Roadrunners win by combined 78 points in back-to-back games
If NCAA Division II rankings were determined by margin of victory alone, the Metro women's basketball team's 78 combined points over Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Christian University would place them at the top.
The Roadrunners' intelligent defense, combined with a relentless transition offense led to two of their biggest Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference wins this season, an 88-36 blowout of the Orediggers, and a 72-46 victory over the Cougars. 
Within these sports pages, I've allowed a number of columns and articles about Metro's lack of a football team. It's old news. Like every sports editor before me, I've listened to the countless arguments for football. I'm still not convinced Metro needs it.
Now that college football season is over and the Broncos are finished, football stories are a thing of The Metropolitan's past. It's time to talk about something this school excels at: basketball.
Roadrunners fall to Mines in OT, recover against Colorado Christian
The Roadrunners' 47-game win streak ended in a surprising 69-65 overtime loss to Colorado School of Mines Jan. 20, in one of the most exciting men's basketball games this season.
The loss was Metro's first since Jan. 23, 2003, against the University of Nebraska-Kearney. It also ended a season-high eight-game win streak. The 'Runners recovered the following evening against Colorado Christian.
regis KOs METRO IN OT
The Metro and Regis University women's basketball teams are two of the biggest rivals in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and it took until overtime Jan. 24 to decide a 79-69 Rangers win.
In the highly physical battle, both teams combined for more than 40 fouls, and four players departed early as a result. The win gave the Rangers a one-game advantage in the RMAC East Division. Regis went 10-0 in the conference, while Metro fell to 9-1.
Imagine a road race across one of Colorado's many byways and a field dominated by cyclists proudly wearing Metro jerseys.
That's what junior Ben Stein sees in the near future of the Metro cycling club.
Stein founded the school's latest athletic club last November, and the Roadrunner cyclists are a mere six weeks from their first race.
"We have to do our best to promote cycling, and that's one of the things I believe in," Stein said. "I want to get back to cycling and make sure everyone does it, because I don't want this thing to end."
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