Rams rout 13th-ranked Aztecs

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01/28/2012 - Fort Collins, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wes Eikmeier netted 19 points, leading Colorado State to a 77-60 upset of 13th-ranked San Diego State on Saturday.

Will Bell finished with 17 points and five rebounds while Dorian Green had 12 points for the Rams (14-6, 3-2 Mountain West), who snapped a brief two-game skid. Pierce Hornung had a big day on the glass for Colorado State, pulling down 13 rebounds to go with a modest eight points.

The Rams also snapped a nine-game losing streak to San Diego State.

Jamaal Franklin paced the Aztecs (18-3, 4-1) with a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Chase Tapley and Xavier Thames donated 10 points apiece in the loss. San Diego State had its 11-game winning streak halted.

The game remained close early, with the score tied at 13 with under 13 minutes to play in the opening 20 minutes, but then Colorado State began to put some separation between themselves and San Diego State.

The Rams went on a 17-4 run to get out to a 30-17 lead, capped by a pair of Eikmeier free throws, with seven minutes to play in the first half.

Tapley finally stopped the run with a layup, but the Rams outscored the Aztecs 10-9 over the final seven minutes of action to take a 40-28 advantage into the locker room.

Colorado State opened the second half with an 8-3 flurry to extend its lead to a comfortable 48-31 margin with 13 1/2 minutes to play.

A pair of free throws by Thames with 5:26 left pulled San Diego State within 12, but the Aztecs didn't get any closer.

Colorado State outscored the Aztecs, 37-32, in the second stanza, and forced them to shoot just 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) in the latter 20 minutes en route to the easy win.

Game Notes

It was the first time that Colorado State knocked off a top-25 team at home since beating Purdue on December 30, 2003..Colorado State owns a 36-31 advantage over the Aztecs in the all-time series...Colorado State shot 49 percent from the floor and 6-of-13 from beyond the arc, while San Diego State suffered through a miserable shooting day, hitting just 31.3 percent from the floor and 3-of-21 from three-point range...The Rams outrebounded San Diego State, 40-30...The Aztecs got the better of the play inside, scoring 24 points in the paint to only 18 for the Rams...Colorado State guard Kaipo Sabas chipped in with 10 points.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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