Colorado State men ready for Mountain West play after hitting bottom

Rams to be tested early against two of the league's best

Colorado State will look for a fresh start with the beginning of conference play Saturday after recently losing leading scorer Gian Clavell, center, for the season. (Michael Bettis / For the Reporter-Herald)

FORT COLLINS — If nothing else, the non-conference season was interesting for Colorado State.

Before the season, coach Larry Eustachy said this year's squad was the best-shooting team he's ever had. And that sure looked like the case early as the sharp-shooting Rams stormed out to a 5-0 start with a pair of RPI top-100 wins over Northern Iowa and Oakland.

But the way the CSU was winning — outscoring teams from the perimeter, rather…