The face of Colorado Mesa University basketball is changing with the announcement that Jim Heaps is stepping down as men's head basketball coach to assume the position of Assistant Athletic Director for Student Success. Heaps, who played high school basketball in Delta and then for the Mavericks has served as CMU head coach for 17 seasons.
Five young ladies in the entire country were named to the Women’s Division II Bulletin All-America First Team. Colorado Mesa University Senior Kelsey Sigl is one of the five.
It was their first trip ever to the NCAA Elite 8, and it will be an experience the CMU Women's basketball team will remember for a lifetime. But it's a trip to San Antonio that ends in disappointment as the Mavericks fell to the Dowling College Golden Lions by a score of 60-44. The Mavericks ran into a very tough defensive squad and found nearly every shot to be challenged.
The Colorado Mesa Mavericks are playing today at 1:30pm (MT) against the Dowling Golden Lions down in San Antonio Texas at the Bill Greehey Arena for the NCAA Division II Womens Basketball Elite 8.The Mavericks come into the tournament ranked #4 in the Nation and #1 from the South Central Region. The Golden Lions are ranked #3 out of the East Br
The scoreboard read CMU 69 ; MSU 65. It's the only numbers that matter, and the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks are headed to the NCAA Elite 8 for the first time in school history. Monday's South Central Regional Championship Game against Midwestern State, from Wichita Falls, Texas, was clearly the toughest game the Mavericks played this season, and by no means was it their best game of the year.
The CMU women's basketball team were up against a formidable challenger in the South Central Regional Final, Monday (March 18), facing the Midwestern State University Mustangs. the Mavericks were down by eight at more than once during the first half but managed to tie the score 31-31 by halftime.
It has been a historic season for the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks. Most wins in school history, best winning percentage, the regular season RMAC title, the RMAC conference tournament championship, and two victories in the NCAA Regional Tournament, and now an appearance in the regional championship. The Mavericks are hoping that more history is made tonight at Brownson Arena when they host the Midwestern State Mustangs for the NCAA South Central Regional Championship. A win tonight would give the Mavericks their first ever regional championship in basketball.
The CMU women's basketball team makes it two in a row in the South Central Regional Tournament by defeating the Texas Permian Basin Falcons 78-68 Saturday (March 16) at Brownson Arena.
The Colorado Mesa University women's basketball team scored big to beat Ft. Lewis College at a packed Brownson arena in the first round of the South Central Regional Tournament Friday (March15).
It's been an amazing season for the Colorado Mesa University women's basketball team. An RMAC regular season title, an RMAC Shootout Championship, and with a 28-1 record, the number one seed in the NCAA South Central Regional that begins today at Brownson Arena in Grand Junction. But as historic as this season has been, the Mavericks are hoping to play 6 more games. That's how many more wins it will take to win a national championship.
