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Colorado State vs. Nevada odds, prediction: MWC squads with March Madness potential clash in Reno | Sporting News
It’s not quite February, so panic mode hasn’t arrived just yet, but Nevada is badly in need of a home win Wednesday against Colorado State.
Last time they took the court at Lawlor Events Center, the Wolf Pack were 15-1, enjoying one of the most impressive seasons in the country. They lost to Boise State in a game where their offense fizzled out, and have since lost road games at San Diego State and Wyoming, the latter of which came as a nasty letdown.
Nevada (15-4 SU, 11-8 ATS) now finds itself in seventh place of an 11-team league that many undervalue. Already in free fall, a loss here would do significant damage. Fortunately, wins against Colorado State (15-3, 11-7) and this weekend at New Mexico would rescue the season and put it back on track.
That’s easier said than done, since the Rams are ranked 27th in the latest NCAA NET Rankings, behind only San Diego State (20th) and New Mexico (24th) within the Mountain West. Right now, it would be comfortably in the bracket.
Handicapping Colorado State vs. Nevada betting odds and props hinges on whether the Wolf Pack being at home can help remedy their recent slide, or whether they’re running into Stevens’ Rams at the worst possible time. They have a handful of quality wins, with CSU having taken down Creighton, Colorado, Washington and New Mexico.
Nevada won the Diamond Head Classic, highlighted by an upset of TCU, and has true road wins at Washington and Hawai’i, so both of these teams should have worthy resumes on Selection Sunday if the next month-plus goes well.
The Wolf Pack won last season’s meeting 80-69 in Reno en route to an NCAA Tournament appearance after being swept by Colorado State the previous season. They’ll meet again in Fort Collins on Feb. 27. Both matchups will be televised on FS1 and will go a long way in dictating whether these teams will be dancing come March.
Colorado State vs. Nevada odds: Point spread, moneyline, total
Here are the latest college basketball betting odds for the Rams vs. Wolf Pack:
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Colorado State trailed “Jekyll and Hyde” UNLV over the weekend as the teams headed down the stretch, but point guard Isaiah Stevens scored or assisted on 16 of the final 20 points to help grab a late lead.
Stevens is one of the nation’s top point guards, ranking third nationally in assists (7.2 per game). He manages to keep his group poised on the road due to his steady excellence. At this level, it’s hard to find a more trustworthy point guard who can also light you up on a hot-shooting night.
He’s been reliably great, and has led the Rams to the Mountain West’s top offensive rating (16th nationally) and 81.3 points per game (42nd of 362).
After tight road losses to MWC co-leaders Boise State and Utah State, the Rams stared adversity in the face last week, playing down to Air Force’s level, requiring OT to pull away and win as a 15.5-point favorite.
Then they were down double-digits to the Runnin’ Rebels at home before Stevens and Colorado transfer Nique Clifford led them back. Both have shot the ball extremely well all season, so that was no surprise, but the team’s other top two players must continue to step up to garner success.
The Rams have a great coach in Niko Medved, who routinely churns out surprise teams and preaches ball movement, but they’re not terribly deep. The bench has been hit or miss. CSU needs Division II transfer Joel Scott to continue being a top rebounder and force down low, and he must stay out of foul trouble. 6-foot-8 Pat Cartier, another D-II import, will have to hit shots to help keep the floor spread.
Colorado State is 2-2 in true road games, with the wins coming at Northern Colorado and Loyola Marymount, so this would become its top conquest. Ranking in the top-30 nationally in 3-point shooting percentage (.376), CSU will need to knock down shots in Reno to pull off what oddsmakers would consider a slight upset.
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Nevada betting news: Blackshear, Lucas need to lead charge to avoid another loss
It’s no secret that the Wolf Pack are led by fifth-year senior guards Kenan Blackshear and Jarod Lucas, but those two were specifically left out of players whose defense head coach Steve Alford praised in an interview with Nevada SportsNet, as he referenced what he’s seen during his team’s slide, stating “we got lit up in the backcourt.”
Blackshear, who started his career at Florida Atlantic, is a 6-foot-6 point guard who can get wherever he wants and will have to find a way to disrupt Stevens. He and Lucas, a 6-3 shooter who originally played at Oregon State, combined to shoot 11-for-21, scoring 31 points and seven assists in last season’s 11-point win. They’re being called on to respond at both ends of the floor to make sure Nevada ends this skid.
The Aztecs and Cowboys both exploited holes in the Wolf Pack’s defense, and a huge Wyoming run led to their demise in this weekend’s upset. Rebounding has been a part of the bleeding, so early breakdowns on fundamentals will be a sign of trouble given what Alford has prioritized in preparation for this one.
His team is still surrendering just 65.5 points per game (43rd nationally) and has a solid defensive rating, so this could just be a blip and a wake-up call.
Then again, this three-game losing streak is Nevada’s longest since taking a 22-7 record into its final regular-season contest last February. It wound up losing that, its Mountain West Conference Tournament opener and then an NCAA Tournament First Four game to Arizona State.
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Colorado State vs. Nevada ATS pick
This is a game the Rams can win and they come in with momentum, but the Wolf Pack have to be feeling a sense of desperation given how close they are to letting everything they’ve accomplished to date go to waste.
They’ve denied Stevens in Reno before, and after allowing Wyoming to drain one perimeter look after another, ensuring that doesn’t happen at Lawlor is going to be a driving force. Blackshear has pro aspirations, so outplaying the conference’s top guard is a personal challenge, so we’re about to find out just what this Nevada team and its leader is all about.
There’s concern over free throw woes of late since they’ll have to make them down the stretch to cover, but the team is 23-2 over their last 25 home games and hasn’t fallen there in consecutive games since the end of a disastrous 2022 run. Alford’s team should be good enough to survive here.
Pick: Nevada
The Las Vegas Raiders have orchestrated many groundbreaking moves this offseason, but none as important as the impact they made at a fundraising event.
Over the weekend, the Raiders hosted the Silver & Black Gala, raising $2.5 million for mental health in Nevada. Sunday marked the third time the organization had hosted the event, which has produced a tremendous turnout.
Several individuals spoke during the event, including Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis and president Sandra Douglass Morgan, who each highlighted the importance of acknowledging mental health.
Davis’ Thoughts
- “We’re here to raise money for mental health, which is one of the most important things we can all deal with,” Davis said. “Every one of us is impacted by mental health and our families, friends, or anywhere else, we are all directly affected. That’s why it’s so critical to raise money for our community. We’re grateful for you all, and appreciate you being here.”
Morgan’s Thoughts
“Mental health remains one of the most urgent issues across Nevada,” Morgan said. “Through the Silver & Black Gala, the Raiders Foundation is helping expand access to trusted, community-based resources that meet people where they are. This year’s recipients reflect the depth and complexity of that work, supporting our community in schools, clubhouses, homes, shelters, and family systems statewide.”
The Raiders also honored former player Carl Nassib and NFL broadcaster Jay Glazer on Sunday night as the winners of the Commitment to Excellence award. Here is what each of them had to say.
Glazer’s Thoughts
- “First, this is incredible what the Raiders are doing,” Glazer said. “God blessed me with the ability to communicate, so I’m going to use that to try and help other people. When we’re willing to share our scars, we turn them into strength—into something that connects us as teammates with nothing to hide. That’s what builds a true team, a championship team. I’m proud to stand with you and be part of this team tonight.”
Nassib’s Thoughts
- “It is truly a privilege to be up here,” Nassib said. “We’re creating space for people to be vulnerable—and that work is truly lifesaving. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about showing up and reminding people they’re not alone.”
Overall Thoughts
This has been a tremendous event over the last few years, and the Raiders’ organization has done a great job of raising awareness for mental health. This will be an event that the team will continue to host in the future.
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The final casino resort in Primm, Nevada, will close this summer after years of declining tourism, ending gaming operations in the once-busy border town and putting hundreds of employees out of work.
Primm Valley Casino Resorts is shutting down its remaining hotel and casino operations in July as experts point to increased competition, changing travel habits and post-pandemic losses behind the decline.
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo (R) is in a strong position heading into the thick of his 2026 reelection bid — a huge war chest, almost universal name recognition and strong favorability numbers among the electorate.
Though Lombardo is likely focusing on the general election already, he faces 6 longshot candidates in the GOP primary seeking to upset him in June.
Nevada Governor GOP primary: 6 longshot candidates taking on incumbent Joe Lombardo
The challengers face a ‘Herculean’ task, said Mike Noble, CEO and founder of Noble Predictive Insights, an Arizona-based nonpartisan pollster focusing on the Southwest region.
“I see it as a Herculean task for anyone. If someone was coming in with like, I don’t know $10 million or something to spend, sure I can see that might be competitive, but I don’t see any of them coming anywhere near close to that. And so again, I just think I think it’s a non-factor at this point,” Noble said.
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Despite the long odds, News 4-Fox 11 reached out to all candidates requesting an interview as part of our commitment to 2026 election coverage and our Know Your Candidates series. Three of the 7 running interviewed with us — Irina Hansen, Kameron Hawkins, Lombardo and Jose Zelaya did not respond to multiple emails requesting an interview.
We asked them similar questions about Gov. Lombardo’s leadership as governor, how they would pass a balanced budget and whether they support taxpayer subsidies for sports teams or major projects.
Click the candidate’s name to watch their full interview. Quotes below have been edited for space and clarity.
Donald J. Beaudry Jr. is an entrepreneur who founded BlkEdgeAi, a financial technology firm specializing in AI-driven trading systems and market strategy, according to his campaign website.
He told News 4-Fox 11 that Nevada has been drifting the last four years with ‘no captain, no vision.’ He believes his Wall Street-like trading market called NGEX (Nevada Global Exchange) would generate enough revenue to eliminate sales taxes, property taxes, business taxes and vehicle registration fees.
“I completely blueprinted it out and calculated that this model could generate enough revenue in this state that we could eliminate all the state taxes and fees that are currently in place and use that as the revenue source for the state and make everybody, every man, woman and child throughout Nevada, a shareholder in the dividends of that exchange … it would be a kind of Wall Street type of stock market, but far broader, more advanced, and exponentially more profitable.”
Matthew Rian Winterhawk is the founder of SmartSlaps foundation, a nonprofit that works to help schools and students with civic engagement and community responsibility.
If elected, he described going through a DOGE-like review of the state budget to determine which areas can be cut or kept depending on their ‘dollar to impact’ ratio.
“What I would like to do is go through every department, I’m talking top to bottom, from here from the primary to the beginning. We will cut every piece of administrative bloat across the system … I need more money for my teachers. Teachers never see it, students never see it, the impact never reaches the classroom. It’s 100% administrative bloat.”
The son of immigrants, Barak Zilberberg is now an entrepreneur and real estate investor based in Las Vegas. He ran for governor in 2022, earning 0.2% of the vote in the GOP primary. He told News 4-Fox 11 he’s also running for President in 2028.
He said he’s running for governor to improve the educational system, bring jobs to Nevada and open up federal land to build more affordable housing.
“We’ve got get high-speed railing systems in here where we can transit very easily, efficiently, and basically moving around between economies of both cities. Not only that, I’d like to bring Disneyland here and the Olympics, sponsor the Olympics here. I just want to make this a well-known place of entertainment, a hub.”
To help voters make informed decisions this election year, News 4-Fox 11 is publishing and broadcasting dozens of interviews with candidates who will appear on the June primary ballot.
In fairness to all candidates, they were asked a series of similar questions. We are posting the full interviews online so voters can watch their responses in their entirety.
Visit our Know Your Candidates 2026 page to view other race previews and meet other candidates.
Email reporter Ben Margiott at bjmargiott@sbgtv.com. Follow @BenMargiott on X and Ben Margiott KRNV on Facebook.
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