Dwight Thorne
MBB Hosts Red Raiders on Senior Day
GAME #30 vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (16-13, 4-11 Big 12)
• Date: Saturday, March 6 • Tipoff: 2:01 p.m. (MST)
• Television: Big 12 Network (Altitude Sports & Entertainment), ESPN Full Court, ESPN360.com
• Announcers: Mitch Holthus (p-b-p), Rich Zvosec (analyst)
• Location: Coors Events Center (11,064)
• CU Radio: KKZN 760-AM: Mark Johnson (p-b-p), Charles Johnson (analyst);
• Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 121, XM 141
• Series vs. Texas Tech: Colorado leads the all-time series, 16-12, while TTU leads in Big 12 play, 8-7. In Boulder, CU leads 4-2, however, TTU has won four straight in the series since 2007.
QUICKLY: CU's 14 wins and five Big 12 victories are bests under Coach Bzdelik in his three years • Cory Higgins has scored 1,343 points (12th place on the school's scoring list) and needs 23 points to make the top-10 • Alec Burks is one point from tying second place (464 points) on the school's all-time list freshman list. He's 17 points from breaking the freshman record (480) • Casey Crawford scored a career-best 20 points with six treys at Nebraska. Over his last two games, he's averaging 15 ppg. with eight treys and shooting 11-of-14 from the field (.786) • Higgins has surpassed his seasonal high for points in a season with 539 (fifth all-time of CU juniors).
IF CU WINS: A win today would be three-straight conference games, matching the 2002-03 team for wins to end the regular season.
SENIOR SENDOFF: Dwight Thorne II will play his final regular season game in Boulder today. Thorne has scored 737 career points (50th all-time on CU's scoring list) and has played in 115 games (12th all-time) with 37 starts. He's 17th in career minutes played (2,429). CU is 7-6 in the Big 12 era on Senior Day and has won three of their last four. CU last ended the regular season against Texas Tech on March 4, 2000 and took an 88-67 win.
NEXT WEEK: The Buffs will either be the No. 8 or No. 9 seed at next week's Big 12 Basketball Championships in Kansas City. If CU defeats Texas Tech today, they will be the No. 8 seed and play the Red Raiders again on Wednesday, March 10, 10:30 a.m. (MST). If CU loses today, TTU will be the eighth seed, CU the ninth. If CU/TTU match up next week, it will be first time since the 1984-85 season (Big Eight Conference) when CU played the regular season finale against the same opponent at the conference tournament.
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First off: Thank you's go out to Dwight Thorne and Trent Beckley, who are being honored on Senior Day today. Those guys should be proud of what they've done and for being at CU when we were at rock bottom and then building this program up to being a tournament contender. :thumbsup:
The "NEXT WEEK" section actually has an error. CU is the 8th seed in the Big 12 tourney if we win. But there's a chance we play Oklahoma, not Texas Tech. If Oklahoma wins at home today versus Texas A&M and CU beats Texas Tech, Oklahoma will be the 9th seed and CU's first round opponent.
A lot on the line today for the Buffs. Get a win and we're likely only one win away from the postseason.
Let's pack Coors! If you can get to the game, make the trip and support our Buffs. We need to have the Keg rocking today.
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