[Photo Courtesy of Scott Lentz, MetNews.org]
The No. 1 ranked team in Division 2 basketball, the Metro State Roadrunners, continued to make history, becoming the only Division 2 team to ever win two or more games in the NIT Season Tip-Off with their wins over the Elon Phoenix on Monday and the Canisius Golden Griffins on Tuesday. Read More
After dropping the first-round match-up in the 2013 National Invitational Tournament Season Tip-Off 66-63 to the Rhode Island Rams on Monday, the Metro State Roadrunners rebounded to take the West-Consolation game against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, 87-76, behind Mitch McCarron’s career high 34 points. Read More
![THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT – Roadrunners Guard Brandon “BJ” Jefferson was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason player of the year. [Photo Courtesy of Metro State Athletics]](http://lightningrodsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/metro-story-bj-2.jpg)
THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT – Roadrunners Guard Brandon “BJ” Jefferson was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason player of the year. [Photo Courtesy of Metro State Athletics]
With men’s and women’s soccer coming to an end, it’s time to get basketball tipped off. The men will begin their season with a bang in the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off in Tucson, Arizona. Read More
UP AND IN – Junior Guard Mitch McCarron looks to lead his Roadrunners squad to a Championship. [Photo Courtesy of Metro State Athletics]
With the Men’s Basketball season right around the bend for the Roadrunners, get to know one of the staples of Coach Clark’s squad, Mitch McCarron. Read More
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In our bi-weekly KMet Sports Show, Myself (Anthony Rodriguez), Brandon Hart, and Colton Denning took to the KMet Radio Studios on the Auraria campus in downtown Denver, Colorado and talked sports! Take a listen! Read More
Men’s Soccer Head Coach Ken Parsons giving his team training camp instructions. (Photo Credit: GoMetroState.com)
Starting the new school semester is exciting in itself, but nothing beats the beginning of fall sports. That’s exactly what RoadRunners Men’s Soccer Head Coach Ken Parsons and company are thinking as we are days away from the start of the regular season. Read More
Here’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More
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The very first KMet Radio Sports Show! Myself (Anthony Rodriguez), Brandon Hart, and Colton Denning took to the KMet Radio Studios at the Auraria Campus and talked sports! Read More
Well, what a heck of a run. Unfortunately, it didn’t end the way that Metro State would’ve wanted. After an amazing season in which Metro went 32-2, the Roadrunners fell in the NCAA Division 2 National Championship Game 74-73 to the Drury Panthers.
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With the goal in their minds, and the city of Denver behind them the whole way, the Metro State Roadrunners are advancing to the NCAA Division 2 National Championship Game after defeating the #1 team in the country, the West Liberty Hilltoppers 83-76 in the Final Four. Metro State is heading to Atlanta! Read More
Behind seniors Jonathan Morse, Demetrius Miller, Tyler Cooper, and Derrick January, the Metro State Roadrunners are headed to the Division 2 Final Four. Read More
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Former Metro State Men’s Basketball coach Mike Dunlap had his first gig as NBA head coach start off pretty well with the Charlotte Bobcats. Through their first 12 games, the Bobcats had posted a 7-5 record. A record that had already amassed last season’s win total when they went 7-59 in the lock-out shortened season in 2011. But since November 24th, the Bobcats have lost 14 straight and now sit at 7-19, which is good for 13th in the Eastern Conference. A losing record, let alone coaching a losing team, is not something that Head Coach Mike Dunlap is familiar with. Read More
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