The Buffs start Pac 12 Tourney play with the late game, as they face off against the Cougars in Vegas starting at 9:30 PM MT, with the winner facing off against #3 seed ASU on Thursday (also a 9:30 PM MT start).
Go Buff!- beat the Cougs!!!
An initial article with some info -
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BOULDER — It's a basketball maxim that "defense travels."
On a day when Colorado's Tyler Bey was named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year and teammate McKinley Wright IV was named to the conference's all-defensive team, the Buffaloes began preparations for this week's conference tournament in Las Vegas — and they vowed to take their defense with them.
The 21-10 Buffs, the tourney's sixth seed, face 11th-seeded Washington State (15-16) on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. (MT) at T-Mobile Arena.
Defense has always been a cornerstone of Tad Boyle's CU teams, and this year was no different for the vast majority of the season. After 14 conference games, Colorado led the Pac-12 in scoring defense, giving up just 64.0 points per game.
But that defense hit a rough spot down the stretch, one very big reason CU finished the regular season with a four-game losing streak, dropping from the top to the middle of the standings in just two weeks. In those four losses, CU yielded an average of 73 points per game.
Wright, who was also named first team all-conference for the second year in a row, said the Buffs have to regain that defensive edge in Las Vegas.
"Starting with us two, we have to turn it up," Wright said after Monday's practice. "I made the defensive team, (Bey) won defensive player of the year. We're going to go out and showcase that we can defend at a high level and get the other guys to go with us."
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But no matter what, the Buffs have to be able to depend on their defense.
"We're going to hopefully learn from the past and the biggest thing I want to learn from is the fact that our defense and our rebounding has got to be good enough to win a game in Las Vegas when we're not shooting the ball well," Boyle said. "That might be on Wednesday night. It might be, if we're lucky enough to advance, on Thursday night. At some point, you're going to have to rely on that if we want to win a Pac-12 championship."
BROADCAST CREW: Thursday's game will be televised by the Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson, Bill Walton and Lewis Johnson. The radio broadcast will be carried by 850 AM and 94.1 FM with Mark Johnson and Scott Wilke.
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Media links -
Game Notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2020/3/9/cunotes_pac_12.pdf
Live video - Game is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain, Washington and National channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to any of those Pac 12 channels, assume the game can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/event/2020/03/11/washington-state-vs-colorado .
Live Audio - ??? or https://tunein.com/radio/Colorado-Basketball-s308227/?_branch_match_id=764514307437822545, or on Radio. Normally, believe it will be on 850 AM and 94.1 FM. (Normal cubuffs.com audio link not available yet as I type this.)
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=309315
Go Buff!- beat the Cougs!!!
An initial article with some info -
"
BOULDER — It's a basketball maxim that "defense travels."
On a day when Colorado's Tyler Bey was named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year and teammate McKinley Wright IV was named to the conference's all-defensive team, the Buffaloes began preparations for this week's conference tournament in Las Vegas — and they vowed to take their defense with them.
The 21-10 Buffs, the tourney's sixth seed, face 11th-seeded Washington State (15-16) on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. (MT) at T-Mobile Arena.
Defense has always been a cornerstone of Tad Boyle's CU teams, and this year was no different for the vast majority of the season. After 14 conference games, Colorado led the Pac-12 in scoring defense, giving up just 64.0 points per game.
But that defense hit a rough spot down the stretch, one very big reason CU finished the regular season with a four-game losing streak, dropping from the top to the middle of the standings in just two weeks. In those four losses, CU yielded an average of 73 points per game.
Wright, who was also named first team all-conference for the second year in a row, said the Buffs have to regain that defensive edge in Las Vegas.
"Starting with us two, we have to turn it up," Wright said after Monday's practice. "I made the defensive team, (Bey) won defensive player of the year. We're going to go out and showcase that we can defend at a high level and get the other guys to go with us."
...
But no matter what, the Buffs have to be able to depend on their defense.
"We're going to hopefully learn from the past and the biggest thing I want to learn from is the fact that our defense and our rebounding has got to be good enough to win a game in Las Vegas when we're not shooting the ball well," Boyle said. "That might be on Wednesday night. It might be, if we're lucky enough to advance, on Thursday night. At some point, you're going to have to rely on that if we want to win a Pac-12 championship."
BROADCAST CREW: Thursday's game will be televised by the Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson, Bill Walton and Lewis Johnson. The radio broadcast will be carried by 850 AM and 94.1 FM with Mark Johnson and Scott Wilke.
"
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Media links -
Game Notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2020/3/9/cunotes_pac_12.pdf
Live video - Game is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain, Washington and National channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to any of those Pac 12 channels, assume the game can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/event/2020/03/11/washington-state-vs-colorado .
Live Audio - ??? or https://tunein.com/radio/Colorado-Basketball-s308227/?_branch_match_id=764514307437822545, or on Radio. Normally, believe it will be on 850 AM and 94.1 FM. (Normal cubuffs.com audio link not available yet as I type this.)
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=309315
