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The Buffs are headed to Palm Desert for Thanksgiving break

If you’re looking for plans to do with your Thanksgiving break this year, the Colorado Buffaloes have got you covered. CU’s men’s basketball team will be headed to Palm Desert, California to play in the Acrisure Series from November 25-28.

Colorado played in the stacked Maui Invitational last season, where they upset back-to-back national champs UConn to take home 6th place in the tournament. This season, coach Tad Boyle opted for something more calm, sending his team to play in Palm Desert against a significantly weaker group of teams.

As of now, Colorado is one of 14 teams to be locked in to play in the non-conference tournament. Other schools to confirm their involvement are Minnesota, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose State, Utah, Washington, Stanford, Northern Iowa, Tulsa, Loyola Chicago, Nevada, San Diego and California Baptist. Additional schools may be announced in the coming weeks and months. The tournament will be played at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert.

This will be Colorado’s 13th consecutive season participating in a non-conference tournament and their first time playing in Palm Desert. Per the Acrisure Series Twitter/X account, tickets will be available online soon.

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The Buffs have landed a 6-foot-5 speedster for 2025

The Colorado Buffaloes haven’t slowed their recruiting roll ahead of their spring game on April 19, landing a big-time commitment from former USF and Campbell wide receiver Sincere Brown.

The 6-foot-5, 190-pound receiver is the definition of a freak athlete. He’s large, shifty and incredibly fast, as evidenced by his 4.41 40-yard dash time. He can high-point balls, burn corners on go-routes and truly do whatever Colorado OC Pat Shurmur asks of him.

After starting his college career with South Florida in 2020, Brown rarely saw the field during his time in Tampa, where he played alongside former CU receivers Xavier Weaver and Jimmy Horn Jr.

Prior to the 2024 season, Brown decided that a change of scenery was necessary and chose to transfer to the Campbell Fighting Camels of the Coastal Athletic Association. That decision would prove to be wise, as Brown broke out during his time in central North Carolina, becoming one of the best wide receivers at the FCS level.

Brown tallied 61 receptions for 1028 yards and 12 total touchdowns during his one season with the Camels, earning him first-team All-CAA honors. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the spring portal period so far, Colorado was able to beat out former Pac-12 conference-mates UCLA and Cal to land their new wideout.

Brown has one season of eligibility remaining and will be a plug-and-play starter for the Buffaloes in 2025. Along with Joseph Williams, Omarion Miller and Drelor Miller, expect Brown be a key piece of Colorado’s receiving core this season.

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Syracuse won't be in Boulder for the Spring game, but Buff fans won't be subjected to a Tractor Pull, either ... A unit-by-unit look at what Buff fans should look for from CU's Spring Game ...

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One of the AAC’s best lineman is headed to Boulder

On a quiet and unsuspecting Saturday, Coach Prime and the Colorado Buffaloes made a big splash, landing a commitment from former Memphis offensive lineman Xavier Hill.

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Hill started his college career with LSU, where he played in only six games in three seasons with the Tigers. In 2023, Hill transferred to a different Tigers squad in Memphis, blossoming into one of the American Athletic Conference’s best offensive linemen during his time in Southwestern Tennessee. In his two seasons with Memphis, Hill was the Tigers’ best lineman, earning second-team All-AAC honors in 2023 and first-team all-conference honors in 2024. The 6-foot-four, 318 lbs lineman primarily played right tackle during his time at Memphis.

Ranked as 247 Sports’ 28th-ranked offensive lineman in the transfer portal, Hill comes to Boulder for his sixth season of college football with one year of eligibility remaining. After Colorado’s offensive line had a rocky season in 2024, Hill’s addition is a surefire improvement to the group. Although he established himself as an elite offensive tackle at Memphis, Hill can also slide over and play guard. Expect to see him on prominent display for the Buffaloes in 2025.

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A look at how the odds have shifted leading up to the draft

We’re just two weeks out from the NFL Draft, and it’s looking like the New Orleans Saints might be going all in for their chance at snagging Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

Earlier this week, oddsmakers had the Saints at +300 to draft Sanders. Now, they’ve jumped to -130 (DraftKings) — roughly a 56% chance they make the move.

That shift in odds didn’t come out of nowhere. News broke on Friday night that Saints quarterback Derek Carr is dealing with a shoulder injury that might require surgery. Suddenly, being down a quarterback and in possession of a high draft pick, the Saints are in prime position to grab a new franchise guy.

New Orleans would be a great fit for Sanders and his gunslinging playstyle too. New Saints head coach Kellen Moore was a legendary college quarterback for Boise State and has a pension for running a pass-heavy, simplistic West-Coast style offense, not too dissimilar to what Sanders was working with at Colorado.

This seems like a match made in heaven, so what’s complicating things?

Mainly, it’s that the Saints are in a tough spot cap-wise and aren’t exactly built to win immediately. New Orleans GM Mickey Loomis is notorious for putting his team in cap space hell, which makes it extremely difficult for the team to dig itself out of without completely imploding the roster.

Whether the Saints say it out loud or not, drafting Shedeur would be the ultimate reset button for a franchise that badly needs one. He wouldn’t have to play right away, but it would give them a legit long-term plan — and Shedeur could be the type of face-of-the-franchise talent you build around.

New Orleans currently sits at pick No. 9, which might not be high enough to land Sanders. With quarterback-needy teams like Cleveland, New York Giants and Las Vegas picking ahead of the Saints, there’s a real chance that Sanders might not be on the board when New Orleans gets on the clock. Because of that, the question now isn’t whether the Saints want Sanders — it’s whether they’re going to move up and go get him before someone else does.

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