FORT COLLINS — Try and keep up with Ali Farokhmanesh’s offense if you can.
After grabbing a pair of important nonconference wins over Wichita State and South Florida last week at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas, Colorado State sits at 6-2 ahead of Saturday’s matchup (3 p.m. via CBS Sports Network) against in-state rival Colorado (8-0). It’s all thanks to a high-powered offense that is clicking on all cylinders, despite so many new faces on the Rams roster.
Through eight games, Farokhmanesh’s squad currently ranks first in the country in 3-point percentage, second in effective field goal percentage, third in free throw percentage, and top 20 in assists per game, not to mention it is the only Mountain West team in the top 50 in Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted offensive efficiency rankings (currently 19th nationally)…