Buffs a team on the rise? Illini the foe in NCAAs
For 50 years, Colorado could usually be dismissed as a program floating around the backwaters of college basketball.
Since coach Tad Boyle arrived in 2010, Colorado sure looks like a program on the rise.
Boyle has led Colorado to the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1962-63, and the No. 12-seed Buffs (21-11) are a trendy early-round upset pick when...
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March 21, 2013
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Colorado 74, Oregon St. 68
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 20 points and Colorado picked up a much-needed win at the Pac-12 tournament, holding off Oregon State 74-68 in the first round on Wednesday.
Colorado (21-10) needed a couple of wins in Las Vegas to boost its NCAA chances and got off to a good start by dominating Oregon State defensively most of the second half.
Xavier Johnson had 16 points and Andre Roberson...
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March 13, 2013
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The Colorado Buffaloes will Make Noise in March
The Colorado Buffaloes will Make Noise in MarchAs the bubble watch begins in college basketball, there are many teams finding themselves wondering if they’ll be playing in the Big Dance, but for the most part none of those teams are capable of getting past the first round, except for one. The Colorado Buffaloes are not a bubble team in my eyes- they’re comfortably going to...
Inside the boxscore: Kansas 90, Colorado 54
1. Colorado's leading scorer - sophomore Spencer Dinwiddie - entered the game averaging 17.8 points and had scored in double figures every game this year. In the past three games he'd averaged 25.6 points. But he only was able to get up four shots vs Kansas' defense, and finished the game with four points.
2. The Buffalos entered 7-1, and their offense was largely...
Arizona upset by Colorado in Pac-12 title game
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Freshman Spencer Dinwiddie scored 14 points, Carlon Brown added 13 and Pac-12 newcomer Colorado upset Arizona 53-51 Saturday to win the league's tournament championship and earn the school's first NCAA tournament bid since 2003.
The Buffaloes (23-11) became the first No. 6 seed to win the tournament title since Southern California in 2009 by winning four...
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March 10, 2012
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Colorado edges Arizona 53-51 to win Pac-12 title
Freshman Spencer Dinwiddie scored 14 points, Carlon Brown added 13 and Pac-12 newcomer Colorado upset Arizona 53-51 Saturday to win the league's tournament championship and earn the school's first NCAA tournament bid since 2003.
The Buffaloes (23-11) became the first No. 6 seed to win the tournament title since Southern California in 2009 by winning four games in four days...
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March 10, 2012
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Arizona State routed by Colorado at home
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Spencer Dinwiddie scored all 15 points in the second half and Colorado routed Arizona State 63-49 on Saturday.
Andre Roberson and Austin Dufault added 12 points apiece for the Buffaloes (17-8, 9-4 Pac 12), who won their third straight game against the Sun Devils (8-17, 4-9) and have won three of four overall.
Jonathan Gilling scored 11 points and Trent Lockett...
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February 11, 2012
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Johnson heading to Colorado next fall
Mater Dei forward Xavier Johnson spent last Saturday at the Sports Arena watching the then first place Colorado Buffaloes take on UCLA.
The Buffaloes are good at home but like most young teams have their struggles on the road. That was evident last Saturday in their loss to the Bruins, but the future is bright for the Buffaloes who are playing in their first season in the Pac-12...
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February 03, 2012
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