cubuffs preview for tomorrow's game (along with a couple others) -
https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/1/10/...-open-three-game-six-day-stretch-at-utah.aspx
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BOULDER — With three games over the next six days,
Tad Boyle's Colorado Buffaloes have a chance to move out of the "muck" and into the Pac-12's upper division.
The Buffs (8-3 overall, 2-2 Pac-12) are currently tied for sixth in the league standings with Washington State. They open their week Monday with a 4 p.m. game at Utah, followed by home games Thursday against Cal (noon) and Saturday against Stanford (1 p.m.). All three will be televised by the Pac-12 Network.
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MILESTONES AHEAD: If Colorado senior point guard
McKinley Wright IV hits his season average Monday for assists (5.2 per game), he will surpass former Colorado great Jay Humphries as CU's all-time assists leader.
Wright enters the game with 558 career assists, just four behind Humphries' career mark of 562.
"He's breaking a guy's record who I played against," Boyle said. "Jay Humphries played 15 years in the NBA. He was a helluva player at Colorado, was a helluva player in the NBA. He's breaking a guy's record who was a really special player."
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NET RANKINGS: The Buffs were at No. 11 in Sunday's latest NCAA NET rankings, the highest-ranked Pac-12 team. The Buffs have two Quadrant One victories, at USC (No. 16) and home against Oregon (25). Other Pac-12 teams in the top 50 include UCLA (31), Arizona (36) and Stanford (46).
NATIONAL LEADERS: Heading into Sunday's action, Colorado was still the nation's best free throw shooting team, hitting 85.64 percent of its attempts (169 of 195). That includes eight players hitting at least 80 percent of their tries.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Buffs this week face two teams behind them in the conference standings and one ahead of them. CU has yet to win back-to-back conference games this year, something a win Monday would accomplish. Meanwhile, a 3-0 week would move Colorado up in the division standings and provide some much-needed momentum for what's ahead. After this week, CU heads back on the road for a pair of games at the Washington schools.
SCOUTING REPORT
Utah (4-4, 1-3) — The Utes are coming off of a 79-73 loss to Oregon on Saturday, a game they had a chance to win — but one in which they committed an uncharacteristic 18 turnovers.
The Utes are led by 6-foot-6 forward Timmy Allen, who leads his team in scoring (15.4 points) and rebounding (5.3 rpg). They also have capable scorers in guard Alfonso Plummer (13.4 ppg) and 6-8 forward Mikael Jantunen (10.3 ppg). Plummer and fellow guard Rylan Jones are also dangerous 3-point shooters.
As usual, Larry Krystkowiak's Utes are solid defensively, giving up 65.75 points per game (fourth in the Pac-12)
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