Saturday’s action in the men’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference determined the participants for the postseason tournament, but this coming week’s game will determine the final seedings and set the schedule for the quarterfinal games on March 3.
Adams State (11-7, 17-9), Colorado Mines (10-8, 14-15), New Mexico Highlands (10-8, 12-17), and UCCS (10-8, 15-11) secured the final four berths on Saturday. Black Hills State (15-3, 22-4), Colorado Mesa (14-4, 18-8), Fort Lewis (14-4, 16-9), and CSU Pueblo (13-5, 19-7) earned their berths last week.
The final host role for the March 3 quarterfinals is still to be determined. CSU Pueblo needs one win or an Adams State loss next weekend to secure a home game in the playoffs. The ThunderWolves entertain both Fort Lewis on Thursday and Adams State on Saturday in Pueblo. Adams State is at UCCS in Colorado Springs on Thursday.
Black Hills State, ranked 17th nationally, can secure the No. 1 seed with home wins next week versus Westminster (7-11, 12-14) on Thursday and Colorado Mesa on Saturday. The Yellowjacks defeated Mesa 85-63 in Grand Junction on January 22.
Fort Lewis, which led the RMAC after winning its first 12 conference games before losing its next four, plays at Colorado Christian (7-11, 12-14) in Lakewood on Saturday to end its regular-season schedule.
Saturday’s schedule also featured NCAA Division I wins by Colorado (5-9 Big XII Conference, 15-9), Colorado State (8-8 Mountain West Conference, 17-10), Denver (8-7 Summit League, 15-15) and Northern Colorado (8-7 Big Sky Conference, 18-10) as each schools competes for a better seeding in their conference’s post-season tournaments.
Air Force (0-16 Mountain West, 3-24), which has lost its last 20 games after losing at THE Academy on Saturday to UNLV 91-66, announced on Friday that the school was “parting ways with Joe Scott.” READ MORE
After securing a berth in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s postseason with an 81-66 win over Centenary in Colorado Springs on Friday, Colorado College (10-6, 12-13) ended the season on Sunday at home with a 75-73 win over LeTourneau. The SCAC’s postseason starts next Friday in Conway, Ark., and CC faces Centenary in the quarterfinals at 11 a.m. on Friday.
Here are this week’s results.
Tuesday, February 17
- at New Mexico 98, Air Force 61
- at Westminster 73, Colorado Mesa 68
Wednesday, February 18
- Colorado State 91, at UNLV 86
Thursday February 19
- Colorado Christian 93, at Regis 78
- at Denver 90, South Dakota 70
- Black Hills State 79, at Adams State 69
- UCCS 79, at Colorado Mines 66
- at Fort Lewis 80, Chadron State 65
- Westminster 87, at Western Colorado 72
- CSU Pueblo 67, at MSU Denver 58
Friday, February 20
- at Colorado College, 81, Centenary 62
Saturday, February 21
- UNLV 91, at Air Force 66
- at Colorado 83, Oklahoma State 69
- at Adams State 93, Chadron State 83
- at MSU Denver 73, Colorado Christian 65
- at Colorado Mesa 100, Colorado 90
- CSU Pueblo 70, at Colorado Mines 63
- at Fort Lewis 87, South Dakota Mines 67
- UCCS 85, at Regis 74
- at Colorado State 83, San Diego State 74
- at Denver 82, St. Thomas (MN) 80
- at Northern Colorado 78, Northern Arizona 77
Sunday, February 22
- at Colorado College, 75 LeTourneau 73
Men’s 2-Year Schedule
Wednesday, February 18
- at Southeast 89, Otero 78
- at Trinidad State 90, Lamar 68
- at Northeastern 70, North Platte 69
Thursday, February 19
- at Utah State Eastern 72, Colorado NW 68
Saturday, February 21
- at Snow 100, Colorado Northwestern 87
- Northeastern 84, at McCook 66
- at Southeast 95, Trinidad State 59
- at Lamar 104, Otero 51
Men’s 4-year, Overall, League
- Adams State, 17-9, 11-7
- Air Force, 3-24, 0-16
- Colorado, 15-12, 5-9
- Colorado Christian, 12-13, 7-10
- Colorado College, 12-13, 10-6
- Colorado Mesa, 18-8,14-4
- Colorado Mines, 14-15, 10-8
- Colorado State, 17-10, 8-8
- CSU Pueblo, 19-7, 13-5
- Denver, 15-15, 8-7
- Fort Lewis, 16-9, 14-4
- MSU Denver, 9-17, 7-11
- Northern Colorado, 18-10, 8-7
- Regis, 2-23, 1-17
- UC Colorado Springs, 15-11, 10-8
- Western Colorado, 8-18, 6-12
Men’s 2-year, Overall, League
- Colorado Northwestern, 4-25, 0-14
- Lamar, 14-14, 8-4
- Northeastern, 18-9, 10-3
- Otero, 3-22, 2-9
- Trinidad State, 12-14, 5-6
Standings – Big Sky / Big XII / Mountain West / Summit / Rocky Mountain Athletic / Southern Collegiate Athletic / JC Region IX / Region XVIII
