FORT COLLINS — Colorado State was snubbed Sunday by the NCAA Tournament selection committee, failing to be given one of 36 at-large picks.
Wyoming (25-9) was awarded the No. 12 seed in the East Regional and will play Friday in Seattle against No. 5 seed Northern Iowa (30-3).
CSU has a No. 29 official NCAA RPI and is No. 30 currently by some media outlets). Since the NCAA Tournament since the bracket was expanded to 68 teams in 2011 no team with an RPI under 30 had failed to get in. .
The Cowboys won the Mountain West Tournament on Saturday in Las Vegas to gain the league’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Colorado State (27-6) won its first 14 games of the season and set a school record for victories for a season. The Rams lost to San Diego State in the league tournament semifinals. CSU was swept in two meetings during the regular season by Wyoming.
The Rams watched the Selection Sunday telecast privately in the CSU locker room.
A total of three Mountain West teams received bids.
Boise State has to begin in a midweek play-in “First Four” game in Dayton, Ohio, against the host Dayton Flyers.
San Diego State is the No. 8 seed in the South Regional and will play No. 9 seed St. John’s Friday in Charlotte, N.C.
