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2022 Season Archive

Colorado Basketball

//posted 6.1.2023

Tristan da Silva to return for his senior year: “Next year, when he does become a pro, he’s going to be that much further along” … CU to participate in prestigious Maui Invitational … Surprise! ESPN’s Way Too Early Men’s Top 25 Includes CU (at No. 13!) …

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Transfer Portal Tracker

//posted 5.28.2023

Shilo Sanders makes it official, committing to CU with a memorable video … Graduate transfer DE Khairi Manns chooses CU … Four-star transfer running back Alton McCaskill (from Houston) commits to CU …

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NIL News and Notes

//posted 4.29.2023

Travis Hunter signs NIL deal with Phil Long Ford (Hunter ranks No. 3 nationally in NIL valuation) … Buffs4Life to provide $2,000 NIL deals to football non-scholarship student-athletes …

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CU makes it official: Alabama “Senior Special Assistant” Sal Sunseri hired to coach defensive tackles (worked with DC Charles Kelly at Alabama and Florida State) … CU DL coach Patrick Hill hired away by the Minnesota Vikings …

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Athlon Rates Coaching Hires: Coach Prime one of four to earn an “A+” … Urban Meyer high on Coach Prime: “I think he’s going to flip it” … Stewart Mandel: Coach Prime Hire the Only “A+” Hire in the Power Five … Coaches on CU: Coach Prime will upgrade the program, but growth could be gradual …

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The Buffs opened the new year with a pair of dominating wins over the Oregon schools, but that proved to be the highlight, as the men would only win one more game the rest of the month, including road sweeps by the Los Angeles and Oregon schools … The best news of the month? The signing of prep All-American, one of the highest-rated recruits in CU history … The CU women, meanwhile, had a strong month, re-entering the national polls on a 6-2 month, a January which included a buzzer-beating three-pointer to defeat No. 8 UCLA, 73-70 …

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Coach Prime all day every day … Coach Prime’s press conference after Signing Day II … Article from The Athletic going behind the scenes on the hiring of Coach Prime … Video introductions of Defensive Coordinator Charles Kelly and Offensive Coordinator Sean Lewis … Coach Prime at the National Championship game: “We gotta get here” …

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Less than two months from “winning” the national title for being the worst team in football, Colorado has skyrocketed to national relevance … Some see CU as moving too quickly; some see Coach Prime is getting too much credit for turning around a program still waiting to play its first game under Coach Prime … True or untrue? …

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CU’ opponents for the 2023 season have been known for years, but the schedule for those games was released just this week … The Buffs will open with a September against three ten-win teams … Can CU run the September gauntlet in tact, giving the Buffs a chance for a run to the post-season in the second half? … Let’s find out …

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What does McClain’s commitment mean to CU’s 2023 roster? To CU’s national perception? To CU’s future recruiting Classes? … Can Coach Prime keep the locker room from fracturing into and “us v. them” mentality? … Does CU’s Pac-12 schedule represent opportunities … Or a Bataan Death March? …

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Relegating Relegation

//posted 1.15.2023

State legislators in Washington are seeking to bind the Huskies and the Cougars to the same conference, trying to keep Washington from bolting to the Big Ten … With the Pac-12 gaining in national relevance, and Colorado under Coach Prime regaining its brand, CU’s chance of avoiding relegation have certainly been enhanced …

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CU in The Spotlight

//posted 1.14.2023

From ESPN GameDay to CBS This Morning to GQ, Coach Prime is everywhere … The spotlight has been turned on the CU program like at no time in recent memory, which is great for the CU brand, though it also brings with it negative stories … CU has yet to win a game under Coach Sanders, but CU is undeniably winning the off-season …

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