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**Video: Men’s Basketball 2023-24 Full Season Recap** … KJ Simpson officially declares for the NBA Draft … CU men finish ranked 28th … CU women finish ranked No. 15 … Chauncey Billups becomes the second Buff inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame …
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The CU men’s team got off to a slow start in February, going 1-3, including a 20-point home loss to No. 8 Arizona … The Buffs then righted the ship with three wins to close out the month, including a double-overtime road win over USC … For his 28 point effort in an 89-65 home rout of Utah, KJ Simpson was named the Pac-12 Player-of-the-Week … On the women’s side, the month of February went in the opposite direction … The Buffs won the first three games in February, climbing to a 20-3 record and a No. 1 projected seeding in the NCAA tournament in the first Top 16 early reveal by the NCAA selection committee … The remainder of the month, however, was a disappointment, as the Buffs lost four straight – all to ranked teams – to fall out of the Top Ten in the national rankings …
READ MORE >>Tags: Aaronette Vonleh, Cody Williams, Eddie Lampkin, Frida Formann, J'Vonne Hadley, Jaylyn Sherrod, JR Payne, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, Kindyll Wetta, KJ Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Quay Miller, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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The CU men entered 2024 with an 11-2 (2-0) record, then promptly lost 97-50 to No. 10 Arizona to kick off a three-game road losing streak … The Buffs rebounded to win four straight before finishing the month with a split road trip to the state of Washington … The CU women, meanwhile, entered January with an 11-1 record and a No. 5 national ranking … A big win over No. 8 Stanford pushed the Buffs to No. 3 in the rankings before CU fell to No. 5 UCLA, 76-68, before the largest crowd (11,338) to ever watch a women’s game at the CU Events Center … A home win over No. 12 Utah kept the Buffs in the Top Ten nationally throughout the month …
READ MORE >>Tags: Aaronette Vonleh, Charlotte Whittaker, Cody Williams, Eddie Lampkin, Frida Formann, J'Vonne Hadley, Jaylyn Sherrod, JR Payne, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, Kindyll Wetta, KJ Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Maddie Nolan, Sara-Rose Smith, Tad Boyle, Tameiya Sadler, Tristan da Silva
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December, 2023, was a perfect month for the both the CU men’s and CU women’s basketball teams … Tad Boyle’s Buffs went 6-0, including a 90-63 rout of No. 15 Miami, and a Pac-12 opening home sweep of the Washington schools. With the wins, the Buffs edged close to the Top 25, finishing the month at No. 28 … JR Payne’s Buffs, meanwhile, went 4-0 in December, finishing off the month with a convincing 76-65 home win over No. 12 Utah … The Buffs stayed in the Top Ten nationally throughout the month, heading into the New Year with a No. 5 ranking …
READ MORE >>Tags: Aaronette Vonleh, Cody Williams, Eddie Lampkin, Frida Formann, J'Vonne Hadley, Jaylyn Sherrod, JR Payne, Julian Hammond III, Kindyll Wetta, KJ Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Quay Miller, Sara-Rose Smith, Sheloni Sanders, Tad Boyle, Tameiya Sadler, Tristan da Silva
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Expectations for both the men’s and women’s teams were high as the 2023-24 season opened … When the CU women upset No. 1 LSU to open the season, the Buffs rocketed into the Top Ten, getting as high as No. 3 before a loss to No. 10 North Carolina State dropped the Buffs out of the Top Five … CU men also found themselves ranked nationally, rising as high as No. 18, but fell out after an overtime loss to Florida State and a road loss to No. 20 Colorado State …
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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 …
READ MORE >>Tags: Cody Williams, Dominique Clifford, J'Vonne Hadley, Julian Hammond, Julian Hammond III, K.J. Simpson, KJ Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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Buffs picked to finish 6th in the Pac-12 in media poll … CU opens the season with a 4-3 record, including road wins over No. 11 Tennessee and No. 24 Texas A&M, to go with losses to Grambling State and UMass … Tad Boyle on 4-3 start: “I may have overscheduled for this team” …
READ MORE >>Tags: Bobi Klintman, Cody Williams, Courtney Anderson, Dominique Clifford, Eli Parquet, Ethan Wright, Evan Battey, J'Vonne Hadley, Jabari Walker, Jalen Gabbidon, Julian Hammond, K.J. Simpson, Keeshawn Barthelemy, KJ Simpson, Luke O'Brien, Nique Clifford, Tristan da Silva
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Fresh off of a huge upset of No. 2 Arizona, the Buffs opened March with a renewed sense of optimism … After taking out Utah to end the regular season, the fourth-seeded Buffs opened the Pac-12 tournament with an 80-69 win over No. 5 seed Oregon … The Buffs fell to No. 1 seed Arizona in the semi-finals, landing in the NIT, where CU fell at home to St. Bonaventure … The CU women, meanwhile, earned their first NCAA bid since 2013, but fell to Creighton in the first round of the Big Dance …
READ MORE >>Tags: Evan Battey, Jabari Walker, K.J. Simpson, Keeshawn Barthelemy, Kindyll Wetta, KJ Simpson, Mya Hollingshed, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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Buffs open February with a loss at home against Oregon, giving CU a three-game losing streak … But then the Buffs reel off five straight wins, including three road wins in six days … Buffs then close out February with an epic 79-63 win over No. 2 Arizona on Evan Battey’s Senior Night … Video: “The Mayor” addresses the Buff Nation after Arizona win …
READ MORE >>Tags: Dominique Clifford, Elijah Parquet, Evan Battey, Jabari Walker, K.J. Simpson, Keeshawn Barthelemy, KJ Simpson, Lawson Lovering, Luke O'Brien, Nique Clifford, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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(Thought I would bump this up after KJ’s 13-point effort against No. 2 Arizona) … A year ago, KJ Simpson was an all-state high school star, averaging almost a triple-double per game … A four-star recruit in one of Tad Boyle’s highest-rated recruiting classes, KJ is seeing more playing time as fellow Buffs are sidelined for the season …
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Buffs go 3-2 in December in a month which was more about cancellations than games played … CU loses to No. 5 UCLA and No. 13 Tennessee with three wins over lower-division schools … Tad Boyle: “We’re like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get” … Big home game against Kansas canceled at the last minute …
READ MORE >>Tags: Dominique Clifford, Eli Parquet, Elijah Parquet, Evan Battey, Jabari Walker, K.J. Simpson, Keeshawn Barthelemy, KJ Simpson, Lawson Lovering, Tad Boyle, Tristan da Silva
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