The New Mexico Lobos and the Colorado State Rams are set to clash on Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas in a Mountain West Tournament semifinal matchup. Both teams finished the regular season 24-9. New Mexico earned the No. 6 seed in the Mountain West Tournament bracket. The Lobos defeated Air Force 82-56 in their first round game before knocking off Boise State 76-66 in their quarterfinal mat chup. New Mexico is on the NCAA Tournament bubble and likely needs a win in this game to punch its ticket to the Big Dance. CSU earned the No. 7 seed in the Mountain West bracket after climbing as high as No. 13 in the national polls during the regular season. The Rams beat San Jose State 72-62 in their first round game, and then defeated Nevada 85-78 in the quarterfinals. The teams split their two regular season matchups.'
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