CSU Women's Basketball Sees MSU in Mid-Season Battle for Prestige Titles!
It’s CSU women’s basketball vs. Michigan State in March Madness to open the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Here’s what to know about the first-round game.
Time to Dance. The Colorado State women's basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. The Rams landed a No.
12 seed in the tournament and will play No. 5 Michigan State in the first round. The game will be in Norman in a region hosted by No.
4-seeded Oklahoma. Game time has not yet been announced. This is the second NCAA Tournament appearance under 14th-year CSU coach Ryun Williams and the seventh in program history.
How Colorado State made the 2026 NCAA Tournament CSU enters the NCAA Tournament with a 27-7 record, which is the second-most wins for the Rams under Williams trailing only the 31-2 team in 2016 (which also made the NCAA Tournament). CSU tied with UNLV for second in the Mountain West with a 15-5 conference record and the Rams were the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament due to tiebreakers.