CU Buffs No. 9, CSU Rams No. 10 In Latest CBS Sports NCAA Tournament Projections

Last week both the Colorado Buffaloes as well as the Colorado State Rams required victories to cement their footing in the NCAA Tournament. With the normal season relaxing and the conference competitions in advance, both groups are in prime setting to lock up a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has the Buffs as a No. 9 seed and also the Rams as the No. 10 seed in his newest NCAA Tournament brace forecasts. In this projection, Colorado would play the Louisville Cardinals and Colorado State would certainly play the USC Trojans.

Joe Lunardi predicts the tournament area for ESPN as well as he has CU a lot higher than Palm, as he has the Buffs as the No. 5 seed playing the play-in winner in between Xavier as well as Georgia Tech. Lunardi also has CSU as the No. 11 seed playing Texas Tech.

Andy Katz’s tournament projection for NCAA.com is much different from Palm and also Lunardi. He has the Buffs as the No. 6 seed playing the play-in winner between Michigan State and also Boise State. Katz has the Rams totally missing the tournament in his projection.

The Colorado Buffaloes (19-7, 13-6 in Pac-12 Conference), will certainly host Arizona State in their final regular-season video game on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Buffs will certainly then play in the Pac-12 Tournament which takes place from March 10-13, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Colorado State (16-4, 13-3 in Mountain West Conference), has 2 regular-season video games continuing to be. They hold New Mexico on Wednesday at 6 p.m. as well as dip into Nevada on Friday at 7 p.m. The Rams would certainly play in the Mountain West Tournament at the Thomas & & Mack Center in Las Vegas from March 10-13.

If both the Rams as well as Buffs without a doubt are dancing in March, it will be CU’s opening night because 2016 as well as CSU’s first appearance considering that 2013.

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