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Colorado Basketball

//posted 4.2.2025

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Buffs 14-21 season comes to an end with an 95-64 blowout loss to Villanova in the College Basketball Crown tournament … Tad Boyle: “The future is bright. I’m disappointed in the year, but I’m not down” …

Tags: Andrej Jakimovski, Assane Diop, Elijah Malone, Fawaz “Tacko” Ifaola, Ian Inman, Isaiah Johnson, Jalin Holland, Javon Ruffin, Josiah Sanders, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, Trevor Baskin
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Colorado Basketball – December, 2022

//posted 12.30.2022

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CU enjoys a six-game winning streak during the month, including a rout of Colorado State and a win over Southern Utah which gives Tad Boyle win No. 262, passing Sox Walseth for the most wins in CU history … But December is marred by bookend embarrassing Pac-12 road losses to Washington and Cal …

Tags: J'Vonne Hadley, Jalen Gabbidon, Javon Ruffin, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, K.J. Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Nique Clifford, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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The Golden Age of CU Basketball – The Tad Boyle Era

//posted 3.13.2022

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Buff fans are disappointed CU won’t be in the NCAA tournament this spring, a testament of just how far Tad Boyle has brought the program … Five (should have been six) NCAA bids in 12 years (after two bids in 40 years) … Nine of CU’s 13 20-win seasons … 26 post-season wins (next on the list: Richardo Patton, with eight) …

Tags: Javon Ruffin, Julian Hammond, KJ Simpson, Lawson Lovering, Quincy Allen, Tad Boyle
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Colorado Basketball – January, 2021

//posted 1.29.2021

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After opening Pac-12 play with a 1-2 record, the Buffs use a 79-72 win over No. 17 Oregon to launch a four-game winning streak … Then, just when it looked as if the Buffs were on their way to a Top 25 ranking, CU lost to winless Washington (going 1-18 from three-point range), then topped that frustration with by blowing a 19-point lead (with 8:45 to play), before falling at home to Utah …Tad Boyle on the Utah loss: “I’m not sure I’ve ever been more disappointed in a loss in my career” …

Tags: D'Shawn Schwartz, Dallas Walton, Eli Parquet, Evan Battey, Jabari Walker, Javon Ruffin, Jeriah Horne, Julian Hammond, Keeshawn Barthelemy, Lawson Lovering, Luke O'Brien, Maddox Daniels, Quincy Allen, Rick Ray, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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Colorado Basketball – November, 2020

//posted 11.30.2020

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McKinley Wright named Pac-12 Player-of-the-Week as CU opens with two non-conference wins … Despite the records, Tad Boyle not satisfied as his 11th season in Boulder is set to open … Tyler Bey taken in the second round by the 76ers (8th pick; 38th overall) – then traded to Dallas … Preseason Pac-12 media poll: Colorado picked to finish 7th; McKinley Wright named to the first-team All-Pac-12 team … CU 2020 Recruiting Class ranked 16th in the nation: Quincy Allen, Julian Hammond III, Lawson Lovering and Javon Ruffin join the Buffs …

Tags: Dallas Walton, Eli Parquet, Jabari Walker, Javon Ruffin, Jeriah Horne, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, Keeshawn Barthelemy, Lawson Lovering, McKinley Wright, Quincy Allen, Tad Boyle, Tyler Bey
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Colorado Basketball – September/October – 2020

//posted 10.29.2020

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Tad Boyle: “This team is only going to be as good as our veterans are” … Addition of Keeshawn Barthelemy may give CU its best backcourt tandem in years … March Madness returning to Denver in 2023 and 2025 … Andy Katz first NCAA tournament projections: CU a No. 11 seed … Tad Boyle picks up fourth commitment – 6’5″ guard Javon Ruffin … Buffs pick up a commitment from Julian Hammond, a three-star dual-sport point guard …

Tags: Javon Ruffin, Julian Hammond, Keeshawn Barthelemy, McKinley Wright, McKinley Wright IV, Tad Boyle
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