn That Is)
• Part of CSU's improved defense is drawing offensive fouls on its opponents.
• The Rams averaged 3.5 offensive fouls drawn on their opponents in 2020-21 and had at least 3 in 23 of the 28 games.
• CSU's season high was seven in the home win over Fresno State on Dec. 28 and the Feb. 27 win over Air Force.

Starters Get It Going
• CSU's starters getting the scoring going was big last year, as the Rams were 17-2 last year when that group scored at least 54 points.
• In the season-opening win over Oral Roberts, the starting group had 56 points, while the bench chipped in 53.
• This year CSU is 3-0 when the starters tally at least 54.

More Improvement To See
• Basketball is a game where the numbers generally tell the story. For the Rams, here are some of the categories with NCAA rankings that they have improved on from 2018-19 to 2020-21 that demonstrate why.
CSU's Team Rankings    18-19    19-20     NCAA    20-21 NCAA
Scoring Def.               75.2    72.09     252nd    65.8    54th
Scoring Margin            -0.4    +3.44     133rd     +8.9    42nd
FG Percentage Def.      45.5     44.3      251st     41.2    60th
FT Percentage            69.4     67.9     272nd     79.2     6th
3-Pt. Percentage Def.     35.5     34.2     252nd    30.3    27th
Turnovers Forced         11.06    12.69     219th    13.68   140th
Defensive Rebounds    25.78   26.84      85th     27.40   48th

Hitting From Deep
• Last year's squad that ranked in the top 70 in the country in three-point field goals made features three of the most prolific three-point shooters in school history (who are all back this year).
• In the win over Creighton Nov. 21, CSU hit a school and Paradise Jam Tournament record 20 three-pointers. The mark is tied for the second most in Mountain West history.
• Junior Isaiah Stevens and seniors Kendle Moore and Adam Thistlewood are all in CSU's top-30 for 3-point field goal percentage.
10.       .411     Antwan Scott        (97-236)          2014-16
11.        .406    Sean Morris          (89-219)         2004-06
12.       .400    A.Masinton-Bonner (100-250)        2016-19
13.       .399    Isaiah Stevens      (103-258)    2019-pres.
14.       .398    Ryan Yoder          (123-309)        1990-94
15.       .397    Keith Bonds          (114-287)         1991-93
16.       .397    Tyson Maroney      (73-184)          1990-94
17.       .397    Andre Mcfarland    (144-363)         2007-11
18.       .394    Jameel Mahmud    (117-297)         1994-98
19.       .389    David Evans          (150-386)        1994-96
20.      .388    Adam Nigon         (124-320)         2007-11
21.       .384    Adam Thistlewood (165-430)    2018-pres.
28.      .373    Kendle Moore      (144-386)    2018-pres.

National Rankings (Team/Players)
(as of Nov. 21, 2021)
Team (Top 75 of 350 Division I teams)
3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage                     45.6         6th
Field Goal Percentage                            53.6          7th
Scoring Offense                                   89.80       11th
Free Throw Percentage                          80.2        23rd
Assist/Turnover Ratio                             1.69        23rd
3-Pt. Field Goals Per Game                      10.40       34th
Assists                                               17.60       37th
Turnovers (Fewest)                                10.40       37th
Scoring Margin                                     +19.00      51st
Blocked Shots                                      5.20         51st
Defensive Rebounds                             29.40      57th
Free Throws Made                                69          66th
Players (top 100 nationally)
Isaiah Stevens
Total Assists                                        33            5th
Assists Per Game                                  6.6           11th
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio                         4.12         29th
David Roddy
Total Field Goals Made                           42            4th
Points Per Game                                   23.6          7th
Double-Doubles                                   2           t-21st
Free Throws Made                                21          t-21st
Free Throw Attempts                             31          t-21st
Total Field Goal Attempts                       72           31st
Defensive Rebounds Per Game                6.40        67th
Rebounds Per Game                              8.6         85th
Field Goal Percentage                            58.3         91st

Closing In On A Historic Mark (x4)
• Barring injuries, Colorado State will have four players reach the 1,000-point career mark during this season, as only 30 have reached that mark previously for the Rams. Shown are where the four players currently are and their current ranking on CSU's all-time scoring chart.
• Junior David Roddy - 929 points (#40)
• Junior Isaiah Stevens - 927 points (#41)
• Senior Kendle Moore - 857 points (#54)
• Senior Adam Thistlewood - 842 points (#57)

Double-Doubles
• The Rams have three players that have combined for 20 double-doubles in their young careers, including three via points-assists, as the program total is now 660 since 1965-66.
David Roddy                                        16 (2 in 2021-22)
Isaiah Stevens                                     4 (1 in 2021-22)
Dischon Thomas                                1 (1 in 2021-22)

Points/Assists Double-Double Career Leaders
(18 total in history)
1.         Ryan Yoder (1990-94)                  6
2.        Isaiah Stevens (2019-pres.)          4

DOUBLE-DOUBLE RANKINGS TOTAL
(105 Players since 1965-66)
1.         Nico Carvacho (2015-20)              49
5.        Tim Hall (1971-75)                        23
11.       David Roddy (2019-pres.)            16

Moving On Up
• Seniors Kendle Moore and Adam Thistlewood are looked at to help lead this team as two of the five returning starters.
• For their careers, the fourth-year roommates have played in a combined 188 of a possible 192 games (179 starts) and contributed 18.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and better than 37.8 percent from the three-point arc as a duo.
• Both are now in the career top 20 for CSU in three-pointers as Thistlewood is fifth at 165 and Moore has 144 and is tied for 13th. Moore is also fifth in career steals with 123.

Career 3-Pointers List
3.        197      Dorian Green        (130 Games)   2009-13
4.        167      J.D. Paige             (124 Games)    2015-19
5.        165     Adam Thistlewood (94 games)   2019-pres.
6.        158     Daniel Bejarano     (100 Games)    2011-15
7.        154     Mark Meredith       (59 Games)     1989-91
8.        152     Prentiss Nixon       (94 Games)     2015-18
9.        150     David Evans         (55 Games)    1994-96
          150     Joe De Ciman       (123 Games)    2012-16
11.        149     Gian Clavell          (70 Games)     2014-17
12.       148     Wes Eikmeier        (96 Games)    2009-13
13.       144     Andre McFarland (114 Games)     2007-11
          144     Kendle Moore       (94 games)   2019-pres.

Career Steals
3.        141      Eddie Hughes                            1978-82
4.        128     Brian Greene                           1999-03
5.        123     Kendle Moore      (94 games) 2019-pres.

Career Free-Throw Percentage
14.       .815     Adam Thistlewood (94 games)   2019-pres.

Career 3-Point Field Goal Percentage
21.       .384    Adam Thistlewood (94 games)   2019-pres.
28.      .373    Kendle Moore (94 games)         2019-pres.

Junior Class Continuing Impact
• The junior class of guards Isaiah Stevens and John Tonje, forward David Roddy and center Dischon Thomas are showed the growth in their second year of collegiate basketball.
• Roddy was first in scoring at 15.9 points per game and the top rebounder at 9.4 (2nd in MW), while Stevens was second in scoring at 15.3 points and first with 5.4 assists (#2 MW) per game. Roddy was a NABC First Team All-District, USBWA All-District, First Team All-MW pick while Stevens was named to the USBWA All-District squad as well as second team for the NABC All-District and Mountain West.
• Tonje was fifth at 6.6 points per game (having averaged 3.6 as a freshman in 2019-20), while Thomas averaged 5.2 points and 3.1 boards a contest (up from 3.8 and 2.2 respectively).

CSU Career Ranks
Isaiah Stevens
Assists Per Game                                       2nd      5.1
Free Throw Percentage                               9th     .839
3-Point Field Goal Percentage                       13th    .399

Career Assists
1.         530     Ryan Yoder                              1990-94
4.        387     Eddie Hughes                            1978-82
5.        373     Dorian Green                             2009-13
6.        367     Micheal Morris                          2002-06
7.        352     Matt Barnett                              1994-98
8.        329     Isaiah Stevens                        2019-pres.
9.        327     Andy Birley                               1999-03

Conference Only Rankings
• Here are the team categories the Rams' ranked in the top three in Mountain West only games and where the individual players appeared in the rankings in 2020-21.
                                                                   (2020-21 final)
CSU's Team Rankings                 Rank   Avg.
Scoring Offense                        1st      77.00
Field Goal Percentage                 1st       49.1
Free Throw Percentage               1st      80.8
3-Point FG Percentage Defense    1st       31.1
3-Point Field Goal Percentage       2nd     37.3
3-Point Field Goals Made             2nd     9.22
Assists                                    2nd    15.50
Defensive Rebounds Per Game     2nd    27.28
Rebounding Defense                  3rd     31.22
Scoring Margin                          3rd     +9.89

2020-21 Individual MW ONLY RankS (CSU only)
Scoring                        4.    David Roddy          16.56
                               t-10.    Isaiah Stevens        15.00

20. Kendle Moore 10.94

Rebounding 2. David Roddy 9.94

19. Isaiah Stevens 4.61
Field Goal Percentage 2. David Roddy 55.3

Free Throw Percentage 4. Isaiah Stevens 84.1

5. David Roddy 77.1

3-Pt. FG Made t-8. Kendle Moore 2.06
t-10. Adam Thistlewood 1.89

t-10. Isaiah Stevens 1.89

Assists 2. Isaiah Stevens 5.94

13. David Roddy 2.83
Assist-to-Turnover 6. Isiaah Stevens 1.62

Blocked Shots t-12. Adam Thistlewood 0.72
t-12. David Roddy 0.72

                                 14.    James Moors          0.67
Steals                        t-9.    Kendle Moore          1.29
Offensive Rebounds       6.    David Roddy           2.39

Defensive Rebounds 1. David Roddy 7.56

13. Isaiah Stevens 4.11

Minutes Played 4. Isaiah Stevens 34.84

12. David Roddy 31.16

The Historic Comeback at SDSU
• CSU's rally from 26 points down at #23 San Diego State on Jan. 2 made history in several ways.
• It is the largest comeback in both school and Mountain West history. The previous largest comeback in CSU history occurred under Medved last season, as the Rams rallied from 19 down at Wyoming to earn a 77-70 win on Feb. 15, 2020.
• It is the largest comeback win in Division I men's basketball this season and one of just five road comebacks of 26 points or more in a game between Division I opponents over the past 10 seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
• This was the first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 29, 2012, a 66-59 win over #17 UNLV at Moby Arena.
• This was the first road win over a ranked opponent since Jan. 5, 1973, a 93-86 win at #15 BYU.
• CSU had lost 28 straight games on the road against ranked teams before the win.
• CSU moved to 3-0 in Mountain West play for the first time in the 22-year history of the league.

Postseason History
• Colorado State made its 21st postseason appearance in school history last year.
• This was the 10th appearance in the National Invitation Tournament, having gone 9-11 overall.
• Last year, the Rams defeated Buffalo and NC State to advance to the Final Four. From there, CSU lost to eventual champion Memphis in the semifinals and then dropped a heartbreaker to Louisiana Tech in the third-place game.
• The most successful run was in 1988, when CSU went to the semifinals in New York City, losing to Ohio State in that game and then defeating Boston College for third.

2020-21 Awards
• National Association of Basketball Coaches
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team
• US Basketball Writers Association All-District
- Niko Medved, Coach of the Year
- David Roddy
- Isaiah Stevens
• All-Mountain West from the league's coaches
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team
- Adam Thistlewood, Honorable Mention
• All-Mountain West from the league's media
- Niko Medved, Coach of the Year
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team

2020-21 Season Quick Hits
• CSU had back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2011-12/2012-13, when Niko Medved was an assistant coach on the staff. This was also just the fourth time that the mark has been reached in program history.
• This was also the fourth time that the Rams have won multiple postseason games in a year.
• Colorado State picked up its 14th conference win March 3, the most wins in any conference season in program history.
• The Rams were the only team in the Mountain West not to get swept in a season series and had five series sweeps.

Looking Ahead
• Colorado State retuns home to host in-state rival Northern Colorado on Sat., Nov. 27 at 12 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast by on KCDO Denver 3 along with streamed on the Mountain West Network and CSURams.com.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon handling the broadcast.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices). Fans can use the app for instant access to free gameday audio streams and receive push notifications to remind them of games starting or upcoming audio broadcasts.

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