Carvacho comes back to the Rams

Colorado State forward Nico Carvacho, the Mountain West’s leading rebounder last season (12.3) during league play, will return to the Rams after exploring his transfer options.

Carvacho posted a message Saturday on Twitter that included: “After getting to know Coach (Niko) Medved and staff, talking with my family and praying, I have decided to stay in Fort Collins and remain a Ram! Ready to work and get back to the top!”

Carvacho, a redshirt junior next season, earned honorable mention allmountain West last season by coaches and the media. He tallied 10 double-doubles against conference opponents, and against San Jose State, he had 26 points and 20 rebounds.

Carvacho’s return bolsters a roster that will not include Prentiss Nixon, the Rams’ leading scorer last season, who announced Friday he will transfer.

Staff set. The school announced late Friday that Dave Thorson — an accomplished Minnesota high school coach that spent last season with Medved at Drake — will round out the Rams’ staff. Thorson joins JR Blount and Ali Farokhmanesh, also former Drake assistants.

“Dave is a person I have known and admired for a long time,” Medved said in a news release. “He is a tremendous coach and person and was one of the most successful coaches in Minnesota high school basketball. He brings that wealth of knowledge and character to our program here and I am excited to have him here at Colorado State as he will be a key part of achieving our goals.”

At Delasalle High School in Minneapolis, Thorson won nine state championships, the most by any coach in state history, over a 23-year career.