Under the Rim

Hawk ready for ‘crucial’ opener

Dan Hawkins didn't have any earth-shattering news to share or bulletin board material to provide during Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference with the media. All of the conference's head coaches and reporters are clearly ready for the season to begin so a new set of questions can be asked and answered. Is the Colorado vs. Colorado State game critical for Hawkins and the Buffs after last year's bitter loss? Of course it is. "Anytime you lose a rivalry game, [+]

Buffs lose safety Ewing for season

Dan Hawkins announced after Saturday's morning practice that sophomore safety Vince Ewing will miss the entire season with a knee injury. An MRI revealed that Ewing sustained a torn ACL during Saturday's scrimmage at Folsom Field. He was listed as Anthony Perkins' backup at strong safety on the post-spring depth chart. Wide receiver Dustin Ebner is out six weeks with a broken tibia. [+]

More upgrades at Coors

The atmosphere at the Coors Events Center is great when Kansas is in town or the Buffs are winning. Now the aesthetics will be consistently improved with the following announcement from Daktronics Inc.: The University of Colorado will be installing new Daktronics light emitting diode (LED) video displays this summer in Coors Events Conference Center, home to the university’s men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball team. The new indoor displays, which have pixels spaced at 10 [+]

Schedule to be released Tuesday

The 2010-11 Colorado men's basketball schedule will be released on Tuesday as the Buffs prepare for Tad Boyle's first season in Boulder and perhaps the program's final season in the Big 12. Some highlights will include: * Non-conference home games against Colorado State and Oregon State (teams CU suffered tough road losses to last season). * An appearance in the Las Vegas Classic. The field also includes Indiana, New Mexico and Northern Iowa. * Return trips to Harvard and [+]

Boyle on FSN tonight

Colorado coach Tad Boyle will join Drew Goodman in the booth tonight for an inning during FSN's Rockies-Red Sox telecast. Check out tomorrow's Camera for an update on Alec Burks, who could very well be preparing for the 2011 NBA draft a year from now. [+]

CU hoops hires Billups (Rodney)

There is a Billups back in the CU basketball program. Here's the school release: BOULDER – University of Colorado men’s basketball head coach Tad Boyle completed his 2010-11 coaching staff on Monday naming Rodney Billups as his Director of Basketball Operations. Billups is the younger brother of former CU great Chauncey Billups, who played with the Buffaloes from 1995-97. The younger Billups is a Colorado native graduating from George Washington High School in 2001. He later was [+]

Boyle lands two recruits

Tad Boyle has filled two of the four scholarships available during the spring recruiting period. Carlos Brown, a Utah transfer, and Andre Roberson, a promising 6-8 freshman, are expected to sign letters of intent to play at Colorado. Brown will have only one year of eligibility remaining. But the 6-5 guard will help fill the void in 2011 when Cory Higgins graduates and Alec Burks possibly leaves early for the NBA draft. Interest in Roberson was growing by [+]

Big 12/Pac-10 hoops matchups set

Colorado would like to change sides in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series. For now, the Buffs will have to represent the Big 12 until the Pac-10 makes a decision on expansion. Next season's matchups for the series have been released by the conferences. CU will host Oregon State on Dec. 4 at the Coors Events Center. The complete slate is as follows include: Saturday, November 27 USC at Nebraska Thursday, December 2 Missouri at Oregon UCLA at Kansas Arizona State at Baylor Friday, December [+]

Bzdelik to pay CU $500,000?

If you're upset with Jeff Bzdelik for leaving Colorado I don't blame you. Next season could have been special had he stuck it out in Boulder for one more year. But you have to admit that the now former CU head coach and new Wake Forest head coach left the program in much better shape than he found it. Bzdelik demanded that the athletic department upgrade its facilities and CU has delivered with a new weight room, new [+]

Bzdelik to meet with CU players today

Jeff Bzdelik will meet with the Colorado players at about 4 p.m. today, likely to say goodbye. After three seasons at CU, Bzdelik is expected to be named the head coach at Wake Forest in the next day or two. CU officials have been informed by Bzdelik that he will be traveling to Winston-Salem, N.C., to "interview" for the Wake Forest job on Monday. A source close to the situation told the Camera on Saturday that Bzdelik's departure [+]