Colorado’s roster already has two Australian players in sophomore point guard Nate Tomlinson and freshman center Shane Harris-Tunks. CU head coach Jeff Bzdelik would love to add a talented Kiwi to the mix. Rob Loe, a highly touted 6-11 center from New Zealand, is making an official visit to CU today. Loe and his parents [...]

Colorado head coach Jeff Bzdelik plans to rest Dwight Thorne, who turned his left ankle on Friday at Oregon State, during tonight’s game against Colorado Christian. Thorne could play if needed, but the coaching staff is hoping to rest him for Thursday’s showdown at Colorado State. Nate Tomlinson will make his first start of the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

LAHAINA, Maui — Greetings Buffs fans. I’m typing this courtside at the Lahaina Civic Center less than 30 minutes before the EA Sports Maui Invitational tips off. Colorado will be without head coach Jeff Bzdelik, who flew from Maui to Chicago last night to be with his ailing mother. Associate head coach Steve McClain will [...]