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December 3rd
… CU in the Arena …
Getting to Know: Portland Pilots
Game … Saturday, 8:00 p.m., MT … No television (Watch Online: Campus Insiders (Travis Demers, Bill Krueger)
http://buffs.me/2h2FMXv … Radio: 850 KOA
Game Notes … From CUBuffs.com
Related …
… “Buffs Face First True Road Test Saturday” … from CUBuffs.com
… “CU Buffs men’s basketball look to rebound at Portland” … from the Daily Camera
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Quotable Tad Boyle … “”I knew coming into CSU that the next two weeks would tell us a lot about this team and where we are,” Boyle said following the disappointing loss to the Rams. Focusing on Wednesday’s game alone, Boyle must spend time picking his team up from a loss of morale, as players realized the weight of the Rams’ upset.
“We’ve got to regroup, and we can’t feel sorry for ourselves, because nobody is going to feel sorry for us,” he said.
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Portland 2015-16 Record: 12-20, 6-12 in West Coast Conference play. The Pilots traveled to Boulder last November, with the Buffs winning, 85-64.
Portland 2016-17 Season: Portland is 4-2 overall, snapping a two-game losing streak with a win over Cal State Northridge, 96-78, on Nov. 27. The Pilots are averaging 82.5 points per game shooting 47 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. Portland has hit 90 points twice, the CSU Northridge game and also a season-high 98 points in a win over Lewis & Clark. Defensively, the Pilots give up 72.3 points while opponents are shooting 40 percent on the season.
Senior guard Alec Wintering leads Portland at 22.8 points and 6.7 assists per game. An All-West Coast Conference selection as a junior, Wintering is shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor and 91 percent from the free throw line.
“I know Portland has one of the best point guards on the west coast that nobody has heard about,” CU head coach Tad Boyle said. “Very, very good player. The message for our team is we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. Portland isn’t going to feel sorry for us.
“They’re licking their chops, a Pac-12 team coming into their gym. We’ve got to regroup. We’ve got to bounce back. We’re tested right now.”
Series: This will be the second meeting between the two teams, with CU holding a 1-0 win after last season’s win.
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December 1st
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs, 13.5-point favorites, fall to Rams by 14
From CUBuffs.com … A sub-par night offensively and from the free throw line, plus a stifling Colorado State defense, made Wednesday night a miserable one for the Colorado Buffaloes at the Coors Events Center.
The Rams rolled over the Buffs 72-58, handing CU its second loss of the season (5-2) and snapping a 12-game winning streak at the CEC. The Buffs’ 58 points were a season low and their fewest at home since a 56-54 loss to Utah on Jan. 8, 2016 — also their last home loss.
CSU (6-1) made 17 of its first 18 free throw attempts, finishing 26-of-33, while CU was 17-of-31 from the foul line (54.8 percent) and only 19-of-59 (a season-low 32.2 percent) from the field.
“You’ve got to find a way to win this game ugly . . . Colorado State makes the game ugly,” CU coach Tad Boyle said. “They’re a very physical team (and) I’ve got a lot of respect for them . . . we weren’t mentally tough enough tonight to win ugly.”
CU senior Wesley Gordon believed the Buffs “underestimated (their) guys and they came out and handed it to us . . . we lost to a team we should have beat. If we don’t come out to play that’s what’s going to happen every game.”
Derrick White led the Buffs with 17 points and Gordon added 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots. CSU had four players in double figures, topped by Emmanuel Omogbo’s 15.
… Continue reading story here …
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No. 21 CU women 7-0 after 112-54 rout of SE Louisiana
From CUBuffs.com … No. 21 Colorado Buffaloes women’s basketball team extended its season record to 7-0 today with a 112-54 win over the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions (2-4), scoring the most points in 22 years.
The 112 points on the board were the fifth-most ever and the most points since a 114-52 win over St. Francis (Pa.) in 1994 and it was the Buffs first game over 100 points since a 100-71 win over Cal Fullerton in 2005.
The Buffs are rolling with confidence, undefeated on the season under new head coach JR Payne. Next they look to continue this streak on Saturday night when they take on Idaho State at Coors Events Center.
… Continue reading story here …
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Colorado Basketball
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December 3rd
… CU in the Arena …
Getting to Know: Portland Pilots
Game … Saturday, 8:00 p.m., MT … No television (Watch Online: Campus Insiders (Travis Demers, Bill Krueger)
http://buffs.me/2h2FMXv … Radio: 850 KOA
Game Notes … From CUBuffs.com
Related …
… “Buffs Face First True Road Test Saturday” … from CUBuffs.com
… “CU Buffs men’s basketball look to rebound at Portland” … from the Daily Camera
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Quotable Tad Boyle … “”I knew coming into CSU that the next two weeks would tell us a lot about this team and where we are,” Boyle said following the disappointing loss to the Rams. Focusing on Wednesday’s game alone, Boyle must spend time picking his team up from a loss of morale, as players realized the weight of the Rams’ upset.
“We’ve got to regroup, and we can’t feel sorry for ourselves, because nobody is going to feel sorry for us,” he said.
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Portland 2015-16 Record: 12-20, 6-12 in West Coast Conference play. The Pilots traveled to Boulder last November, with the Buffs winning, 85-64.
Portland 2016-17 Season: Portland is 4-2 overall, snapping a two-game losing streak with a win over Cal State Northridge, 96-78, on Nov. 27. The Pilots are averaging 82.5 points per game shooting 47 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. Portland has hit 90 points twice, the CSU Northridge game and also a season-high 98 points in a win over Lewis & Clark. Defensively, the Pilots give up 72.3 points while opponents are shooting 40 percent on the season.
Senior guard Alec Wintering leads Portland at 22.8 points and 6.7 assists per game. An All-West Coast Conference selection as a junior, Wintering is shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor and 91 percent from the free throw line.
“I know Portland has one of the best point guards on the west coast that nobody has heard about,” CU head coach Tad Boyle said. “Very, very good player. The message for our team is we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. Portland isn’t going to feel sorry for us.
“They’re licking their chops, a Pac-12 team coming into their gym. We’ve got to regroup. We’ve got to bounce back. We’re tested right now.”
Series: This will be the second meeting between the two teams, with CU holding a 1-0 win after last season’s win.
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December 1st
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs, 13.5-point favorites, fall to Rams by 14
From CUBuffs.com … A sub-par night offensively and from the free throw line, plus a stifling Colorado State defense, made Wednesday night a miserable one for the Colorado Buffaloes at the Coors Events Center.
The Rams rolled over the Buffs 72-58, handing CU its second loss of the season (5-2) and snapping a 12-game winning streak at the CEC. The Buffs’ 58 points were a season low and their fewest at home since a 56-54 loss to Utah on Jan. 8, 2016 — also their last home loss.
CSU (6-1) made 17 of its first 18 free throw attempts, finishing 26-of-33, while CU was 17-of-31 from the foul line (54.8 percent) and only 19-of-59 (a season-low 32.2 percent) from the field.
“You’ve got to find a way to win this game ugly . . . Colorado State makes the game ugly,” CU coach Tad Boyle said. “They’re a very physical team (and) I’ve got a lot of respect for them . . . we weren’t mentally tough enough tonight to win ugly.”
CU senior Wesley Gordon believed the Buffs “underestimated (their) guys and they came out and handed it to us . . . we lost to a team we should have beat. If we don’t come out to play that’s what’s going to happen every game.”
Derrick White led the Buffs with 17 points and Gordon added 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots. CSU had four players in double figures, topped by Emmanuel Omogbo’s 15.
… Continue reading story here …
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No. 21 CU women 7-0 after 112-54 rout of SE Louisiana
From CUBuffs.com … No. 21 Colorado Buffaloes women’s basketball team extended its season record to 7-0 today with a 112-54 win over the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions (2-4), scoring the most points in 22 years.
The 112 points on the board were the fifth-most ever and the most points since a 114-52 win over St. Francis (Pa.) in 1994 and it was the Buffs first game over 100 points since a 100-71 win over Cal Fullerton in 2005.
The Buffs are rolling with confidence, undefeated on the season under new head coach JR Payne. Next they look to continue this streak on Saturday night when they take on Idaho State at Coors Events Center.
… Continue reading story here …
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