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PacHoops: Elon Must

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By Adam Butler
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The step went euro. The shot went up. The ball went in. The crowd went wild.

That’s the brief sequence of events that catapulted Askia Booker into the Player of the Week award and

Colorado into the national spotlight. We talked about this game being a defining one and it very well is.

On my BRAND NEW PODCAST, my co-host calls it a “program win.” All of this is true. Tad was discussed

kindly in Sports illustrated, I wrote about the play, Andy Katz talked about it. GO CU!


Next.


Bask in the glory, by all means, but at a certain point Elon comes to town and the season grinds on.

Marathon not a sprint. Of course I’m just pumping coach speak: one game at a time and we are very

focused on the Elon Phoenix as they’re a very, very good Colonial Athletic Association team.


You guys, IT IS ELON WEEK.


Doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? But for the KU game to be the program win that Spencer

mentioned on WANE (my podcast), Colorado must continue to take care of its business. Because that’s

what a program does. Shall we define it? A program is a “plan of action to accomplish a specified end.”

Well if your end was to beat Kansas then bravo. Great work! It was a helluva game and y’all really

had ‘em outplayed from buzzer to buzzer. But a program, in the basketball sense, doesn’t stop. It’s not

satisfied with beating one team. That’s a leaping point. We call it a program win because it’s the proof in

the pudding that the process is working.


Whether Colorado beat Kansas this weekend or not, they were going to be expected to beat Elon. That’s

what they need to do to propagate the program. Because a champion isn’t about what they do but how

they react. This very sequence of games (KU then Elon) serves as a great reference point for why people

are still not quite sold on Colorado. Why they perhaps didn’t garner the pre-season publicity we thought

they deserved.


You might be asking, “What are you talking about, Adam?” Here’s what I’m talking about.

I reference a season ago. With up-and-down performances littering their schedule, the Buffs were

heading into the final weekend likely needing a couple wins to dance. The #19 Oregon Ducks were

visiting and Colorado promptly dismissed them, 76-53. And it wasn’t even that close. Two days later

the high flying Buffaloes dropped what seems like the second ever home game in the Boyle era to the

Oregon State Beavers; owners of a 3-14 conference record. Was this serving as the microcosm for this

“program.” They can get up for the game they need to get up for but they’re in store for a quick let


down?


Well emotionally beating KU or Oregon or anyone when the stakes are high is an accomplishment. Like

I said, we can bask in it. But then – if you’re truly running a program that you believe in and are moving

with – then you use that to fuel the fire. To remind yourself that you won emotionally because you were

supposed to not because you really wanted to.
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Great points as usual. I like that we have a few days between KU and Elon. It lets the emotion of the win fade, and lets the boys get their heads back on right.
 
I expect the Keg to be rocking on Friday night as students and fans show up to celebrate the team, the KU win, and the Top 25 ranking.

A letdown would be a huge surprise to me. There will be energy in the building and the Buffs will take the next step on the journey by moving to 10-1.
 
Orr said:
What?
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Edited to make a bit more sense, had two thoughts coming together at once.

Athletics can request that teachers let them proctor exams to avoid interference with athletic department activities. I bet them having a game Friday evening would be good enough excuse to have the exams proctored later in the week.
 
I think they have a kid from Colorado as a starting guard that averages 12 points per game and nails treys at over 50%. As a team they are in the top 20 in fg. percentage. These little schools love the upset. Buffs need to stay in form and avoid a let down.
 
F.I.M. said:
I think they have a kid from Colorado as a starting guard that averages 12 points per game and nails treys at over 50%. As a team they are in the top 20 in fg. percentage. These little schools love the upset. Buffs need to stay in form and avoid a let down.
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Did Elon schedule this game for that reason? Many schools like to schedule road games for that reason.
 
They have 2 Colorado kids

Tanner Samson #3 - So. from Littleton (Regis Jesuit)
Ryan Winters #32 - Jr. from Denver (Regis Jesuit)
 
I'm even more convinced this was Elon's idea not CU's to play. Elon knows they'll have to play these kind of games, why not make it a homecoming?
 
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