The Buffs are a much-improved team but still not exactly poster boys for their power conference.
Colorado lost 74-69 at Oregon State last Friday.
The Big 12 still leads the third annual Hardwood Series against Pac-10 by an impressive 8-2 count.
Iowa State, which lost 82-63 to Cal, is the only other Big 12 school to lose so [...]

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Tonight’s Colorado/Oregon State men’s basketball game will be joined in progress on FSN upon completion of the network’s telecast of the Denver Pioneers hockey game.
Bummer for Buffs fans.
A replay of the entire game will follow the conclusion of the live broadcast.
I’m here inside Gill Coliseum, a cool old-school college gym.
It should be [...]

I was a little worried about the Buffs when a little bird told me last month that Northern Colorado handled Jeff Bzdelik’s team in a closed-door scrimmage at the Coors Events Center.
Now it looks like the Bears might be the best team in the state after improving to 7-0 with a victory over Colorado State [...]

The Buffs lead San Francisco 42-32 at halftime at the Coors Events Center.
Cory Higgins scored 16 points and the Buffs used a 16-2 run to take control midway through the half.
Jeff Bzdelik is back on the bench and watched his team shoot 61.5 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes while holding the [...]

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Well, it has been a strange week in paradise.
It began with Colorado basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik having to fly back to Chicago to attend to his ailing mother and ends with Mike Bohn getting ready to fly back to Boulder to make an announcement about Dan Hawkins’ future as the football coach.
In [...]

LAHAINA, Hawaii — The Buffs are flirting with what be a humiliating last-place finish in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Colorado leads host Chaminade, a Division II program, 27-24 at halftime.
Dwight Thorne made a 3-pointer with four seconds left to give the Buffs the lead.
After battling Gonzaga and Arizona to the wire, CU could feel good [...]

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Colorado has pushed Gonzaga and Arizona to the brink in the first two games of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Yet the Buffs are 0-2 and in the last-place game tomorrow against host Chaminade.
After two “moral victories” this team feels like I did after swallowing a pint of the Pacific Ocean during a [...]

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Arizona leads Colorado 35-34 at halftime in the second round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
The Buffs came out sluggish but have stayed in the game by making 15 of 18 free throws.
Nate Tomlinson hit CU’s only 3-pointer of the half to give his team its first lead, 27-26. He leads the [...]

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Arizona is up next for the Buffs.
But will Colorado’s opponent in the EA Sports Maui Invitational be awake for today’s game?
The Buffs played in the first game of the tournament on Monday, losing 76-72 to Gonzaga.
CU associate head coach Steve McClain and his staff didn’t find out who they would be playing [...]