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Colorado Basketball
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March 21st – Game Day!
… CU in the Arena …
No. 10 CU women taking on No. 7 seed Illinois in Nashville (7:30 p.m., MT, ESPN2)
From CUBuffs.com … Saturday, March 21 • 7:30 p.m. MT
Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tenn.
[10] Colorado (22-11, 11-7 Big 12) vs. [7] Illinois (21-11, 9-9 Big Ten)
TIP: 7:32 p.m. MT
WATCH: ESPN2 (https://buffs.me/4se8IeN) (Jay Alter, Kim Adams)
RADIO: Colorado’s News, Talk & Sports Station, KOA 850AM / 94.1FM (Cory Lopez, Carol Callan)
LISTEN ONLINE: Sirius XM 84, and on the SiriusXM App, or at https://buffs.me/4cTjoLm
LIVE STATISTICS:https://bit.ly/4buLXfM
SERIES RECORD: CU Leads, 4-2 (.667)
LAST MEETING: W, 79-56 (Dec. 7, 2013 • Boulder, Colo.)
STREAK: Won 2 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 4-2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Colorado women’s basketball team (22-11, 11-7 Big 12) is back in action at the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament this week at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn. The 10th-seeded Buffs will match up with seven-seed Illinois (21-11, 9-9 Big Ten) on Mar. 21 at 7:30 p.m. MT in the first round of the tournament.
In the other first-round match at the Nashville site, second-seeded host No. 6 Vanderbilt (27-4, 13-3 SEC) will take on Big South Conference tournament champion High Point (27-5, 13-3 Big South). The winners of the two first-round contests will meet in the second round on Monday, Mar. 23.
The Buffs meet the Fighting Illini for the seventh time in program history on Saturday and for the first time since 2013. CU sports a two-game winning streak versus Illinois, beating the Illini by 23 points in their last meeting in Boulder, 79-56 (Dec. 7, 2013). This will be the teams’ first meeting in the NCAA Tournament.
NCAA TOURNEY BITES: The Buffs make their first appearance in the postseason tournament since the 2023-24 season, and the program’s 17th overall. The Black and Gold have reached three Elite Eights and are 21-16 (.568) in NCAA tournament games. Since the program’s inception, Colorado has advanced to eight regional championship games (Sweet Sixteens), 12 second-round appearances, and 16 first-round appearances (two first-round byes). In 2024, the Buffs reached their second Sweet Sixteen in as many years, defeating 12-seed Drake (86-72) and four-seed Kansas State (63-50) in the first and second rounds, respectively. Colorado fell in the round of 16 to top-seeded Iowa, 89-68 (Mar. 30, 2024). The Buffs are 5-8 as the lower seed in March Madness, and 9-12 in games played outside Boulder.
LET’S TALK ABOUT 10-SEEDS: Since the NCAA Tourney expanded to 64 teams in 1994 (31 tournaments), No. 10-seeds are 43-81 (.347) in the first round. In 18 of those 31 tournaments, there were two 10-seeds that beat the seven-seed. In 25 of those 31 tournaments, at least one 10-seed beat the seven-seed.
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March 20th
… CU in the Arena …
CU’s Events Center Survey – What would you like to see done differently?
From CU Athletic Director Fernando Lovo … Buff Nation, thank you for a great season in the Events Center! Your energy and support for @CUBuffsWBB and @CUBuffsMBB made a real difference this year. Now we want to hear from you! Fan feedback is everything to us as we work to make the Events Center one of the best venues in the Big 12. Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and let us know how we can be better for YOU!
The final two questions on the survey …
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March 17th
… CU in the Arena …
Doing more with less: CU last in Big 12 in men’s basketball spending
From extrapointsmb.com … To commemorate March Madness, we’ll shift to basketball programs for our next chapter of our FY25 sport-specific budget breakdowns.
First, some notes on the methodology
Every D-1 and D-II school files an itemized athletic department budget report with the NCAA, called the MFRS report. This report breaks down how athletic departments generate and spend money, itemized by sport. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s the closest thing we have in college sports to a unified data set.
We obtain these documents by filling hundreds of Open Records Requests. Because of those requests, and because of our data analysis, we’re able to compare spending across more than 200 schools. You can pull your own reports, just like this, for every single NCAA sport, via the Extra Points Library ($).
The data you’ll see referenced here, and in all future newsletters in this series, comes from the Total Operational Expenses line item from that report. That number includes all the money a school spends on coaching salaries, administrative salaries, scholarships, travel, software, recruiting, and all sorts of other operational expenses. It does not include athlete revenue share payments. The numbers we are talking about here are not the “salary cap” for each team.
Not listed … Private schools, which, for the Big 12, includes Baylor, TCU, BYU, and Cincinnati …
Indiana University, Bloomington | $32,041,364 |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville | $23,183,445 |
University of Arizona | $22,608,493 |
University of Texas at Austin | $22,403,330 |
University of Connecticut | $21,554,604 |
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | $21,254,027 |
Michigan State University | $21,009,976 |
University of Kentucky | $20,787,671 |
Auburn University | $20,535,097 |
University of Louisville | $19,884,419 |
University of Kansas | $19,732,079 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $18,619,676 |
University of Mississippi | $18,228,378 |
University of California, Los Angeles | $17,799,741 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | $16,813,590 |
University of Virginia | $16,684,746 |
Texas Tech University | $16,600,424 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick | $16,096,898 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | $15,668,467 |
University of Alabama | $15,230,392 |
Florida State University | $15,064,639 |
Pennsylvania State University | $15,001,847 |
University of Houston | $14,626,221 |
The Ohio State University | $14,588,893 |
University of Michigan | $14,358,515 |
University of Missouri, Columbia | $14,354,000 |
Texas A&M University, College Station | $14,318,327 |
University of California, Berkeley | $14,101,936 |
University of Oregon | $14,072,869 |
Purdue University | $14,040,438 |
University of Oklahoma | $13,662,135 |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln | $13,427,513 |
University of Iowa | $13,292,249 |
University of Maryland, College Park | $12,972,857 |
North Carolina State University | $12,873,636 |
Clemson University | $12,799,513 |
University of Washington | $12,761,916 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | $12,431,427 |
Mississippi State University | $12,220,602 |
University of Cincinnati | $11,883,407 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | $11,541,638 |
Kansas State University | $11,464,762 |
University of Utah | $11,191,830 |
Louisiana State University | $11,104,405 |
University of South Carolina, Columbia | $11,074,153 |
University of Memphis | $10,776,074 |
West Virginia University | $10,766,985 |
Iowa State University | $10,578,135 |
University of Georgia | $10,400,030 |
Arizona State University | $10,185,948 |
Oklahoma State University | $9,530,565 |
San Diego State University | $9,110,688 |
University of Colorado, Boulder | $8,608,359 |
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March 16th
… CU in the Arena …
CU men to play Oklahoma in the College Basketball Crown (April 1st, 6:00 p.m., MT, FS1)
From CUBuffs.com … Colorado has accepted a return invitation to play in the College Basketball Crown postseason tournament, April 1-5 in Las Vegas.
Colorado will open with Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 1, at 6 p.m. MT at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Oklahoma is 19-15 on the season, tying for 11th in the Southeastern Conference at 7-11. The Sooners were considered the First Team Out on Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament.
This will be the 138th meeting between the historic Big Seven/Big Eight/Big 12 Conference rivals, but the first since 2011. Oklahoma holds an 88-49 series lead, including a 15-5 mark on a neutral court.
The winner of that game will meet either Baylor or Minnesota on Saturday, April 4, at 11:30 a.m. MT at T-Mobile Arena. Baylor is 16-16 overall and finished 13th in the Big 12 at 6-12. Minnesota is 15-17 overall, placing 11th in the Big Ten Conference at 8-12.
The College Basketball Crown championship game will be held Sunday, April 5, at 3:30 p.m. MT at T-Mobile Arena. The opposite side of the bracket features Stanford, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Creighton.
In its second season, the College Basketball Crown features eight teams competing for an NIL prize pool of $500,000. Last year, the Buffaloes were one of 16 teams to play in the initial CBC, dropping a first-round game to Villanova.
All four quarterfinal games, April 1-2, will air on FS1 while the semifinals and championship will air on FOX. Colorado’s games will also air on the Colorado Radio Network.
Colorado is 17-15 overall, tying for 11th place in the Big 12 at 7-11, improving five spots from its league finish a year ago and more than doubling its conference win total. The Buffaloes are advancing to postseason play past the conference tournament level for the 14th time in 15 opportunities under head coach Tad Boyle (no postseason in 2020 due to the pandemic). During that time, Colorado has played in six NCAA Tournaments, five NIT events, and one CBI, as well as its back-to-back College Basketball Crown appearances.
Tickets can be purchased exclusively via Vivid Seats, the Official Ticketing Provider and Founding Partner of the College Basketball Crown.
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CU women earn No. 10 seed in NCAA tournament, to take on No. 7 Illinois in Nashville (Saturday, 7:30 p.m., MT, ESPN2)
From CUBuffs.com … The Colorado women’s basketball team (22-11, 11-7 Big 12) was awarded one of the 37 at-large berths into the 2026 NCAA tournament and will make its 17th appearance in the national tourney, the NCAA selection committee announced on Sunday, Mar. 15.
The Buffs received the 10-seed in one of the two Fort Worth quadrants of the bracket and will face Illinois (21-11, 9-9 Big 10) in a first-round game on Saturday, Mar. 21, at 7:30 p.m. MT/8:30 p.m. CT at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
In the other first-round match at the Nashville site, second-seeded host No. 6 Vanderbilt (27-4, 13-3 SEC) will take on Big South Conference tournament champion High Point (27-5, 13-3 Big South). The winners of the two first-round contests will meet in the second round on Monday, Mar. 23.
Tickets for individual rounds or all sessions are available via NCAA here or via Vanderbilt here.
The Buffs make their first appearance in the postseason tournament since the 2023-24 season, and the program’s 17th overall. The Black and Gold have reached three Elite Eights and are 21-16 (.568) in NCAA tournament games. Since the program’s inception, Colorado has advanced to eight regional championship games (Sweet Sixteens), 12 second-round appearances, and 16 first-round appearances (two first-round byes). In 2024, the Buffs reached their second Sweet Sixteen in as many years, defeating 12-seed Drake (86-72) and four-seed Kansas State (63-50) in the first and second rounds, respectively. Colorado fell in the round of 16 to top-seeded Iowal, 89-68 (Mar. 30, 2024).
This tournament berth marks 10th year head coach JR Payne‘s fourth at Colorado. Payne has two regionals (2023, 2024) and one first-round appearance (2022) as head coach of the Buffs.
For more information on the Colorado women’s basketball team, a complete schedule and results, please visit CUBuffs.com. Fans of the Buffs can follow the team on Instagram and on Twitter @CUBuffsWBB.
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March 11th
… CU in the Arena …
One and done: Buffs fall to Oklahoma State, 92-83, in Big 12 tournament – Boyle: “We’re heading back home, and it’s not a good feeling”
From CUBuffs.com … Colorado’s run in the Big 12 Tournament ended early on Tuesday as the Buffaloes dropped a 92-83 decision to 14th-seeded Oklahoma State in the first round at the T-Mobile Center.
Tad Boyle‘s 11th-seeded Buffs fell to 17-15 and will wait to see if a postseason invitation is extended. The Cowboys improved to 19-16 and will play in the second round on Wednesday against TCU.
“Tough loss,” Boyle said. “It’s never easy when it’s over with. I told the team a couple of weeks ago that when the season’s over, it’s over quickly. It’s just one day you’re playing, one day you’re not. Today, we’re playing tomorrow, we’re not, so we’re heading back home, and it’s not a good feeling.”
Colorado jumped out to a fast start, using an 11-0 run to take a nine-point lead early in the first half. Oklahoma State outscored the Buffs 28-18 to end the half to take a lead at the break. The second half was controlled by the Cowboys, who led for all 20 minutes.
Bangot Dak tied his career-high with 22 points to go along with eight rebounds, three blocks, and two steals. Barrington Hargress contributed 18 points and nine assists, and Ian Inman added 11 points off the bench.
Freshman guard Isaiah Johnson finished with 14 points, but struggled to shoot the ball, going 5-of-15 from the field and 2-of-9 from behind the arc.
“The sky’s the limit for Isaiah,” Boyle commented on his season. “There’s no doubt about that. In a normal year, he would be on the All-Freshman team in this league. Isaiah is a warrior, and he’s a great teammate. He’s given everything he’s got this year.”
Anthony Roy scored a game-high 24 points to lead Oklahoma State.
Colorado shot 47 percent (32-for-68), including 10-for-29 from long range. The Cowboys shot 29-for-64 and were just 5-for-17 from 3-point range. But Oklahoma State also hit 29-of-35 free throw tries — while CU was 9-for-16 from the line.
Oklahoma State controlled the paint throughout the entire game. The Cowboys outrebounded the Buffs 44-34 and scored 40 points in the paint compared the only 30 for Colorado.
“We did not execute defensively tonight, good enough to beat Oklahoma State, and that was evident with their 92 points,” Boyle said. It’s disappointing because you have to defend, rebound, and take care of the ball. We didn’t defend or rebound tonight, which cost us the game, and our season is over.”
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March 10th – Tournament Time
… CU in the Arena …
No. 11 CU taking on No. 14 Oklahoma State in first round of Big 12 Tournament (7:30 p.m., MT, ESPN+)
From CUBuffs.com … Oklahoma State, Tuesday, March 10, 2026
T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Tip: 7:31 p.m. MT
Watch: ESPN+ (Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla, Angel Gray) https://buffs.me/4s1kPfq
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 138 or 198, SXM App 952 https://sxm.app.link/SXM952
Live Statistics:http://statb.us/v/colo/653414
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 17-14 overall and is the No. 11 seed in the Big 12 Championship set to play No. 14 Oklahoma State in a first round game. The winner of that contest will advance to play No. 6 TCU on Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Colorado finished tied for 11th in the final regular season league standings at 7-11 with Arizona State, but gained the 11th seed due to the Buffaloes season sweep of the Sun Devils.
The Buffaloes have won three of their last five, and five of 10 after closing out the regular season with a competitive battle with No. 2 and Big 12 regular season champion Arizona, an 89-79 decision in the Wildcats favor on March 7 that snapped CU’s four-game home winning streak. Colorado ended the regular season away from home on a positive note, rolling past Utah, 92-78, on March 3, halting a seven-game road losing streak.
With the win at Utah, Colorado is guaranteed to finish above .500 for the 14th time in 16 seasons under head coach Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes improved five spots from their Big 12 finish a year ago, more than doubling their conference win total.
BIG 12 POSTSEASON FACTS: Colorado is 11-16 all-time in the Big 12 Championship. The Buffaloes made the quarterfinals of the 2025 Big 12 Championship as the No. 16 seed with wins over No. 9 TCU and No. 8 West Virginia. Colorado was the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of any conference championship after finishing 16th-or-lower in the regular season since Tennessee in the 1931 Southern Conference Tournament.
It was the seventh time in the Tad Boyle era the Buffaloes have won at least two conference tournament games. It’s just the eighth time in program history, the outlier coming at the 1990 Big Eight Tournament where the Buffaloes made the championship game as the No. 8 seed. Colorado has won at least one game in 14 of its last 15 conference tournaments. Colorado had a very successful run in 13 Pac-12 Tournament appearances going 19-12 with three championship game appearances and winning it all in 2012.
Colorado is 34-48 all-time in conference postseason tournaments. The Buffaloes were 4-20 in the Big Eight Tournament between 1977-96.
Head coach Tad Boyle owns two-thirds of Colorado’s all-time conference tournament wins. He is 23-14 in conference tournament action, which includes 4-2 mark in two Big 12 Championships.
ABOUT THE COWBOYS: Oklahoma State finished the regular season 18-13 overall 6-12 in the Big 12 and heads to the Big 12 Championship as the No. 14 seed. The Cowboys are averaging 83.9 points per game, shooting 45.9 percent from the field. Their scoring overall is third in the Big 12 and 25th in the country. Oklahoma State uses the free throw line to boost its scoring, making 18.4 per game, second in the Big 12 and 24th nationally. Defensively, the Cowboys are allowing 82.5 points per game, and have held opponents to 45.0 percent shooting. Oklahoma State controls the defensive glass, averaging 26.5 defensive rebounds per game. That ranks third in the Big 12. The Cowboys use the entire team, averaging 28.19 bench points per game, the highest in the Big 12.
The Cowboys are led by senior guard Anthony Roy, who leads the team in scoring at 16.7 points per game. Roy uses the 3-point shot to his advantage. He makes 3.0 shots from deep per game, ranking fifth in the Big 12 and 29th in the country. He makes those at 39.5 percent, good for fifth in the conference. Oklahoma State has four other players who average double figures in points this season: senior forward Parsa Fallah (14.7) and sophomore guard Vyctorius Miller (11.2), junior guard Jaylen Curry (10.1), and junior guard Kanye Clary (10.1). The Cowboys lost Fallah to injury for the rest of the season against West Virginia on Feb. 24.
THE SERIES: This will be the 112th meeting between Colorado and Oklahoma State with the Cowboys holding a 62-49 advantage in a series that dates back to 1948, 11 seasons before the Cowboys would be the team to turn the Big Seven into the Big Eight Conference. Colorado won the matchup earlier this season 83-69 on Feb. 21 in Boulder. Oklahoma State leads the series 7-6 on neutral site. The teams have met twice in conference tournament competition, both winning once. Colorado defeated Oklahoma State 82-72 in the semifinals of the 1990 Big Eight Championship, as the Buffaloes became the first No. 8 seed to reach the final in that tournament’s history. The Cowboys took an 87-85 decision in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Big 12 Championship and would go on to win the tournament.
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March 8th
… CU in the Arena …
A Day of “Almosts”: CU men can’t hold on against No. 2 Arizona; CU women’s comeback against No. 15 West Virginia …
… Buffs “a great test” for No. 2 Arizona …
From the Daily Camera … Certainly Arizona had no intention of cruising into the finish line. Still, with the Big 12 Conference regular season crown already locked up, Wildcats coach Tommy Lloyd figured he might be able to play a few extra players in a stakes-free visit to Colorado.
However, the inspired play of the Buffaloes quickly nixed Lloyd’s plan.
The Buffaloes battled admirably in the regular season finale but fell short of picking up what would’ve been a monumental upset win, instead suffering an 89-79 defeat on Saturday night at the CU Events Center.
The Wildcats didn’t lead until the early minutes of the second half but pulled away late to win their sixth consecutive matchup against the Buffs. For CU, it was the 15th consecutive loss against an opponent ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
“They played spirited and it was a great test for our guys,” Lloyd said. “I had been bouncing around a few plans to change our rotation and play more guys. And then when I saw the way we came out — a little bit flat, not great energy — I thought it was more important that we figure out how to dig back in the game and be able to draw on that than maybe play some other guys.”
The Buffs brought energy and defensive focus into the matchup, pushing their early lead to 11 points on back-to-back 3-pointers from Elijah Malone and Isaiah Johnson with less than 5 minutes remaining in the first half. However, Arizona closed the half on an 11-2 run, cutting the Buffs’ lead to 38-36 at the break.
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… CU turnover in final seconds cost Buffs an upset victory chance in a 48-47 loss to No. 15 West Virginia …
From the Daily Camera … The first time JR Payne led the Colorado women’s basketball team to a conference tournament semifinal, in 2022, it was routed by a superior Stanford squad.
Payne would have preferred that over the result her team was dealt Saturday night at T-Mobile Center.
West Virginia’s Jordan Harrison – the Big 12’s defensive player of the year – came up with a steal in the final seconds, handing the Buffaloes a 48-47 loss in the Big 12 semifinals.
“Oh, totally – a thousand percent more painful than if you lose by 12 or you lose to a team that’s just better than you,” Payne said.
The sixth-seeded Buffs (22-11) came within a point of reaching a conference title game for the first time in 29 years, suffering their second narrow defeat against the second-seeded and No. 15-ranked Mountaineers (26-6) this season.
West Virginia will take on top-seeded TCU in the championship game on Sunday.
Down one with 2.2 seconds to go, CU drew up a play to get the ball to Jade Masogayo and have her drive to the hoop for a potential game-winning bucket or draw a foul.
After Masogayo caught the ball and dribbled twice, however, the speedy Harrison snuck behind her and poked the ball loose just before the final buzzer.
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March 7th
… CU in the Arena …
Big Challenge: Buffs taking on No. 2 Arizona on Senior Night (White Out)
From CUBuffs.com … Arizona, Saturday, March 7, 2026
CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 9:05 p.m. MT
Watch: ESPN2 (Rich Hollenberg, Ben Braun) https://buffs.me/47b4KLy
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 391, SXM App 981 https://sxm.app.link/SXM981
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611117
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 17-13 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th place in the Big 12 Conference standings with a record of 7-10. The Buffaloes could mathematically reach as high as a tie for ninth in the final league standings, but tiebreakers will cap them no higher than the 11th spot.
Colorado will be either the No. 11 or No. 12 seed for the upcoming Big 12 Championship, March 10-14, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Buffaloes will be the No. 11 seed with a win Saturday, or an Arizona State loss. The Sun Devils are at No. 6/7 Iowa State Saturday. Colorado would slip to the 12th spot with a loss and an Arizona State win.
The Buffaloes have won three of their last four, and five of nine after closing out the road portion of their schedule with a 92-78 win over Utah on March 3, snapping a seven-game road losing streak.
With the win at Utah, Colorado is guaranteed to finish above .500 for the 14th time in 16 seasons under head coach Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes have more than doubled their conference win total from a year ago.
ABOUT THE WILDCATS: Second-ranked Arizona is 28-2 overall and has clinched the Big 12 regular season title with a 15-2 mark. The Wildcats are averaging 86.6 points per game, shooting 50.1 percent from the field, both are the highest marks in the Big 12. Arizona is at or near the top in almost all statistical metrics on offense. They average 16.5 fast break points per game which is tops in the conference and 10th in the nation. Defensively, the Wildcats are allowing 68.2 points per game, and have held opponents to 38.8 percent shooting. Arizona averages 8.1 steals per game and holds teams to 31.1 percent from the 3-point line.
Arizona scores by committee with seven players averaging at least nine points per game this season. Freshman guard Brayden Burries leads the team in scoring with 15.5 points per game. The six other Wildcats who average at least nine points are: senior guard Jaden Bradley (13.9), freshman forward Koa Peat (13.3), junior center Motiejus Krivas (10.8), freshman forward Ivan Kharchenkov (9.8), senior forward Tobe Awaka (9.6), and senior guard Anthony Dell’Orso (9.0). Awaka leads the Big 12 in total rebounds with 289 this season which is the 14th most in the country.
THE SERIES: This will be the 44th meeting between Colorado and Arizona with the Wildcats holding a 27-16 series lead. The Wildcats have won the last five in the series including a 78-63 decision in Tuscon on Jan. 25, 2025. Colorado holds a 12-4 all-time lead in Boulder. Colorado’s last win against Arizona came on Feb. 26, 2022, as the Buffaloes upset the No. 2 ranked Wildcats on a memorable Senior Night headlined by current CU assistant coach Evan Battey.
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March 6th
… CU in the Arena …
CU women (likely) punch their ticket into the NCAA tournament with a 62-53 Big 12 tournament win over No. 20 Baylor
… CU came into the quarterfinal game as “one of the last four teams in” in ESPN’s Bracketology. After beating Baylor, the Buffs are solidly in as a projected No. 10 seed …
… Up next … No. 15 West Virginia in the Big 12 tournament semifinals (4:30 p.m., MT, ESPN+) …
From the Daily Camera … The top two seeds in the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament are moving on to the semifinals.
Then, there are the two surprise teams: Zyanna Walker’s current squad at Colorado, and her old team at Kansas State.
“Oh man, it’s March; anything can happen,” Walker, a junior guard, said with a smile after helping the Buffaloes to a 62-53 upset of No. 20 Baylor at the T-Mobile Center on Friday night. “It’s March. The great teams are going to be great, and teams are going to fight. Everybody’s fighting for a chance at something special. We are, I’m sure (the Kansas State Wildcats) are, too. Anything can happen.”
The sixth-seeded Buffaloes (22-10) dominated third-seeded Baylor (24-8) early and then hung on in the fourth quarter of the quarterfinals. They will face second-seeded and No. 15 West Virginia on Saturday in the semifinals.
No. 1-seed TCU will face 12th-seeded Kansas State – where Walker played the previous two years – in the other semifinal.
Playing in the last quarterfinal of the day, CU joined the final four by relying on Desiree Wooten (21 points) and Walker (19 points). CU has reached the conference semifinals for the first time since 2023 in the Pac-12. The Buffs also beat an Associated Press Top 20 team for the fourth time this season, strengthening their NCAA Tournament resume.
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March 4th
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs clinch a winning season with a 92-78 road win over Utah – Tad Boyle: “We had great offensive efficiency tonight”
… Note … With the win, CU upped its record to 17-13. With one regular season game left, at least one Big 12 tournament game, and a potential post-season game – even if CU loses all three, the Buffs would still finish with a winning record for the 14th time in 16 seasons under Tad Boyle …
From CUBuffs.com … Colorado scored 51 points in the first half to take control of the game early and held on to the final buzzer, finishing with a 92-78 win over Utah Tuesday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Tad Boyle‘s Buffs improved to 17-13 and 7-10 in the Big 12. Colorado won its first and last Big 12 road games of this season. Utah fell to 10-20 overall and 2-15 in conference play.
Isaiah Johnson and Bangot Dak led the way for Colorado. Dak set a new career high with 22 points and had a double-double with 10 rebounds while adding four blocks. Johnson tallied 22 points as well with four assists and three steals.
Barrington Hargress provided 19 points while shooting 2 of 3 from beyond the arc, and Jalin Holland added 11 points on a new career high, three 3-pointers.
“I thought we had great offensive efficiency tonight,” head coach Tad Boyle commented. “Bangot [Dak] has 22 points on nine shots. Isaiah [Johnson] got 22 on 10 (shots). Barrington’s [Hargress] got 19 points on 11 shots. That means you’re playing efficiently.”
Terrence Brown led the way for Utah with 26 points.
The Buffs were in control of this after a fast start. Colorado built a 20-point edge midway through the first half, pushed the margin to 51-25 at the break. Colorado’s 51 points in the first half and 26-point lead are both the highest marks in a true road game since leading 54-28 over St. Mary’s on Dec. 6, 2000.
The game was a tale of two halves, with Utah coming out of the second half firing on offense. The Utes made 12 of their first 13 shots of the second half and their first six 3-pointers to cut the lead to nine points.
“It was a tale of two halves,” Boyle said. “We were really, really good in the first half, and part of it was Utah missed shots. But our guys, I thought, were really dialed in defensively, and we created some offense with our defense. In the second half, it was just the opposite. They made some tough shots. Credit to Utah for coming back, but I also credit our guys for stemming the tide.”
Colorado shot 60.8 percent from the floor (31-for-51), 52.9 percent from deep (9-for-17), and 92.9 percent from the free throw line (21-for-23). The Buffs forced 10 turnovers, with nine coming in the first half, and converted them into 15 points compared to seven turnovers for eight Utah points.
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March 3rd – Game Day!
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs last chance at a victory this season? (at 10-19, 2-14 Utah – 7:00 p.m., MT, ESPN+)
From CUBuffs.com …
Utah, Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tip: 7:01 p.m. MT
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THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 16-13 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th place in the Big 12 Conference standings with a record of 6-10. The Buffaloes could mathematically reach as high as a tie for ninth in the final league standings, but tiebreakers are likely to cap them no higher than the 11th spot. Colorado was eliminated from the top half and a potential first-round bye over the weekend.
The Buffaloes are 4-4 over their last eight games, with all four wins coming at the CU Events Center. Colorado has doubled its conference win total from a year ago and the win over K-State guarantees the Buffaloes will finish no lower than 14th in the final league standings.
Colorado heads to Salt Lake City for its final true road game of the season. The Buffaloes are 1-8 in road contests and have lost their last seven.
ABOUT THE UTES: Utah is 10-19 overall and tied for 15th in the Big 12 at 2-14. The Utes have lost their last three, returning home for their final home game of the season. The Utes are averaging 74.5 points per game, shooting 45.1 percent from the field. Utah makes 7.9 3-pointers per game which ranks ninth in the Big 12. Defensively, the Utes are allowing 78.1 points per game, and have held opponents to 47.3 percent shooting. Utah forces 9.5 turnovers per game and allows teams to shoot 34.2 percent from the 3-point line.
Junior guard Terrence Brown leads the Utes at 19.7 points per game which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 39th in the NCAA. Brown also leads the team with 3.7 assists per game, 1.4 steals per game, and 143 made free throws which is second the Big 12. The Utes have two other players who average double-digits in points: Fifth-year guard Don McHenry (17.1) and junior forward Keanu Dawes (12.6). Dawes makes an impact on the defensive side of the ball with 7.14 defensive rebounds per game. He has the second most defensive rebounds per game in the Big 12 and ranks 10th in the country.
THE SERIES: This will be the 65th meeting between Colorado and Utah with the Buffaloes holding a 36-28 advantage. Colorado won the first matchup this season 85-73, on Jan. 7, in Boulder. Utah holds a 20-10 series lead in Salt Lake City, winning the last three matchups. The last win in Utah for Colorado came on Mar. 5, 2022, an 84-71 victory.
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here come earache who admits he doesnt know much basketball but all of a sudden he has he goods on Cody Williams. Williams gets his PT at Utah and is shooting 48%. Dont waste your time here earache. You need to convince the Utah coach to ship him down to the G league.
sheeesh
Cody’s had a good March. I’m happy for him. Also happy for Nique Clifford. They’re two young guys getting time, largely due to injuries, on two terrible teams. But, that’s mostly beside the point.
We’re talking about the program Tad’s built. The under resourced program where he continues to punch above his financial weight. As an admitted casual basketball fan, who really only follows CU Basketball and the sad journey of the Kings’ last 20+ years, and a bit of March Madness b/c it’s fun, even I can see that.
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If you have been watching any of the dance so far you can see several small school teams punching way beyond their financial weight. Your coach as a babysitter theory severely conflicts with your desperate protection of Tad.
If I was Lovo I wouldn’t fire (or retire) Tad until I was pretty sure I had a proven winner on the line. One that has the kids working like a well oiled machine regardless of the talent level.
If that came to pass would you be crying a bowl of tears?
This from AI search
As of 2026, The Crown is widely considered the better, more prestigious tournament for top-tier March Madness snubs, effectively replacing the NIT as the premier non-NCAA postseason event. The Crown offers high-profile matchups, NIL money payouts, and a Las Vegas setting, while the NIT has become a tournament for mid-major teams.
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The Crown: Features a smaller, elite 8-team field (down from 16) in 2026, targeting top teams from power conferences like the Big Ten, Big 12, and Big East. It emphasizes lucrative NIL payouts for participants.
Men’s NIT: Considered on its “last legs” and now acts as a tournament for high-performing mid-majors. While it has more history, it has lost prestige due to high-major programs preferring The Crown.
Why The Crown is Preferred: Top teams generally prefer the prestige and NIL money associated with the Crown over the traditional NIT.
That’s awesome. NIT has more history, but lost prestige. Sounds familiar.
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Hey people, what do you think rad could do with a few million extra dollars?
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I’m guessing you meant Tad
he already has enough to retire
Yes. Typo phrom fone. But, also fitting. However, as you know, I didn’t mean him personally. I meant his program. And since we’re on the subject, I wonder what he’d do with the UA or KS or Gonzaga rosters, and what those coaches would do with CU’s?
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wonder no more
he had 3 players in the NBA draft one year, who are still in the NBA, one with the Nuggets,and couldn’t get them past the first game in the dance
Just like recruits, not all NBA draftees are made the same. Cody shouldn’t have gone into the NBA yet. He didn’t have Cooper Flagg – and of course you’ll fault him for not having Kon Kneupple either (or however you spell that dude’s name).
He had his best team with those guys, his best record with those guys, and maybe missed one more win in the tourney than they should’ve had. Yeah. He’s a terrible coach.
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Someone who knows please explain this to me. NCAA comes first, but the Crown tournament has a contract with BIG 12 for the next 2 NET score team not in the NCAA. Same is true for ACC, Big 10, and SEC. Does that mean Crown gets the choice over the NIT, even though it is announced a day later? Is Crown considered a better tournament to play in, even though smaller, than the NIT which only has 4 Power 4 teams in it this year? The local press isn’t acting like CU getting in is worth talking up.
Google says that the crown tournament payoff is 50k for a qtr final win, 100k for a semi win and 300k for the chanpionship win.
Now that money is everything in college sports you have to wonder if it is going to be worth it dollarwise to attend this bush league promotion.
Would 50k cover the teram’s planefare, ground transportation, food and room? I would think not quite. The Buffs would have to win 2 games to get the 50k. Highly unlikely. Are there any intangibles to be figured in here as in any recruiting exposure? Doubt it…and after a 30 game season I also doubt agame or 2 extra is going to improve the team that much.
I guess you could count going to Vegas as a present for the guys on the team.
The prize money is NIL to the players in the College Basketball Crown goes directly to the players in the form of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) packages. The tournament features a $500,000 total NIL prize pool, with the 2025/2026 champion receiving $300,000, the runner-up $100,000, and semifinalists splitting the remainder, distributed via Vivid Seats
ESPN had an article today about possible coaching changes in hoops. CU wasn’t even mentioned.
An interesting name popped that being Jerrod Calhoun at Utah State. Kansas actually was considering him at one point in the past (Because Self might move on?) but the author says his first choice may be Cincinnatti, Calhoun, a Huggins early influence, originally being from Ohio,
Anyone know if anyone has approached Lovo with Tad’s future?
I wont call it a “winning season” until they are over 500 in the conference.
I did google the Big 12 playoff bracket and the Buff’s could make a 2 game run beofre they enter the slaughterhouse. First one aginst OSU. Win that one and its UCF with the first round of byes. Both are better teams but not by that much.
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Lovo will be the one to determine if the Buffs will be looking for a better coach. All the pundolts have probably gotten used to CU’s addiction to mediocrity. Hoops dont bring in as much money as football but it doesnt cost as much either. A winning hoops team gives you more bang for your investment buck.
Happy with mediocrity?
What is your expectation for CU basketball? Since you’ve been following it for 100 or so years?
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The answer to that question is pretty much worthless to anyone who hardly follows basket ball. And I’m not talking about just CU basketball. You have to have something else to compare it to. Come back again when you arent handing out participation ribbons.
Way to dodge, buddy.
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Way to troll dude
I have nebtioned several things in past posts some things multiuple times. I dont entertain triolls
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=peUyLXrgYZ0&pp=2AEAkAIB
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This is a good read about what will likely be another interesting off season coaching carousel. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48016298/mens-college-basketball-2026-coaching-carousel-hot-seat-guide-candidates
I don’t pay that much attention to NCAA basketball, other than the Buffs, and a little bit of March Madness, because that’s fun. So most of those named in the story, I know nothing about. They posit Tad isn’t on any form of hot seat, could retire, but the tea leaves say they’re trying to retain and reload. I hope they have the $ to do so.
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This is no longer a unseasoned team. They have played almost an entire season and they continue to get blitzed on the road. A 40 point loss is inexcusable. And the inevitable will come, a team with a lot of NIL $$ will pick off players like Johnson.
Tad runs the same stuff he ran when he became HC. Successful coaches adapt. not TB. Fans don’t show up in droves because the product quite frankly is boring to watch.
Maybe it is time to start looking for a young hungry coach. With the financial strain on the athletic dept. I do not see that happening.
Give him one more year. Without improvement it is time to say adios.
It’ll be interesting to see what this team looks like next year. I hope Tad gets the budget to keep the core, if not more. As well as add a real big or two.
Objectively, Tad’s the winningest coach in CU history, and it ain’t even close. He’s two years removed from his best team and I think deepest run in the tournament. He doubled up the Big 16 win total from last year. Playing a really young group, for the most part.
If they can hold this team together and add another key piece or two, next year could be another NCAA tournament run. In the always stacked Big 16.
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have you checked the other “winningest” coaches? low bar
2 years removed from his best team? true but he still couldn’t get that team past the first dance with 3 draft picks. I think 5 out 16 years he got picked for the dance and never made it to 2 wins getting beat out of the gate in the first game 3 times.
If they can hold this team together? How? and if if if if . Thats always been the case with Tad. He wins enough to keep him around when he would have been bounced long ago with any other school with even a mild hoops tradition. And now that there is NIL its going to get worse.
Just shut off the Buffs game with Houston when they were behind 27 in the first half.
time for a reset if you are serious about REALLY winning and not coasting into your w/l column with cream puff teams.
Good on Seby for getting better overall (and much better at rebounding and defense, w/lots of room still to grow). Fear Hargress is gone (wise investment for the highest bidder), but Johnson (not chasing $$?) and Sanders will be OK. Dak/Seby need to stay (get paid, sigh…).
Simpson got in the game with the Nuggets for 14 minutes last night against former Buff Derrick White. He only went 1 for 5 but had 4 rebounds 4 assists and a steal. Derrick in the other hand scored 20 in the Celtic;s loss. I still feel Deriick’s one year here was wasted by Tad’s lack of attention to the offense and fellow lazy and selfish players.
Looking at the basketball poll, over half the respondents say Tad is not coaching for his job. I would be curious how many are actually basketball fans.
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Aside from teams like Duke, I am also wondering if a perrenial dancing team makes a higher percentage on income vs expenses than football?
I tried to google it but google, like everyone else, has gone into the crapper for advertisers.
I bet Lovo knows.
I know that it’s not as popular of a sport, but maybe we could acknowledge the CU Buffs women’s basketball team who are now 19-8 and on their way to the Dance. Coach Payne has a ton of new faces on the team through good recruiting off the portal and she’s got her team to gel. They were expected to finish 9th in the big 12 preseason and are in 6th place and play a ranked Texas Tech team this weekend in Boulder. Solid squad who absolutely deserve our attention and congratulations.
It was a scary game last night against a poor Arizona team, but it was on the road, and winning a Big 12 game on the road is always a good thing.
ESPN has CU in the “last four in” category right now, so a win over a ranked Texas Tech team Saturday will certainly solidify the Buffs’ chances at an NCAA bid (BTW … I’ll be at both basketball games this Saturday. If there are any CU at the Gamers going to either the men’s or women’s game, let me know. I’d love to meet you!).
If not for those turnovers they would’ve won by 20 but what was it, 26 turnovers? Insane. And for them to fight and win was awesome. Payne’s critical timeout with 4 minutes to go was brilliant.
I wonder if Christian Fauria has donated to the Isaiah Johnson retention fund?
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I really hope they’re working on the Isaiah Johnson retention fund, among others.
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I was surprised when Tad brought in 8 freshman in this class. First off that’s too many people playing the same position and same class to keep them. Rather have kids of different classes on the team. Secondly, they would be too young, needed some solid transfers to help the new guys out. I really like most of the freshman class, but we know we will lose some of them. Why not have had some upper class members who could help the team now? Don’t want teams with so many spots open at one time. Of course this year the team size was expanded, but still anyone could see this problem coming. I send my donation to the MBB team, but shouldn’t the assn’t coaches warned him of this outcome? Hope the key guys stick around for next year as it will be a rather good team if they do. Go Buffs!
Not sure Tad will be replaced anytime soon, he has a perpetually renewing contract that auto renews him out to 5 years. So if Tad doesn’t retire, he always has 5 years (read that as $10 million) owed to him. It auto extends every year for another year on 31 Dec.
I sure hope Lovo has been looking around. Basketball was big at New Mexico. Hopefully he has brought that with him. Its time now to replace Tad or just go on accepting mediocrity.
Ouch. 78-44. That’ll leave a mark.
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This young, ragtag bunch of ballers just tied last year’s big 12 record. Can they get some more? I bet so. Albeit, probably not against the top of the league, without a bit of a surprise.
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“There are good teams in this league, we’re not one of them”. Well, that’s honest. Here’s the problem. Coach, you’ve been at Colorado for a very long time. Why aren’t you a good team?
As I think about things, I do like this team and it has potential specifically the youngsters, however I think Tad is about to hang it up or move-on. I don’t see us doing well through the rest of B12 play–tough conference that shatters confidence. Unfortunately, given the teams current direction, I only see about 4 winnable games out of the last 11–that puts us at 16-16.
Tad is the best CU coach that I can remember, however coaches do stagnate, and a change of scenery can help things–for both the coach and the team. I have no clue who CU could get that would be comparable to Tad, but we might have to embark into the unknown to reinvigorate and reboot.
Hope Tad’s replacement is one of the top priorites for Lovo. Plenty of time though to find him. Hopefully some of the better kids won’t hit the portal. I was psyched on Dak earlier when he was showing some athelticism but that seems gone.
Is anyone else tired of the excuses? “You can’t let them do that” over and over. Then don’t. Thank you for your service Tad. Time for a change. Northern Colorado and Central Florida at home? Unacceptable.
To add insult to injury(?) I have watched a couple of cobb games. They are still one of only 2 unfefeated teams left in the top 25 (ranked 7th). Those guys are close to Nolan Richardson’s
40 minutes of hell to their opponents. I may be wrong but I dont see any first round picks in this team. Just solid players who never quit moving and play together like family.
That was a fun game last night, despite the loss. If Tad and his budget can keep this team around, they could make some noise next year.
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LET’S REWIND ABOUT 15 HOURS:
1). BUFFS REALLY ANSWERED THE BELL AGAINST T.T.
2). DID YOU MISS IT ? I SAW 2 EGREGIOUS CALLS BY THE REF’S WHEN THEY HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF VIDEO REPLAY. ONE WAS THE OUT-OF-BOUNDS CALL THAT WENT T.T.’S WAY. THE 2ND WAS THE SHOT THAT WAS COUNTED FOR T.T. WHEN IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE BALL WAS STILL TOUCHING THE SHOOTER’S HAND WHEN THE SHOT CLOCK EXPIRED…. SORRY ! THAT DIDN’T REQUIRE A STOP WATCH TO MAKE THE CALL.
IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE REF’S WERE MAKING CALLS AGAINST OUR BUFFS. I TRY TO BE OBJECTIVE, HOWEVER WHEN IT IS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS, IT NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT.
BUFFS GOT “SCREWED” PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
good thing they played some late D. It was neck and neck most of the game with an 8-7 team
In terms of immediate production, these freshman are Tad’s best class ever….the 4 in the rotation are all impressive for their class (none look like rookies), and they withstood giving up the lead to win on the road. Well done.
Tad deserves a ton of credit, Rancik needs a reality check.
That was a good win. I hope both teams exceed their preseason media prognostications.
Hey, at least more games should be on tv now. So we got that going for us. Which is nice.
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You can’t lose to Northern Colorado. Like you just can’t. Colorado can’t be the third or fourth best basketball team in the state. It’s beyond embarrassing. Has to be some consequences. I’m at a loss. Just….wow.
The last time the Buffs lost to UNC in basketball was 1935… 90 years ago
It may have been 90yrs since CU basketball has had a run like anything close to what Tad has done too.
I know. What have you done for me lately?
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You mean like pad your 20 win seasons with the cream puff pre conference teams and not make the sweet 16 with 3 draft picks?
So far this team is a 180 degrees from previous Tad teams.. He has stumbled into some players who must have synchronized by themselves on offense. I say this because Tad always stressed D first and went so far as to say once that the O will take care of itself. If Tad still had any hair left he would be pulling it out over the D. If he can get them to play a “tad” more D this may be a season that breaks through Tad’s concrete ceiling and give you something to crow about besides half a loaf…….but I would be a fool to bet on it. I dont think you undestand the concept of competition, at least as it pertqins to playing the game. You sound like a participation ribbon guy and someone who probably is on a number of other fan sights trying to show you are a fan there too.
fire Tad
Yeah, this is the beginning of the end.
I HAVEN’T WATCHED ANY GAMES UNTIL THE C.S.U. GAME SO I CAN’T SPEAK TO THE PERFORMANCES SO FAR THIS YEAR…AND, THERE ARE SO MANY NEW FACES THAT I DIDN’T KNOW IF I WAS WATCHING THE RIGHT CHANNEL. I HAD BEEN WONDERING WHAT I WAS MISSING.
NOW, CHRONIC-PROBLEMS-OF-THE-PAST:
1). DEFENSING THE 3’S….
HOLY CRAP – THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. I KNOW C.S.U. IS LEADING THE NATION IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT 54 PTS. OFF OF 3’S FOR C.S.U. IS UNCONSCIONABLE. (FANCY WORD FOR “THE SH-TS”).
2). T-O’S. TAD’S TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS LOST MANY GAMES DUE TO T.O.’S. IS IT A LACK OF PLAYERS BEING DISCIPLINED….OR NOT ? SORRY, FOLKS, THAT’S A COACHES FAULT. ( I KNOW – THEY HAD FEWER T.O.’S AGAINST C.S.U. SO “WAY TO GO COACH.” THEN, WHY DID WE LOSE ?
3). NO BITCHING HERE. THIS TEAM LOOKS GOOD…LOTTA TALENT. C’MON COACHES !
SO…. GO BUFFS !
the lambs hung 91 on the Buff’s. The vaunted Tad D was no where to be found. Fire Tad….right? He is just a babysitter anyway according to our high volume poster.
Maybe some teams with a backbone should be scheduled earlier in the season to find out what you need to work on
Of course EP complains about them making threes. Hey EP how about looking at a coach that has been here 16 years and gives you the same old crap. It’s called coaching and making adjustments in D, I thought that was Tads expertise?? The guy sucks.
Where is accountability in this AD. 16 years of mediocrity is what Colorado is, it’s what coach Prime is and it’s what this entire University is.
It’s embarrassing to be honest.
16 years! He has done nothing. He sucks, it’s 2025. Bring in young smart talented coaches. Colorado should say thank you and fire his old ass.
I love but hate Colorado because of you people, (I’m from Georgia btw) but it’s because I have never seen a state of people that looks at failure as success.
I heard tad is 100% guaranteed to take the Florida state job.
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uh
the stand up routine is not working
Dude…
The get off my lawn, curmudgeon routine definitely is.
Lighten up, Francis.
You call me Francis, I’ll kill ya.
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its fun getting on your lawn even if it is full of weeds
just so we are clear it was Eric who complained about the 3s. I have been asking Tad to reture for a few years now. And your accusation that we see failure as success is certainly the position of our most often and “dear” poster but not really the same as most of us here. The guy even has derision for the Buff’s most successful football coaches.
We got robbed on that out of bounds call. And csu hitting like 112% of their threes didn’t help. Oh well. Bring on the big 16.
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Studying for finals? I don’t think so. I think swelled heads might be making them a wee bit lazy with falling so far behind early. Maybe that will finally shrink them back to normal. Just think what they could do by playing their best for 60 minutes. Gotta get that mindset ready for the conference games. Almost every opponent will be better than Cal Baptist.
I like this basketball team of tad’s. Fire tad.
Well, maybe wait for the big 12 season to start. Then people can cry to Fire Tad. But that is crazy talk.
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Lets talk about what is really happening instead of trolling.
Either Tad suddenly figured out, after decades, how to drastically limit turnovers
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He now has players that do that.
what happened to your redundant barfing that the coach is just a babysitter?
Isaiah Johnson is a stud. And he’s coming off the bench. Bangot Dak may have the talents, size, athleticism and drive to be turning into an eventual first rounder. Hargress is a stud, and they got some guys who can shoot from outside. And play defense. Tad has built himself a nice roster. Looking forward to seeing how they do in the loaded big 12.
Oh, and speaking of coaching that Joey McGuire guy sure figured out how to coach suddenly, huh?
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Modern day BB is offense driven, the ability to score at a high rate exerts a tremendous amount of pressure on your opponent to do the same. If we can develop another PG (and the core stays together;), this group will be downright scary next year.
the O is what impresses me. 5 guys in double figures with 7 other contributors, 20 assists to 11 turn overs. Is Tad paying more attention the offense? or is it just the players who are playing together? Tad commenting on the defense makes me think the latter.
The again almost everyone in the country are playing tomato cans right now. Out of the next 4 games only San Francisco, who historically has good teams, maybe the only one to put up a fight.
Scoring 90+ in all 4 games? OK, you have my attention:)
Impressed.
Don’t know how much of a test Providence was, and I couldn’t watch the game, but the box score shouted teamwork on O. Balanced scoring with 4 in double figures and four more contributions. Hargress was awesome padding the T to A ration and putting in 15 on top of that. Hopefully that is a sign to come and not a flash in the pan.
Downside? With the lower turnovers it seems the D, Tad’s obsession, has to be lacking a bit.
All the last minute fouling by Providence in a desperate attempt to catch up might work with against a crappy foul shooting team but almost never with an average foul shooting team. Its like the open net in hockey at the end of the game that usually results in an empty netter. At least in Hockey it provides a little more intense drama and doesn’t turn the game into mild game of horse.
Sounds like a nice win against the friars.
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Wow, Boyle found a diamond with Johnson, literally took over the game in the second half to will CU to a win.
That’s awesome. And apparently with his godfather, d wade, in the house.
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I found a little info on their game with Grace College. Whoever that is. Supposedly they are a “powerhouse” at their level of competition. One of the Buffs on the roster came over from there (Malone?) It sounds like a few of the freshmen did most of the scoring. Grace actually had a lead in the first half until the Buffs shook them off in the second.
Up coming is a “closed scrimmage” with Marquette. This should be a legitimate test of where the Buffs stand before the season opens. Hopefully the fans will get a little info out of it.
EP they were playing Montana State. From Nov thru March I sign up for ESPN+ 12.99/month, only way to watch a lot of CU basketball. Then I dump it.