Buffs battle back, but fall to Marquette in NCAA tournament
The Buffaloes' second-round 81-77 loss to Marquette ends Colorado's inspiring tournament run.
The Buffaloes' second-round 81-77 loss to Marquette ends Colorado's inspiring tournament run.
The Buffs' 102-100 victory gave them their first NCAA tournament with two wins since 1955.
George is one of four honored in the Football Bowl Subdivision and one of 28 honored by NACDA, including the Junior College and…
The winner will advance to a South Regional matchup with No. 7 Florida on Friday in Indianapolis.
Colorado's bid for a Pac-12 tournament championship came up just short Saturday night.
Colorado collected its program-record 22nd regular season victory in a 73-57 road win over Oregon State.
Colorado's Tristan da Silva's 27-point, 11-rebound double-double Sunday led the Buffaloes to an 81-71 win over Stanford.
Without star freshman Cody Williams, Tad Boyle's Buffs won their third in a row to improve to 15-1 at home.
Eddie Lampkin Jr. collected his sixth double-double of the season in Colorado's 98-81 victory.
Colorado is now 14-5, and has won three straight after a home sweep of Oregon and Oregon State last week.
Williams scored a career-high 23 points in the win over Oregon on Jan. 18.
"Cody really grew up tonight," Colorado head coach Tad Boyle said. "That was a big-time performance in a big-time game."
Tad Boyle's Buffs improved to 8-2 with their third straight win, while Northern Colorado fell to 4-6.
"We are going to build this program with high school kids," coach Tad Boyle explained.
Da Silva scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half as the Buffaloes ran away from the No. 15 Hurricanes Sunday.
Senior forward Tristan da Silva stepped up with a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double in the 90-63 romp.
Colorado will likely slip out of the top 25 after the loss.
A 10-0 Colorado run early gave the Buffs a 17-4 edge less than four minutes into the one-sided affair.
It's just the second time since 1970 the Buffaloes have appeared in the first regular season AP Poll.
The Buffs avenged last year's loss at GSU with a dominating 95-63 win over the Tigers at the CU Events Center.
The preseason honors are rolling in for da Silva.
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