Just like the Arizona State game, Colorado came out rather sluggish and made the game more difficult than it should have been, however, they held on and won 55-48. The Buffaloes played awful for most of the game and barely pulled out a victory. Andre Roberson was the lone bright spot again adding 12 points and 15 rebounds. Ultimately, the Buffaloes were able to hang on, but their performance today was not at all indicative of their true ability.
Things the Buffaloes did well: The Buffaloes didn't do too many things well in today's game. Spencer Dinwiddie helped the Buffaloes out when they needed some offense in the second half by pushing the ball and getting some easy buckets in transition. He only had 9 points, but they were an efficient 9 points as he went 2-4 from the field and 5-6 from the free throw line. Additionally, Andre Roberson was crucial down the stretch in the second half. He showed off his mini fadeaway post shot and Utah couldn't stop it. Although the Buffaloes shot terribly from the field, they were 15-19 from the free throw line, which was much needed for the victory.
Things the Buffaloes struggled with: The defense in the second half was very inconsistent. They were late getting back and gave up way too many open looks. Austin Dufault couldn't stop Jason Washburn's jump hook at all. He struggled fronting Washburn in the post and continued to allow easy looks. In the first half, Colorado took a lot of ill-advised shots. They came out acting like they thought they already had the game won before it started. Also, the bench had a sloppy game. Askia Booker and Jeremy Adams were a combined 2-9 and had 5 turnovers together. Overall, it was a very ugly game for the Buffaloes and they most likely wouldn't have beat another team in the Pac-12 with this performance.
Up Next: Colorado will take on Stanford this Thursday and California on Sunday. These are two must win games for the Buffaloes. If they play like they did against Arizona State or how they played today, they won't come close to winning. The Buffaloes need to up their intensity and play like they have been all season at home.
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this took you like 5 minutes past the final whistle
step your game up, Parker
Phil Fraser - February 18, 2012
Great job Parker.
I noticed you didn’t talk about Brown, probably for the best. He is slumping badly, and we will need him this week to win.
Roaring Fork Buff - February 18, 2012
Yeah I forgot to mention him.
Earlier in the year, he was posting up a lot more and if he could get back to that, I think that would really help out the Buffs down the stretch.
Parker_Baruh - February 18, 2012
I agree
He has been horrible from the perimeter latetly. I think he needs to be added to Booker and Adams on guys that played horrible in the last game. It seemed like the second Adams hit the court he was going to turn the ball over. And Booker was pretty much out of control every time that he drove the ball. I wold have guessed these guys combined for more than 5 turnovers.
lakebuff - February 20, 2012
It's all going to come down to the road game in Eugene.
Beat the Ducks on their court and CU should finish the regular season in 4th place. Just looking at the rest of the schedules…. Cal, WA and AZ should finish in 1st, 2nd and 3rd places with Cal probably being the only Pac 12 team to get an at large bid.
Maybe the Buffs can make a deep run in the NIT again this year (and actually win the thing!)
Boulder-96 - February 18, 2012
Did anyone else notice
that the refs seemed to swallow their whistles when Carlon Brown was driving or was that just me?
clutch2999 - February 19, 2012
Just you
Both he and Ski were WAY out of control when they were driving and refs don’t like that.
Buff-in-CA - February 19, 2012
This
and the refs seemed to have just swallowed their wistle in general most of the game.
lakebuff - February 20, 2012
Thanks
I wasn’t being facetious, because I only got to watch the second half. I noticed two drives in particular that should have been fouls, but there was no call.
I also can remember some other CU drives that were non-calls. Seems the refs just let them play then.
clutch2999 - February 20, 2012
Ok, admit, you had to look up how to spell "facetious" didn't you.....
BuffnBigD - February 20, 2012
I need to look it up to find out what it means.
lakebuff - February 20, 2012
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