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Colorado State and new head coach Ali Farokhmanesh received a commitment from another former four-star recruit through the transfer portal over the weekend.Saturday, former Virginia Tech point guard Brandon Rechsteiner announced on social media that he had committed to the Rams after playing his sophomore season with the Hokies.Rechsteiner played in 32 games and started 15 last season, averaging 7.
0 points and 2.8 assists per game. He had a season-high 19 points in a game against California in the ACC tournament.
As a senior at Etowah High School in Georgia, he averaged 18 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.
8 steals per game. He was a four-star and the 87th-best prospect in the class as a recruit by 247Sports.His commitment brings the total number of portal acquisitions for the Rams this cycle to four.
Rechsteiner joins former Marist guard Josh Pascarelli, former Illinois forward Carey Booth and former Washington guard Jase Butler as new players for the 2025-26 season.With the addition of the four transfers, the Rams still have spots open for three more.Rams to play in BahamasColorado State will spend Thanksgiving in the Bahamas next season.
CSU will be a part of the 2025 Battle 4 Atlantis field in November, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported last week.The Rams are expected to be one of four teams in the field that qualified for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The other three are Saint Mary’s, Vanderbilt and VCU.
Rothstein reported that the other teams in the Battle 4 Atlantis field are Virginia Tech, South Florida, Western Kentucky and Wichita State.The tournament will take place Thanksgiving week. Dates and matchups for the games will be announced at a later date.
Clifford named HM All-AmericanLast Friday, former CSU standout Nique Clifford was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.Clifford earned first-team all-Mountain West Conference honors after averaging 18.4 points, 9.
7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in the regular season, leading the Rams in all three categories.Defensively, he led the Mountain West in defensive rebounds (8.
2) while recording 1.2 steals a game. He posted 12 double-doubles in the regular season, closing out the regular season with a career-best 36 points as the Rams beat Boise State on the road to finish second in the standings after being projected to finish seventh.
He was named Mountain West Tournament MVP after leading the Rams to the tournament championship. He also became CSU’s single-season scoring leader during the team’s second-round loss to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament..
