New Mexico
Colorado State vs New Mexico prediction, odds, pick, how to watch
Colorado State faces New Mexico. Our college basketball odds series includes our Colorado State New Mexico prediction, odds, and pick.
The Colorado State Rams take on the New Mexico Lobos. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Colorado State New Mexico prediction and pick. Find how to watch Colorado State New Mexico.
The New Mexico Lobos have taken some pressure off their backs. They had lost at home to UNLV a few weeks ago, getting swept by the Rebels and losing in consecutive seasons to Vegas, despite the fact that UNLV has been one of the Mountain West’s most disappointing teams on a continuous basis. After the loss to UNLV, there was reason to think New Mexico was on the verge of repeating the February implosion last year which caused the Lobos to miss the NCAA Tournament in spite of being the last Division I team to lose within that same season. New Mexico was doing great through late January of 2023 but absolutely fell apart in February to miss the NCAAs.
Was this pattern — this downward spiral — about to happen again? People in Albuquerque and around the country were asking it and thinking it. New Mexico needed to drive out the demons and re-establish itself as a clear-cut NCAA Tournament team.
Then came the moment which might be looked back on as the time New Mexico buried its ghosts and its past.
The Lobos, trailing 80-77 in overtime at Nevada, were in trouble. Jamal Mashburn Jr. decided to do something about it. Jamal Mashburn’s father played for Rick Pitino at Kentucky in the early 1990s and resurrected Kentucky basketball. Mashburn Jr. is playing for Rick’s son Richard at New Mexico. He might have resurrected Lobo basketball by hitting two 3-pointers to lift New Mexico to a win at Nevada. That result took New Mexico off the middle of the bubble and put the Lobos inside the cut line for the NCAA Tournament. New Mexico isn’t quite a lock — more work is left to do — but the Lobos are now very likely to get in and have a much less daunting path to the field of 68. A win here over Colorado State would come close to sealing a bid for the Lobos, who have shown a lot of resilience all year.
Here are the Colorado State-New Mexico College Basketball odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
College Basketball Odds: Colorado State-New Mexico Odds
Colorado State Rams: +5.5 (-106)
New Mexico Lobos: -5.5 (-114)
Over: 155.5 (-105)
Under: 155.5 (-115)
How To Watch Colorado State vs New Mexico
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT
TV: CBS Sports Network
Stream: fuboTV (click for a free trial)*
Why Colorado State Could Cover the Spread
The Rams have won four of their last five games. They just drilled Mountain West leader Utah State by 20 points. Isaiah Stevens is an elite guard, arguably the best guard in the Mountain West Conference. CSU has found a groove and has already beaten New Mexico this season, prevailing by eight points at home in early January. If CSU can beat New Mexico by eight at home, it can cover a 5.5-point spread on the road. It would be hard to think New Mexico is 14 points better at home compared to the road in a head-to-head matchup with Colorado State.
Why New Mexico Could Cover the Spread
The Lobos have been strong at home this season. They have lost only twice, and one of those games involved Boise State’s Max Rice having a career game with insane shooting statistics. UNM, if it loses here, would drop back-to-back home games. That very rarely happens, especially when the Lobos are good. They should be able to play their best ball. They will also be motivated by revenge for their loss at Colorado State earlier in the season.
Final Colorado State-New Mexico Prediction & Pick
New Mexico should not be this big a favorite — the number should probably be 3.5 instead of 5.5 — but just the same, stay away here. It’s not an easy game to read.
Final Colorado State-New Mexico Prediction & Pick: Colorado State +5.5
Native Vote 2026
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Laguna Pueblo woman is the front runner to be New Mexico’s next governor.
Shortly after polls closed Tuesday night, Deb Haaland was declared the winner over Bernalillo County district attorney Sam Bregman in the state’s semi-open Democratic Party primary. As of 11:00 p.m., Haaland carried support from 72% of the Democratic primary voters to Bregman’s 28%, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
“We’re showing everyone that a better future in New Mexico is possible,” she told supporters gathered in Albuquerque’s historic Old Town Plaza. “New Mexicans want a leader who will stand up for working people, and who is ready to take on Donald Trump. I proudly accept your nomination as a Democratic nominee.”
Haaland spoke for 13 minutes, at times through a scratchy throat that required her to pause for water breaks. “Excuse me, I’ve been talking with voters all day,” she said while grabbing a water bottle before hitting her campaign stump notes on affordability, health care and public safety.
She will face Republican Gregg Hull, a former mayor from suburban Rio Rancho that won his party’s three-way primary with 47% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
Haaland will be the Democratic Party nominee in a state dominated at every level by Democrats, and is expected to be heavily favored in the general election. With that insight she said her campaign message does translate to Republicans and Independent voters.
“We want our kids to thrive. We want our kids to have a quality, public education. We want every New Mexican to have health care. Everybody wants to feel safe in their neighborhoods, and everybody wants to be able to afford to put a hot meal on their table every night and have a roof over their children’s heads,” she said. “Those issues transcend whatever political spectrum we’re trying to slice and dice people into.”
Shortly after the race was called, Haaland campaign staff, major donors, surrogates, and their families walked from a building on the west side of Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza to the historic plaza core, where the Haaland campaign had set up a stage and reserved the entire plaza for its victory celebration.
“We are now witnessing history in the making,” New Mexico state Rep. Derrick Lente (Sandia Pueblo) said to supporters immediately after Haaland was declared the winner.
Denise Wilie (Dine) also joined the celebration of Haaland’s victory. Wilie said she worked on get-out-the-vote efforts with the Native American Voters Alliance in McKinley County.
“It just is so exhilarating to even think about, a woman and a Pueblo woman,” she said. “Indigenous all the way, is how I feel. I’m like, yes, let’s get more of our voices.”
Haaland was introduced by her two sisters and walked to the stage escorted by a mariachi band.
Speaking to reporters after the event Haaland reflected on voting for a Pueblo woman (herself) for governor.
“I got emotional, quite frankly, when I went to vote for myself because you do that when you’re a candidate,” she said. “We’ve never had a Native American governor in New Mexico. We’re a multicultural state. I think representation matters, especially in a political era such as this one. So, I’m really proud and honored to carry on the legacy of my ancestors, who worked so incredibly hard to make sure that I had a place here today.”
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