NCAA Third Round: Colorado Postgame Notes And Quotes
March 17, 2012 | Men's Basketball
QUICKLY Colorado again sold out its entire ticket allotment (just under 500, including 110 to students who bussed down from Boulder at 6 a.m.); all told, just under an estimated 3,000 CU fans were in attendance at “The Pit” (around 500 more trekked down after Thursday's win) ... Colorado is now 10-13 all-time in NCAA Tournament games; tonight was just the second one of those 23 in either the Mountain or Pacific time zones to go with Thursday's win over #23 UNLV, the first win by any Pac-12 school over a ranked team this year (1-12) ... ESPN has nicknamed the Buffs the “Fighting Fowlers” in honor of staffer Chris Fowler, a CU graduate and former SID student assistant ...
Colorado finished 24-12 on the season, matching the school record for wins in a season (CU was 24-14 last year) ... Under coach Tad Boyle, the Buffs are 10-3 in postseason play (6-1 in conference tournaments, 1-1 in the NCAA, 3-1 in the N.I.T.); that's the most wins by any CU coach in the postseason (old record: 8, Ricardo Patton) ... Boyle is 48-26 in two seasons at Colorado, 104-92 in six seasons as a Division I head coach (73-34 the last three years including a 25-8 record at Northern Colorado in 2009-10).
Colorado, 14-2 at home this year, finished 10-10 outside of Boulder with tonight's loss ... This is the first time Colorado has won five straight games in the month of March (previously done four times: 1918-19, 1919-20, 2002-03, 2011-12) ... The 36 games played this year are second only to the 38 played during 2010-11 ...
Baylor taking a 3-0 lead 18 second into the game ended a span where Colorado had not trailed for 61:45: the Buffs led the entire game against UNLV and for all of second half versus Arizona in the Pac-12 title game; the last time CU trailed was to UA, 28-27, with 1:27 left in the first half ... Colorado led at halftime in all four Pac-12 tourney games (by a combined 6 points) and led UNLV by 11, with Baylor snapping that run tonight (37-35) ... Baylor ended the game on a 19-3 run over the last eight minutes.
SERIES Colorado now leads the series with Baylor by a 15-10 count, including 4-2 on neutral courts; they last played as members in the Big 12 Conference in Waco on Jan. 29, 2011 (BU rallied to win, 70-66). CU is now 1-1 vs. Baylor in the NCAA's (the Buffs won a West Regional third place game, 59-44, in 1946).
11' s vs. 3's Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, No. 11 seeds are now 11-24 (.314) against No. 3 seeds; that includes tonight's result, and #11 N.C. State plays #3 Georgetown tomorrow. An #11 beat a #3 twice in 2011 (Marquette over Syracuse, VCU over Purdue).
TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD Colorado came into tonight having possessed the lead for 122 of 160 minutes in its five-game winning postseason winning streak (with another 13 tied), but Baylor turned the tables tonight as the Bears led for 32:30; Colorado led for 3:57 and the game was tied for 3:33. When Baylor took a 24-16 lead about 12 minutes into the game, it marked CU's largest deficit this postseason; the Buffs had trailed by 7 three different times early in the Pac-12 Tournament (BU also led 43-35 early in the second half and eventually built the lead into double figures.
FROSH IMPACT CU's freshman duo of F Spencer Dinwiddie and G Askia Booker added to their designation of the highest scoring frosh pair in CU history. Dinwiddie (360 points) and Booker (317, including a team-high 15 tonight) have combined for 677 total points, well outdistancing all other rookie twosomes (the only two with 250-plus points).
ST. PATRICK's DAY The third time wasn't the charm as Colorado is now 0-3 on St. Patrick's Day in its history. In 1962, the Buffs lost to Cincinnati (and Oscar Robertson), 73-46 in the Midwest Regional Final. In 2004, Oregon rallied for a 77-72 win in a first round N.I.T. game in Eugene.
PUNCH/COUNTER PUNCH A look at tonight's statistical battles (NCAA rank if applicable, stat in parenthesis):
Scoring: Baylor (35th, 74.7); Scoring Defense: CU (60th, 62.5)
Winner: Baylor held serve.
Rebound Margin: Baylor (31st, +5.2); Colorado (63rd, +3.4)
Winner: Baylor held a 41-28 overall edge, 17-7 on the offensive end
FG Pct.: Baylor (35th, 47.0); FG Pct. Defense: CU (34th, 40.3)
Winner: Colorado, though Baylor finished 11-of-17
In the first half, Baylor was 12-of-35: 6-of-13 3's, 6-of-22 2's
FG Pct. CU (122nd, 44.5); FG Pct. Defense: Baylor (83rd, 41.4)
Winner: Draw
3-Pt FG Pct. CU (141st, 34.8); FG Pct. Defense: Baylor (144th, 33.6)
Winner: Draw
3-Pt Pct. Baylor (31st, 38.1); 3-Pt Pct. Defense: CU (70th, 31.9)
Winner: Baylor hit 55% (11-of-20), third-best vs. CU this season
F ANDRE ROBERSON (13 PTS/8 REB/1 BLK) Roberson just missed a double-double, but his 8 rebounds gave him 401 for the season, already the most in a single season in school history; that's an 11.1 per game average. He is the 12th player in school history to lead the team in rebounding in back-to-back seasons, but only the second since 1994 (joining F Stephane Pelle in ('01-02/'02-03). His 11.1 per game average is currently the highest since C Shaun Vandiver hauled in 11.2 per in 1989-90). CU is 16-5 in his career when he has 12 or more rebounds in a game.
—His 67 blocked shots are the most in a season since C David Harrison had 85 in 2003-04.
—He finished the season with 20 double-doubles, tied for the third most in a single season in CU history (with Cliff Meely, '68-69); he trails the 21 by C Burdette Haldorson ('54-55) and Vandiver ('89-90); he has 25th in his career, tied for ninth most all-time at CU.
2011-12 NCAA Double-Double Leaders: Thomas Robinson, Kansas, 24; 2. O.D. Anosike, Siena, 23; 3. Kevin Jones, West Va., 21; 4. Andre Roberson, Colorado 20; 4. Draymond Green, Mich. St., 20; 4. Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State 20.
F AUSTIN DUFAULT (14 PTS/2 REB) He finished his career with 1,076 points and 529 rebounds, the 19th player in CU history in the 1,000 point/500 rebound club for a career. The 1,076 points ranks him 24th all-time on the scoring list.
G ASKIA BOOKER (15 PTS/5 REB) He led the team in scoring for the seventh time this season and for the 15th time overall (Colorado was 11-4 when he scored in double figures).
G NATE TOMLINSON (0 PTS/0 AST/0 STL) Tomlinson was in early foul trouble and played just 25 minutes; he finished with 108 assists this season and 405 for his career (tied for sixth all-time with Donnie Boyce); he is the seventh player at Colorado to record 400 assists (all of whom also have 100 steals). He is 13th with 111 career steals.
G CARLON BROWN (13 PTS/5 REB/3 AST) Since the start of the Pac-12 Tournament (last six games), Brown averaged 14.8 points and five rebounds per game. He finished the year with 454 points this season. That's the fourth most by transfer playing his first season with the Buffs (the most by a transfer from a 4-year school):
|
Player (Previous School) |
Season |
G |
Pts |
|
Cliff Meely (Northeastern JC) |
1968-69 |
28 |
667 |
|
Shaun Vandiver (Hutchinson JC) |
1988-89 |
28 |
509 |
|
D.J. Harrison (Aquinas JC) |
2000-01 |
30 |
456 |
|
Carlon Brown (Utah) |
2011-12 |
35 |
454 |
|
Jo Jo Hunter (Maryland) |
1979-80 |
26 |
387 |
|
Jaquay Walls (Compton CC) |
1998-99 |
33 |
385 |
|
Alex Stivrins (Creighton) |
1983-84 |
29 |
352 |
