Colorado State Rams defeat Boise State, win Mountain West Conference title
The Colorado State Rams men's basketball team defeated Boise State in the final of the Mountain West Conference Tournament final on Saturday.
They defeated the Broncos by a score of 69 to 56 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
With the win -- CSU's first MWC conference title in over 20 years -- the Rams gained an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.The Rams and head coach Niko Medved will head into the tournament with an impressive 25-9 record and will find out their first round opponent on Selection Sunday in less than 24 hours.
CSU entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed and made it to the final after wins over Nevada and Utah State. This will be the third time in four years the Rams will play in the NCAA Tournament.
On Selection Sunday, the Rams learned they will face Memphis in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will take place on Friday at noon (Mountain Time) in Seattle.
