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We’re proud to welcome Cracker’s College Hoops Blog to RamNation.com. College basketball aficionado Steve Ivy, a long-time RamNationer who goes back to our beginning days 20 years ago, is a great read and we’re happy to have his insights posted here all throughout basketball season! He’ll bring coverage and commentary on both CSU men’s and women’s basketball, as well as opinions on college basketball in general. Enjoy!
Since Coffee is for Closers, have a seat and treat yourself to a nice cup of Joe as you celebrate last night’s victory over a very game UNLV squad. Here’s a few thoughts this AM. As a Fan I felt Robbed My love of college basketball isn’t just driven by the play on the floor. […] READ MORE
There’s a famous line in the movie “Glengarry Glen Ross” where one character tells another “Put that coffee down. Coffee is for closers.” Another way of saying “To the victors go the spoils.” CSU super sophomores Isaiah Stevens and David Roddy are drinking the coffee tonight as they led the Rams seemingly back from the […] READ MORE
Ram point guards McKenna Hofschild and Isaiah Stevens joined us on the latest RamNation Radio Podcast us to talk about their seasons and give fans a glimpse into the lives of two of the best student athletes (and people!) on the CSU campus. RamNation.com’s Joel Cantalamessa and I also discuss the basketball season to date, review the […] READ MORE
San Diego State isn’t the top program in the Mountain West by accident. So you had the feeling they were going to come out like a wounded animal after dropping the first of two games to CSU. The Aztecs found a way to free up elite perimeter shooter Jordan Schakel early and often and he […] READ MORE
With just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Colorado State was almost dead in the water. KenPom.com, the most recognized advanced analytics site in College Basketball, rated the Rams’ win probability at 0.8%. Let that sink in. 0.8% Sounds impossible but think about it. Odds of about 1 in 125. More likely than me […] READ MORE
They say basketball is a game of runs but this was ridiculous. Trailing 33-7 on national TV but no one could see it because the earlier game went over its allotted time. When CBS switched to the CSU-San Diego State game, the switch also went off for the Rams. They closed the half on a […] READ MORE
In the second game of their very first MWC Pandemic Pair, the Colorado State Men’s Basketball team made short work of their opponents from the Valley with a pulsating first-half performance as they completed the sweep. They ran out to a 41-17 halftime lead that could easily have been more. It began with what is […] READ MORE
It wasn’t the prettiest but then again it was a D-1 conference opener, not an art class, as the Colorado State Men’s Basketball team began their 2020-21 MWC season with a resounding win over the Fresno State Bulldogs. Colorado State struggled to establish their tempo offensively in the first half, some of which was created […] READ MORE
I was sitting around the house yesterday feeling a bit down and sorry for myself. Maybe it was the short days of Winter that led to the way I’m feeling. After living in several places around the country, I have made Colorado my home because of the splendor of its blue skies and bright sun. Those […] READ MORE
Who would have thunk it? All signs pointed toward the 2020-21 Colorado State Men’s Basketball team being an offensive juggernaut that needed to overcome defensive deficiencies of the previous season in order to take that next step. But in the upside down world of 2020, they have turned the tables, becoming a potent defensive force […] READ MORE
