2012-13 College Basketball Preview: 25. Colorado Buffaloes

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By: Kels Dayton

  25. Colorado Buffaloes 

WHY THEY’RE SCARY: The Buffs rolled through the Pac-12 tournament last March, transforming from also-ran into force of nature in elimination games. Colorado swept through the Staples Center, crashed the Big Dance, and knocked off sixth-seed UNLV in Round 1 just for good measure. Much of the credit  for the run belongs to junior swingman Andre Roberson (11.6 ppg, 11.1 rpg), who at 6-7 is a matchup nightmare and potential first-round draft pick. He also won Roundball Daily’s Pac-12 Player of the Year Award.

WHAT SCARES US: Colorado isn’t a basketball school (the way things are going now, it’s not a football school either), with just three NCAA Tournament appearances since 1969. Dealing with the unusually high expectations will be a challenge for head coach Tad Boyle.

FINAL DESTINATION: Anything less than a return to the Dance and a shot at the Sweet 16 would be a disappointment for this group, which also features an excellent PG in Spencer Dinwiddie.

 Schedule:

Date	Opponent	Location	Time (MST)	Media	Result
Nov 9, 2012 (Fri)	Wofford	Boulder, CO	5:00 pm	Pac-12
Nov 15, 2012 (Thu)	Dayton#	at Charleston, SC	10:30 AM	ESPN3
Nov 16, 2012 (Fri)	Baylor/Boston College#	at Charleston, SC	TBA	ESPNU
Nov 18, 2012 (Sun)	TBA #	at Charleston, SC	TBA	TBA
Nov 25, 2012 (Sun)	Air Force	Boulder, CO	6:00 pm	Pac-12
Nov 27, 2012 (Tue)	Texas Southern	Boulder, CO	7:30 pm	Pac-12
Dec 1, 2012 (Sat)	Wyoming	at Laramie, WY	TBA	TBA
Dec 5, 2012 (Wed)	Colorado St	Boulder, CO	8:30 pm	Pac-12
Dec 8, 2012 (Sat)	Kansas	at Lawrence, KS	Noon	ESPN2
Dec 12, 2012 (Wed)	Fresno St	at Fresno, CA	8:00 pm	TBA
Dec 21, 2012 (Fri)	Northern Arizona	Boulder, CO	6:30 pm	Pac-12
Dec 29, 2012 (Sat)	Hartford	Boulder, CO	Noon	Pac-12
Jan 3, 2013 (Thu)	Arizona*	at Tucson, AZ	6:00 pm	ESPNU
Jan 6, 2013 (Sun)	Arizona St*	at Tempe, AZ	6:00 pm	Pac-12
Jan 10, 2013 (Thu)	USC*	Boulder, CO	8:00 pm	ESPNU
Jan 12, 2013 (Sat)	UCLA*	Boulder, CO	Noon	Pac-12
Jan 16, 2013 (Wed)	Washington*	at Seattle, WA	9:30 pm	Pac-12
Jan 19, 2013 (Sat)	Washington St*	at Pullman, WA	8:00 pm	Pac-12
Jan 24, 2013 (Thu)	Stanford*	Boulder, CO	8:00 pm	ESPNU
Jan 27, 2013 (Sun)	California*	Boulder, CO	1:30 pm	FSN
Feb 2, 2013 (Sat)	Utah*	at Salt Lake City, UT	12:30 pm	FSN
Feb 7, 2013 (Thu)	Oregon*	at Eugene, OR	8:00 pm	ESPNU
Feb 10, 2013 (Sun)	Oregon St*	at Corvallis, OR	7:00 pm	Pac-12
Feb 14, 2013 (Thu)	Arizona*	Boulder, CO	8:00 pm	Pac-12
Feb 16, 2013 (Sat)	Arizona St*	Boulder, CO	7:00 pm	ESPNU
Feb 21, 2013 (Thu)	Utah*	Boulder, CO	8:00 pm	Pac-12
Feb 27, 2013 (Wed)	Stanford*	at Palo Alto, CA	9:00 pm	ESPN2
Mar 2, 2013 (Sat)	California*	at Berkeley, CA	3:00 pm	ESPNU
Mar 7, 2013 (Thu)	Oregon*	Boulder, CO	7:00 pm	ESPNU
Mar 9, 2013 (Sat)	Oregon St*	Boulder, CO	2:30 pm	Pac-12
Mar 13-16, 2013 (Wed-Sat)	PAC-12 Tournament	at Las Vegas, NV	TBA	TBA

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