(I plan on continuing to use and update this post with new links as, hopefully, the Buffs advance in the tournament.)
Beginning Tuesday (4/1),
CU Buff men's basketball (14-20 overall; 3-17 in Big 12 regular season play) gets to extend its season by playing in the new (2025) College Basketball Crown (CBC). Their 1st game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM MT as they face off against the Villanova Wildcats (19-14, 11-9 in Big East regular season play).
(The winner of Tuesday's game is scheduled to play at 7:30 PM MT on Thursday (4/3) against the winner of Tuesday's Tulane Green Wave (19-14, 12-6 in American Conference regular season play) vs. USC Trojans (16-17, 7-13 in Big 10 regular season play) game, which is scheduled to begin right after the Buff's game around 9:00 PM MT.)
All tourney games are in Las Vegas, with the 1st 2 rounds being played at MGM Grand Garden Arena, while the semifinal and final games will be at the T-Mobile Arena.
Fox Corp. is showing all the games, with all of the 1st 2 round games on FS1, and the semis and final on Fox. (Links and more information about coverage for each CU game will be added as they hopefully advance is further down in this post.)
In the last NET rankings released right before the NCAA tournament selection Sunday (dated 3/16/25,
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings), CU is #86, while Villanova was #55. (Potential 2nd round opponents were at #145 (Tulane) and #70 (USC).)
Go Buffs!!!
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A little more on the upcoming opponent(s)
1st round opponent- Villanova:
Roster -
https://villanova.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats -
https://villanova.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25
Schedule -
https://villanova.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Initial article after it was announced they were in the CBC and facing the Buffs in round 1 -
https://villanova.com/news/2025/3/1...meet-colorado-in-the-crown-opening-round.aspx
Their preview article -
2nd round opponent (If necessary and TBD) :
Roster -
Stats -
Schedule -
Their preview article -
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Media links:
CBC Home page - https://collegebasketballcrown.com/
Tournament Bracket - https://collegebasketballcrown.com/#bracket
Live video: As noted above, Fox Corp. is televising all games, with the 1st 2 rounds scheduled to be on FS1 and the semis and finals on Fox. For those who have a valid cable / satellite / cord cutting subscription that includes access to those channels AND (at least for me) you're accessing the stream from your home internet network, a stream should also be available through a link at
https://www.foxsports.com/live .
(If known, the direct link to get a stream for specific games is:
Vs. Villanova -
https://www.foxsports.com/college-b...ova-wildcats-apr-01-2025-game-boxscore-257993
2nd round (If needed and TBD) -
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Live audio - All CU games will usually be available on 850 AM and 94.1 FM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, a free audio stream for the game will be available at (Left blank if not known as I type this. General link which can be used to find audio streams is
https://cubuffs.com/watch/.):
Vs. Villanova -
2nd round (If needed and TBD) -
Live stats: (General live stats links for all CBC games should be available at https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/central.php?tid=1113 as they become available.) Specific links for individual games (if available) is/ are -
Vs. Villanova -
2nd round (If needed and TBD) -
Game notes:
Vs. Villanova -
https://cubuffs.com/documents/2025/3/28/CU_Game_Notes_Villanova_CBC.pdf
2nd round (If needed and TBD) -