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2025 Big 12 Tourney thread- #16 seed MEN'S bball (Kansas City, MO; 1st round game vs. #9 seed TCU, Tuesday, 3/11, 1:00 PM MT, ESPN+)

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(I plan on continuing to use and update this thread and post as, hopefully, the Buffs advance in the tournament.)

Tomorrow CU Buff men's basketball (12-19 overall; 3-17 in Big 12 play) have their 1st tourney game in their new old conference at the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship as they face off at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center with the #9 seed TCU Horned Frogs (16-15, 9-11) early Tuesday afternoon.
(The winner of Tuesday's game is scheduled to play at the same time (1:00 PM MT) the next day (Wednesday) against the #8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers (19-12, 10-10), with that game also scheduled to be available via ESPN+ stream.)

All tournament games are on the ESPN platform, with all of Tuesday games slotted for ESPN+, then Wednesday has 2 of the games on ESPN+ and half on one or the other ESPN channel, and then from Thursday forward all games are scheduled to be on either ESPN or ESPN2. (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 current NET rankings (dated 3/9/25, https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings), CU is #91, while TCU is at #79. (Potential 2nd round opponent WVU is at #46.)

Go Buffs!!!
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A little more on the upcoming opponent(s)

1st round opponent- TCU:
Roster - https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
Schedule - https://gofrogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - https://gofrogs.com/news/2025/3/10/mens-basketball-preview-vs-colorado.aspx

2nd round opponent - West Virginia:
Roster - https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25
Schedule - https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Their game(s) preview article - Not available as I type this.

3rd round opponent - Houston:
Roster - https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25
Schedule - https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Their game(s) preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:

Big 12's tourney schedule - https://big12sports.com/tournaments/?id=1041&path=mbball

Tournament Bracket - https://big12sports.com/documents/2...s_Basketball_Championship_Bracket.pdf?id=7685

Live video:
Vs. TCU - Game is being streamed live for those with an ESPN+ premium subscription, available either on the ESPN app or at https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/4baff4bf-af6a-47ef-a9e3-aff982d12916 .
2nd round vs. West Virginia - The 2nd round Game vs. West Virginia will also being streamed live on ESPN+, again available either on the ESPN app or at https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/32801512-f7fd-404c-8173-cb42d65309e2.
3rd round vs. Houston - The game will primarily be shown on ESPN2, while also showing a stream available for those with an ESPN+ subscription. The streaming link for those interested in accessing through ESPN2 is https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/2692995c-7f7d-4e7a-a6f5-bf379afe2f79 , while the ESPN+ one is https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/115e6bbe-7532-46a4-a3dd-13d439ecc3bc .

Live audio- All 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. TCU - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=3050&type=Live
2nd round vs. West Virginia - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=3051&type=Live
3rd round vs. Houston - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=3052&type=Live

Live stats: (General live stats links for all tourney games should be at https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/tournament.php?tid=218 as they become available.) -
Vs. TCU - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=583943&vislive=colo
2nd round vs. West Virginia - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=583947
3rd round vs. Houston - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=583951

Game notes:
Vs. TCU - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2025/3/10/CU_Game_Notes_Big_12_Championship.pdf
2nd round vs. West Virginia - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2025/3/12/CU_Game_Notes_Big_12_Championship_Second_Round.pdf
3rd round vs. Houston -
 
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Preview for tomorrow's game (and congrats to Mr. Hammond for the recognition!) - https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/3/10/...t-for-tcu-rematch-to-open-big-12-championship

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Buffs Set For TCU Rematch To Open Big 12 Championship​

Hammond Earns Honorable Mention To All-Big 12 Team

By: Troy Andre, Associate Director/Athletic Communications

Game 32 - TCU, Tuesday, March 11, 2025
T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Tip: 1:01 p.m. MT
Watch: ESPN+ (Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla, Kris Budden) https://buffs.me/41AEE0V
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 138 or 198, SXM App 952
Live Statistics: https://buffs.me/3FhBOq9

BIG 12 HONORS: Senior Julian Hammond III earned honorable mention to the 2024-25 All-Big 12 Team the league office announced on March 10. Hammond leads the Buffaloes at 12.6 points and 3.1 assists per game. He leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 90.9 percent (80 of 88).

THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 12-19 overall, finishing in 16th place in the Big 12 Conference at 3-17. The Buffaloes are the No. 16 seed at the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship and are set to play a first round game against No. 9 seed TCU on Tuesday, March 11, at 1 p.m. MT.

The Buffaloes are coming off their biggest Big 12 win of the season, 76-56 decision against TCU on Senior Day March 8. Colorado's three Big 12 wins have come in the last seven games after dropping its first 13 games of the conference season.

Colorado is averaging 70.1 points per game, shooting 44.8 percent from the field. The Buffaloes scored exactly 76 points in all three of their Big 12 wins, which was also the team's season high in league play. Colorado hit 70 points for the seventh time during Big 12 play, with four of those coming in the last seven games.

Colorado is averaging 75.6 points the last two games and has shot well from the floor. The Buffaloes are a combined 49 percent from the field the last two games (55-112). Colorado did enjoy one of its better offensive performances in the loss to Texas Tech. The Buffaloes shot 52.7 percent from the field against the Red Raiders (29-55), their best figure in the Big 12 this season and second-best overall (.566 vs. Cal State Fullerton). It was Colorado's best shooting percentage in a loss since the Buffaloes made 30 of 55 (.545) at Colorado State on Nov. 29, 2023.
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ABOUT THE HORNED FROGS: TCU is 16-15 overall and tied for ninth with Kansas State at 9-11 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs claimed the nine seed with their 63-62 win over the Wildcats on Jan. 4. TCU has lost four of their last five since a stretch where they had won five of six beginning with the win over Colorado on Feb. 2. TCU is 2-12 away from home this season and winless in neutral site contests (0-3). TCU ranks last in the Big 12 in scoring (67.6 ppg) and field goal percentage (.417). Defensively, TCU allows 68.7 points per game while opponents shoot 44.2 percent.

Noah Reynolds leads TCU at 12.3 points and dishes out 3.0 assists per game. Vasean Allette averages 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-best 3.6 assists per game. Ernest Udeh Jr. tops the Horned Frogs in field goal percentage (.639), rebounds (7.4 rpg) and blocks (1.2 bpg).

Jamie Dixon is in his ninth season at TCU with a record of 176-125 (.585). He is in his 22nd season overall as a collegiate head coach with a 504-248 mark (.670).

THE SERIES: This will be the seventh meeting between Colorado and TCU. The series is tied 3-3 after both teams won their respective home games during the regular season. It will be the first meeting on a neutral court.

Tad Boyle is 1-1 against TCU as a head coach. Jamie Dixon is 2-1 in his career against the Buffaloes, 1-1 with TCU. His other win came as the head coach at Pittsburgh in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, a 77-48 decision in Orlando, Fla.

BIG 12 POSTSEASON FACTS: Colorado makes its first Big 12 Championship appearance since 2011. The Buffaloes are 9-15 all-time in the Big 12 Championship. Colorado made its best Big 12 Championship run in its last appearance, winning two games as the No. 5 seed and reaching the tournament semifinals for the first time.

Colorado had a very successful run in 13 Pac-12 Tournament, going 19-12 with three championship game appearances and winning it all in 2012. The Buffaloes won at least one game in 12 of 13 Pac-12 Tournaments

Colorado is 32-47 all-time in conference postseason tournaments. The Buffaloes were 4-20 in the Big Eight Tournament between 1977-96.

Head coach Tad Boyle owns nearly two-thirds of Colorado's all-time conference tournament wins. He is 21-13 in conference tournament action, which includes 2-1 mark in Colorado's final year of the Big 12.
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Lightning said:
Julian been underappreciated because he was put in a bad scenario this season. TCU will try to neutralize him so Jak especially has to step up, plus the others.
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This.

Hypothetically, if the NBA draft class hadn't been so bad last year and Cody would have been justified in following what he thought was his probable plan... Hammond would have been excellent as his backcourt mate this season.
 
Buffnik said:
This.

Hypothetically, if the NBA draft class hadn't been so bad last year and Cody would have been justified in following what he thought was his probable plan... Hammond would have been excellent as his backcourt mate this season.
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It’s kind of crazy to think of the guys who COULD be on our roster this year.

KJ Simpson
J’Vonne Hadley
Luke O’brien
Cody Williams
Eddie Lampkin
 
Also, we are the softest team I've ever seen. We just let teams body us. I'll say it again, the S&C staff for this team all need to be fired in the offseason.

Malone is the biggest pvssy of them all.
 
Could have taken 60 seconds off the clock with two offensive rebounds but Dak throws up a three right after the rebound… smh
 
Between the jumpiness of the stream and the court, this is almost unwatchable. It's making me sick.
 
That didn't look like a goaltend, he got it before it hit the glass

EDIT: guess it was a goaltend, was watching on my phone
 
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