Colorado State and Boise State meet for the Mountain West title Saturday. Will the loser be left on wrong side of NCAA Tournament bubble?

There was no second-half magic this time around as the Boise State men’s basketball team fell to Colorado State, 69-56, Saturday afternoon in the Mountain West Tournament title game. The fifth-seeded Broncos (24-10) reached the finals at Thomas & Mack Center with consecutive come-from-behind victories over No.

Nique Clifford scored 24 points and No. 2 seed Colorado State made a Mountain West Championship Tournament-record 12 3s and beat fifth-seeded Boise State 69-56 on Saturday night for its first title since 2003.