Colorado State University Athletics
Thursday, March 17
Indianapolis, IN
10:15 AM
Colorado State
vs
Michigan
Photo by: CSU Athletics Communications
No. 6 Seed CSU To Take On 11th Seeded Michigan in 2022 NCAA Tournament South Region First Round Thursday
3/15/2022 8:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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The Rams and Wolverines will meet for the fourth time ever when they clash in Indianapolis on Thursday at 10:15 am in the day's first game
Opening Tip
• The sixth-seeded Rams will play No. 11 seed Michigan in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region First Round on Thursday, March 17 at 10:15 a.m. MT in Indianapolis. CSU coverage is presented by McDonalds at 2401 S. College in Fort Collins.
• The game will be televised on CBS, with Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel and Jamie Erdahl on the call..
• 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.
• The audio will also be available on Westwood One with Brandon Gaudin and Austin Croshere handling the duties.
• The game will also have live stats on NCAA.com.
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10 Degrees of CSU Basketball
• The sixth-seeded Rams will play No. 11 seed Michigan in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region First Round on Thursday, March 17 at 10:15 a.m. MT in Indianapolis. CSU coverage is presented by McDonalds at 2401 S. College in Fort Collins.
• The game will be televised on CBS, with Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel and Jamie Erdahl on the call..
• 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.
• The audio will also be available on Westwood One with Brandon Gaudin and Austin Croshere handling the duties.
• The game will also have live stats on NCAA.com.
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10 Degrees of CSU Basketball
- Returning two starters and nine letterwinners from last year's 23-5 team advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, Michigan enters the game with a 17-14 overall record and tied for seventh in the Big Ten Conference with an 11-9 record.
- This will be just the fourth meeting between the two programs, with the Wolverines holding a 2-1 advantage. The last meeting between the two schools was in the 2001-02 season, with the Rams picking up their only victory in the series, a 70-66 overtime win in Moby Arena. TBA
- Colorado State University and Coach Niko Medved have agreed to an amended contract that will keep Medved in Fort Collins through the 2028- 2029 season, the school announced.
- CSU has 25 overall wins on the season are the third most in program history and the 83.3 winning percentage is currently tops. The Rams finished at 14-4 in conference play, just the second time in school history that CSU had 14 wins in league, matching last year's 14-4 mark under Niko Medved.
- Medved now seventh in the CSU record book in coaching wins with 77 and is second in winning percentage. He is at 63.1 behind the late Boyd Grant (63.8%, 81-46). TBA
- CSU has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for six weeks this year. Prior to this year, there had only been eight weeks previously in program history that Colorado State was ranked in the Associated Press poll, including four during the 1953-54 season.
- CSU had seven guaranteed opponents that played in postseason in 2020-21 on this year's schedule, combining for 12 games, with the Rams at 10-2 against those teams. This year's schedule featured six teams in the 2022 NCAA Tournament (Boise State, Wyoming, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, Creighton), with CSU going 6=3 against that group. It also had two teams that are in the NIT (Mississippi State, Utah State), with the Rams posting a 3-0 mark against that group
- The Rams have done a great job taking care of possessions and making the most of them. CSU is 16th nationally in fewest turnovers at 10.1 per game and 24th on assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.41.
- Junior forward David Roddy was named a Sports Illustrated Third Team All-American, an honorable mention selection by the Associated Press (the fifth CSU player ever to be recognized as an All-American) and Mountain West Player of the Year (just third ever named conference player of the year). Junior guard Isaiah Stevens joined Roddy with all-conference accolades, earning second team honors from both the coaches and media.
- If the Rams win, they will play in the winner of No. 3 seed and SEC Champion Tennessee and No. 14 seed and Big South Champion Longwood on Saturday, March 19. The game will be televised on the CBS family of networks. 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.
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