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Official MBB Game Thread: Buffs vs E Washington, 6:30pm

Buffnik

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THE GAME: The University of Colorado closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule by hosting Eastern Washington University on Thursday, Dec. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Coors Events Center.

WATCH/LISTEN: TV: Pac-12 Network (Mark Rogondino, Kevin O’Neill) Radio: Newsradio 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke) Watch Online: Pac-12.com/now Listen Online: CUBuffs.com, CU Gameday App Live Statistics: CUBuffs.com

OPENING TIP: The Pac-12 Conference has four wins over ranked opponents during the nonconference schedule. Two of those have been by Colorado, vs. then No. 22/21 Texas and No. 13/14 Xavier. UCLA, over No. 1/1 Kentucky, and Arizona, over No. 12/9 Michigan State, are the others.

ABOUT THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 8-4 overall claiming a pair of wins in a span of about 56 hours this last week after a week-long break from finals. The Buffaloes defeated Fort Hays State 81-71 on Dec. 17, turning around two days later with a 75-68 triumph at the Air Force Academy. The Buffaloes have won four of five and six of their last eight including victories over ranked Xavier and Texas squads.

ABOUT THE EAGLES: Eastern Washington is 8-4 overall and in the middle of a tough four-game road trip. The Eagles had won eight in a row before dropping their first two of this current road swing including Tuesday’s 85-56 setback at Xavier. Eastern Washington is averaging 77.0 points per game while shooting 45 percent from the fi eld and 79 percent from the free throw line. EWU is also an excellent shot blocking team, averaging 5.6 per game, ranking 28th in the nation. Defensively, Eastern Washington gives up 78.8 points per game while allowing opponents to shoot 46 percent.

Junior guard/forward Bogdan Bliznyuk is averaging 20.6 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the field. The two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week, Bliznyuk is among the nation’s leaders in minutes played (37.9 mpg) and free throw percentage (.909). Senior forward Felix Von Hofe is third on the team in scoring at 13.8 points while leading the Eagles with 39 3-pointers made. Senior forward Jacob Wiley tops Eastern Washington at 7.6 rebounds per game while pitching in 13.9 points an outing. Wiley ranks among the national leaders in blocked shots at 3.3 per game. Jim Hayford is in his sixth season at Eastern Washington with a record of 92-83. He is in his 18th overall season as a collegiate head coach with a record of 346-167.

THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting between Colorado and Eastern Washington with the Buffaloes winning both previous contests; both in Boulder. Colorado defeated the Eagles 87-67 on Dec. 2, 1994 and 79-61 on Dec. 18, 1999. The Buffaloes are 37-25 all-time against teams that currently make up the Big Sky Conference with the bulk of those coming against Northern Colorado (CU leads 20-18). Tad Boyle is 4-4 as a head coach against Eastern Washington, all eight games coming while he was at Northern Colorado. Jim Hayford has never faced Colorado as a head coach.

http://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/mbb/2016-17/notes/cunotes_eastern_washington.pdf

Of note: EWU comes in at RPI #61 with CU at #71. This is a good spot to move into the 60s and maybe the 50s before the start of Pac-12 play.

Go Buffs!
 
Buffnik said:
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 8-4 overall claiming a pair of wins in a span of about 56 hours this last week after a week-long break from finals. The Buffaloes defeated Fort Hays State 81-71 on Dec. 17, turning around two days later with a 75-68 triumph at the Air Force Academy. The Buffaloes have won four of five and six of their last eight including victories over ranked Xavier and Texas squads.
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Really?

Note: I know you just copy and past Nik.
 
I really don't like Kevin O'Neill. Maybe since we aren't playing a Pac-10 member he'll be totally biased toward the Buffs instead of his usual, though.
 
X with 2 fouls. Neither were smart fouls. Tad gonna sit him for the last 15 minutes of the half?
 
Tad needs to execute a "line change" like he did 2 or 3 years ago. Sit the goddam starters on the bench and put in scrubs and walk-ons. This is a disgusting display of "basketball."
 
Is it just me or have the buffs been sleepwalking since they lost the lead against byu?
 
The lack of energy really pisses me off. Just letting guys shoot open 3s.
 
Keep thinking it'll get better and this'll all blow over then we give up another. But the lead isn't insurmountable and we can't play much worse.
 
got through... whatever that was. Now we are just playing normal. Should fix this in the 2d half. But god, we make it hard.
 
Keep XJ on floor. EWU bigs in foul trouble. Defense picked up. Need to force turnovers in second half. That's what Xavier did. After rough start right back in the game.
 
We're gonna lose a **** ton of conference games. Standing around. Soft on D. Zero low post offensive skills. Bad FT shooting. Wildly inconsistent outside. Ugly.
 
How does Eastern ****ing Washington have 4-5 guys that can repeatedly blow by us and get to the rim? It's a joke.
 
If we can take the starting gameplan of shooting mediocre 3s for the first 10 minutes out, I think this team has a chance in conference.
 
Why does Whit have 8 shots?! We have a few guys who need to be assertive from tip to the end of the game. He and King should be putting up 12-15 attempts a game. Agressive. shouldd thosr two to be assertive all the time.
 
That wasn't boring. Just infuriating. 10-3, move on, hope we've been sandbagging.
 
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