Saturday’s game in Boulder is the ultimate battle to stay within the tournament picture At first glance, Colorado’s home matchup with Utah on Saturday evening seems innocuous.
Colorado may or may not see old friend Lawson Lovering in action. The Buffaloes also might not have to worry about slowing Rollie Worster, one of the top assists leaders in the Pac-12.
Tad Boyle didn’t expressly state his preference for the sort of athlete he prefers manning the post for Colorado. Still, in the wake of the sudden postseason
A big physical presence to replace Lawson Tad Boyle knew that he had a center-sized hole to fill in the starting lineup for the Colorado Buffaloes. Lawson Lovering, a man that Boyle defended and praised all year long, took his talents 8 hours West to Salt Lake City and the Utah Utes.
Among the players set to return for the Colorado men’s basketball team, the loss of Lawson Lovering to the transfer portal has likely impacted Joe Hurlburt the most.
Everyone knew there would be changes within the Colorado men’s basketball team this offseason. That starting center Lawson Lovering was the first to hit the transfer portal was a shock to just about everyone that follows the Buffaloes program.
With the incoming recruiting class of 2023, Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle over-signed for the first time in his 13 seasons with the Buffaloes, expecting at least one roster defection.
The Buffs’ road woes continue. The Colorado Buffaloes suffered a 73-62 loss to Utah on Saturday, their sixth straight road loss. The Buffs are now 14-12 overall and a not nice 6-9 in Pac-12 play.
Three weeks ago, KJ Simpson was a late-game terror during a two-game run through the Bay Area. Afterward, however, Simpson was derailed by injury and illness.
LOS ANGELES — Tad Boyle has expressed confidence in 7-foot-1 center Lawson Lovering throughout the season. Lovering is starting to reward his coach’s confidence.
As a frontcourt duo, J’Vonne Hadley and Lawson Lovering are effective for the Colorado Buffaloes. Yet in a non-traditional sort of way. Hadley, at 6-foot-6, is an undersized forward who nonetheless leads the Buffaloes in rebounding at 6.6 per game.
The Buffs won behind Simpson’s 31 points. We learned a valuable lesson in Colorado’s 73-70 win over Stanford, and it is that K.J. Simpson is him. The sophomore guard erupted for 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
STANFORD, Calif. — KJ Simpson stole the show, and certainly led the way as Colorado stole a road win. Yet in a 73-70 win late Thursday night at Stanford, Simpson got plenty of help from two players who were back on the floor following short injury absences in Luke O’Brien and Lawson Lovering.
STANFORD, Calif. — Colorado stole one on the road. Despite trailing for much of the second half, the CU Buffs men’s basketball team got key defensive stops in addition to critical points from KJ Simpson in the waning moments, leading to a 73-70 win on Thursday night in a Pac-12 Conference battle at Maples Pavilion.
Often the start of the weekly rotation of Pac-12 Conference games signals the start of tightened minutes across the rotation. That may not be the case this season for the Colorado men’s basketball team.
At some point, Joe Hurlburt is going to be needed. Whether he’s ready for it or not. Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle doesn’t usually force his freshmen through the maturation process.
For two of the players in the top-ranked 2021 recruiting class in the Pac-12, Quincy Allen and Javon Ruffin, injuries made the 2021-22 campaign a lost season.
The difference was subtle. And more mental than anything on display on the floor. It was at home against UCLA on Jan. 22 that Lovering decided to hit the floor with a different mindset.
SEATTLE — Colorado’s vaunted 2021 recruiting class still is on track to make a big impact. It’s just going to take a little more time than originally expected.
SEATTLE — The good news for Lawson Lovering is that he avoided the worst-case scenario with the knee injury he suffered earlier this week. Nevertheless, Lovering’s freshman season at Colorado has likely come to a premature end.
EUGENE, Ore.— The Colorado Buffaloes will look to get on a hot streak after posting a huge comeback victory at Oregon. Whatever comes next, the immediate future is unlikely to include Lawson Lovering.
The sudden lull in competition sparked by a COVID-19 breakout within the team wasn’t optimal for any of the Colorado Buffaloes. Freshman Lawson Lovering might be one player who was even more adversely affected by the Buffs’ competitive pause than his teammates.
ST. THOMAS, US Virgin Islands — Big man Lawson Lovering slowly is catching up to the speed of Division I basketball. And in his case, catching up means slowing down.
The moment was somewhat of an eye-opener for Colorado big man Lawson Lovering. During the second half of an exhibition defeat for the Colorado men’s basketball team on Sunday at Nebraska, Lovering, the Buffaloes’ 7-foot-1 freshman, was checking the Cornhuskers’ Wilhelm Breidenbach.
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