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Maryland vs. Colorado State: Tipoff time, TV details and point spread for Terps-Rams in Round of 32​

Fourth-seeded Maryland basketball fought through five minutes of rigorous competition from No. 13 Grand Canyon on Friday night, then casually shifted into overdrive and turned the Antelopes into a fast-shrinking sight in their rearview mirror for the other 35 minutes. Now they face what looks like a tougher test.​

Fourth-seeded Maryland basketball fought through five minutes of rigorous competition from No. 13 Grand Canyon on Friday night, then casually shifted into overdrive and turned the Antelopes into a fast-shrinking sight in their rearview mirror for the other 35 minutes. The Terps outclassed their smaller-name opponent, 81-49, their largest margin of victory ever in an NCAA Tournament game.

Their next opponent is just one seed better than this one, but 12th-seeded Colorado State might provide a tougher challenge when the Rams (26-9) and Terps (26-8) meet Sunday night at 7:10 p.m. on TBS.

Maryland is a 7.5-point favorite over CSU, which enters on an 11-game winning streak after beating No. 5 seed Memphis. Colorado State trailed by five at halftime against Penny Hardaway's team, which had been 18-0 in games during which it led at halftime, before CSU came back from a halftime deficit and piled 47 second-half points en route to their first Round-of-64 win since 2013.

Led by fast-rising coaching prospect Niko Medved, Colorado State is one of the hottest teams in the tournament. Nick Bromberg of Yahoo Sports wrote:

The Rams went from a team without much shot of making the NCAA tournament to on the bubble and a guaranteed entry over the final month of the season. CSU was 15-9 overall and 9-4 in the Mountain West after losing 93-85 to Utah State on Feb. 11.
Since then, Colorado State has won 11 straight games, including all three of its matchups in the MWC tournament by double digits. The Rams took down Boise State 69-56 on March 15 to get the conference's automatic berth and kick Boise State off the bubble.