Monday, November 20
Daytona Beach, Fla.
6:00 PM
Colorado
vs
Richmond
Tristan da Silva
Photo by: Matan Coll, CU Athletics
Colorado Heads To Sunshine Slam
November 19, 2023 | Men's Basketball
SUNSHINE SLAM: No. 25 (AP) ranked Colorado looks to remain undefeated on the young season taking on Richmond in the semifinals of the 2023 Sunshine Slam. The Buffaloes-Spiders game is the night-cap of the four-team Beach Bracket of the Sunshine Slam. UNLV will face Florida State in the other semifinal at 3:30 p.m. MT.Â
The winners of the semifinal round will play Tuesday, at 2 p.m. MT with the consolation game to follow at 4:30 p.m.
All four teams in the Beach Bracket hosted a campus game over the last week with all four holding serve on their home courts.
Sunshine Slam On Campus Games:
Saturday, Nov. 11
Richmond 90, Siena 48
UNLV 71, Stetson 55
Monday, Nov. 13
Florida State 94, Central Michigan 67
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Colorado 106, Milwaukee 79
The road team in those four on-campus games will also be in Daytona Beach competing in the Ocean Bracket games. The tournament tips off Monday with Siena and Central Michigan at 9:30 a.m. MT followed by Stetson and Milwaukee at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday's championship game is set for 10 a.m. MT with the consolation game at 8:30 p.m.
PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS: Colorado has won eight preseason tournaments - also called MTE's or multi-team events - most recently the 2019 MGM Resorts Main Event in Las Vegas by defeating Wyoming (56-41) and Clemson (71-67). Four of Colorado's preseason tournament titles have been won on a neutral court.
Preseason Tournament Titles
2019-20 MGM Main Event, Las Vegas, Nev. (2-0)
2017-18 Paradise Jam, Lynchburg, Va. (3-0, 3 in 3 days)
2012-13 Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C. (3-0; 3 in 4 days)
2002-03 Pepsi Classic, Charlotte, N.C. (3-0; 3 in 3 days)
1994-95 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1993-94 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1992-93 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1991-92 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado has a 3-0 start for the third time in the last five years after its 106-79 win over Milwaukee on Nov. 14. Colorado's 106 points was its most in a regulation game since scoring 116 vs. Savannah State on Jan. 3, 2006.The Buffaloes had a 112-point double-overtime win over South Dakota State in December 2017.
Colorado ranks second in the Pac-12 Conference and 18th in the nation in scoring at 92.0 points per game.
SHARP SHOOTERS: Colorado enters the week as the No. 1 3-point shooting team in the country, hitting 51.7 percent from downtown. That mark is even better if you take out the first half of the season-opener against Towson where the Buffaloes missed all seven attempts from 3-point range. Colorado has made 31 of its last 53 from downtown (.585).
The Buffaloes were 13 of 20 from 3-point range against Milwaukee. The 65 percent from 3-point range is the best mark with a minimum of 10 made 3-pointers since the Buffaloes were 12 of 18 (.667) against Northern Colorado on Dec. 13, 2014.
Colorado leads the Pac-12 and ranks sixth in NCAA Division I in field goal shooting at 55.7 percent. The Buffaloes shot a season-best 58.7 percent hitting 37 of 63 shots against Milwaukee.
Shooting above 50 percent is traditionally a great sign for the defensive-minded Buffaloes. Colorado is 97-7 when shooting 50 percent or better in the coach Tad Boyle era (since 2010-11) and have won 15 of 16 and 33 of its last 36. The last 'hiccup' was a 51 percent shooting performance in a loss to UCLA in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Pac-12 Tournament.
SHARING THE BALL: Colorado enters the week ranking second in the nation in assists at 24.7 per game, trailing only top-ranked Kansas (27.0 apg). With 25 assists in the Milwaukee game, the Buffaloes have at least 20 dimes in three-straight games, their longest streak of that nature since the first three games of the 2001-02 season.Â
Prior to this run, Colorado had three games with 20-plus assists over the previous 44 contests dating back to the 2021-22 season.
Colorado dished out 28 assists against Grambling State, the program's most since dishing out 29 vs Mercer on Dec. 22, 2005. It ties for the 19th most in a single game in team history.
Colorado has won 28-straight when dishing out at least 21 assists and has won 75 of its last 79 dating back to the 1996-97 season.
INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING: Junior KJ Simpson tops Colorado in scoring at 19.0 points per game thanks to a pair of 20-point performances. He had a season-high 23 points in the win over Milwaukee and led the Buffaloes with 22 in the win over Towson. He put up identical numbers from the field hitting 7 of 9 from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range in both games.
Simpson leads the Pac-12 and ranks ninth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 8.5 (17:2). He dished out a career-high eight assists in the win over Grambling State and added six more against Milwaukee.Â
Senior Tristan da Silva is averaging 17.0 points and 3.3 assists while hitting 68 percent from the field and 63 percent from 3-point range. He has at least three 3-pointers in all three games including a career-high matching four against Milwaukee.
Da Silva enters the week ranking sixth in the nation, and second in the Pac-12, in 3-point percentage. Overall on the Pac-12 charts he is third in field goal shooting and 3-point percentage, ninth in scoring, 12th in blocks and 13th in assists.
Senior J'Vonne Hadley is third on the team in scoring at 12.0 points per game and second in rebounding at 6.7 per contest. He tied a career high with 17 points in the win over Grambling State.
Senior Eddie Lampkin, Jr., leads the Buffaloes and ranks sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 8.3 per game. Lampkin had his first double-double in a Colorado uniform with 14 points and a team season-high 12 rebounds against Milwaukee. It was the seventh overall double-double for Lampkin who had six with TCU.Â
Lampkin is averaging 9.3 points per game and is tied for 12th in the Pac-12 in field goal accuracy at 57.1 percent.
Freshman Cody Williams had a break-out game in the win over Milwaukee with 17 points. The 2023 McDonald's All-American missed the Grambling State game with a minor injury but showed no effects against Milwaukee hitting 6 of 9 from the field with five rebounds and four assists.
Junior Julian Hammond III is averaging 11.7 points and is second on the team in assists with 14. Hammond is sixth in the Pac-12 in assists and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.5).
The back-court duo of Hammond and Simpson as combined for a 5.2 assist-to-turnover ratio dishing out 31 assists against just six turnovers.
Senior Luke O'Brien is averaging 6.3 points while ranking third on the team in rebounding at 5.7 per contest. He's tied for the team lead and ranks 12th in the Pac-12 in blocks at 1.3 per game.
ABOUT THE SPIDERS: Richmond is 2-1 on the young season and heading to Daytona Beach following a 68-61 setback at Boston College. The Spiders are averaging 81.3 points while shooting 47.8 from the field and 37.8 percent from 3-point range. Guard Jordan King leads Richmond at 18.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the field including 9 of 17 from 3-point range (.529). Center Neal Quinn averages 12.0 points on 58.3 percent shooting and leads the Spiders in assists (16) and rebounding (6.7 rpg).
THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting between Colorado and Richmond. The teams split a home-and-home series in the early 2000s, both teams winning on the other's home court. Richmond took a 75-62 decision in Boulder on Dec. 31, 2003. Colorado returned the favor a year later, with a 75-69 triumph in Richmond on Jan. 4, 2005.
TUESDAY'S POTENTIAL OPPONENTS: Colorado will face either UNLV or Florida State on Tuesday, with both teams entering the Sunshine Slam with 2-1 records. Kalib Boone leads UNLV at 14.0 points per game hitting 72 percent from the field.
UNLV has won two-straight after a season-opening loss to Southern. The Rebels picked up a nice road win at Pepperdine, 82-68, on Nov. 17.
Florida State is coming off an 89-68 setback at rival Florida on Nov. 17. Cameron Corhen leads the Seminoles at 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Colorado's last game against both opponents came in the NCAA Tournament. Florida State defeated Colorado, 71-53, in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, in the only prior meeting between the two schools. Colorado claimed a 68-64 win over UNLV in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. Overall the Rebels hold a 4-2 series lead.
NONCONFERENCE NUMBERS: Colorado is 121-37 (.766) in nonconference regular season games under head coach Tad Boyle including a 74-20 mark (.787) since the beginning of the 2014-15 season.
Colorado is 92-8 (.920) in nonconference home games under Boyle, a record which includes a 7-2 mark in postseason action.
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The winners of the semifinal round will play Tuesday, at 2 p.m. MT with the consolation game to follow at 4:30 p.m.
All four teams in the Beach Bracket hosted a campus game over the last week with all four holding serve on their home courts.
Sunshine Slam On Campus Games:
Saturday, Nov. 11
Richmond 90, Siena 48
UNLV 71, Stetson 55
Monday, Nov. 13
Florida State 94, Central Michigan 67
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Colorado 106, Milwaukee 79
The road team in those four on-campus games will also be in Daytona Beach competing in the Ocean Bracket games. The tournament tips off Monday with Siena and Central Michigan at 9:30 a.m. MT followed by Stetson and Milwaukee at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday's championship game is set for 10 a.m. MT with the consolation game at 8:30 p.m.
PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS: Colorado has won eight preseason tournaments - also called MTE's or multi-team events - most recently the 2019 MGM Resorts Main Event in Las Vegas by defeating Wyoming (56-41) and Clemson (71-67). Four of Colorado's preseason tournament titles have been won on a neutral court.
Preseason Tournament Titles
2019-20 MGM Main Event, Las Vegas, Nev. (2-0)
2017-18 Paradise Jam, Lynchburg, Va. (3-0, 3 in 3 days)
2012-13 Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C. (3-0; 3 in 4 days)
2002-03 Pepsi Classic, Charlotte, N.C. (3-0; 3 in 3 days)
1994-95 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1993-94 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1992-93 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
1991-92 Mile High Classic, Boulder (2-0)
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado has a 3-0 start for the third time in the last five years after its 106-79 win over Milwaukee on Nov. 14. Colorado's 106 points was its most in a regulation game since scoring 116 vs. Savannah State on Jan. 3, 2006.The Buffaloes had a 112-point double-overtime win over South Dakota State in December 2017.
Colorado ranks second in the Pac-12 Conference and 18th in the nation in scoring at 92.0 points per game.
SHARP SHOOTERS: Colorado enters the week as the No. 1 3-point shooting team in the country, hitting 51.7 percent from downtown. That mark is even better if you take out the first half of the season-opener against Towson where the Buffaloes missed all seven attempts from 3-point range. Colorado has made 31 of its last 53 from downtown (.585).
The Buffaloes were 13 of 20 from 3-point range against Milwaukee. The 65 percent from 3-point range is the best mark with a minimum of 10 made 3-pointers since the Buffaloes were 12 of 18 (.667) against Northern Colorado on Dec. 13, 2014.
Colorado leads the Pac-12 and ranks sixth in NCAA Division I in field goal shooting at 55.7 percent. The Buffaloes shot a season-best 58.7 percent hitting 37 of 63 shots against Milwaukee.
Shooting above 50 percent is traditionally a great sign for the defensive-minded Buffaloes. Colorado is 97-7 when shooting 50 percent or better in the coach Tad Boyle era (since 2010-11) and have won 15 of 16 and 33 of its last 36. The last 'hiccup' was a 51 percent shooting performance in a loss to UCLA in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Pac-12 Tournament.
SHARING THE BALL: Colorado enters the week ranking second in the nation in assists at 24.7 per game, trailing only top-ranked Kansas (27.0 apg). With 25 assists in the Milwaukee game, the Buffaloes have at least 20 dimes in three-straight games, their longest streak of that nature since the first three games of the 2001-02 season.Â
Prior to this run, Colorado had three games with 20-plus assists over the previous 44 contests dating back to the 2021-22 season.
Colorado dished out 28 assists against Grambling State, the program's most since dishing out 29 vs Mercer on Dec. 22, 2005. It ties for the 19th most in a single game in team history.
Colorado has won 28-straight when dishing out at least 21 assists and has won 75 of its last 79 dating back to the 1996-97 season.
INDIVIDUALLY SPEAKING: Junior KJ Simpson tops Colorado in scoring at 19.0 points per game thanks to a pair of 20-point performances. He had a season-high 23 points in the win over Milwaukee and led the Buffaloes with 22 in the win over Towson. He put up identical numbers from the field hitting 7 of 9 from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range in both games.
Simpson leads the Pac-12 and ranks ninth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 8.5 (17:2). He dished out a career-high eight assists in the win over Grambling State and added six more against Milwaukee.Â
Senior Tristan da Silva is averaging 17.0 points and 3.3 assists while hitting 68 percent from the field and 63 percent from 3-point range. He has at least three 3-pointers in all three games including a career-high matching four against Milwaukee.
Da Silva enters the week ranking sixth in the nation, and second in the Pac-12, in 3-point percentage. Overall on the Pac-12 charts he is third in field goal shooting and 3-point percentage, ninth in scoring, 12th in blocks and 13th in assists.
Senior J'Vonne Hadley is third on the team in scoring at 12.0 points per game and second in rebounding at 6.7 per contest. He tied a career high with 17 points in the win over Grambling State.
Senior Eddie Lampkin, Jr., leads the Buffaloes and ranks sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 8.3 per game. Lampkin had his first double-double in a Colorado uniform with 14 points and a team season-high 12 rebounds against Milwaukee. It was the seventh overall double-double for Lampkin who had six with TCU.Â
Lampkin is averaging 9.3 points per game and is tied for 12th in the Pac-12 in field goal accuracy at 57.1 percent.
Freshman Cody Williams had a break-out game in the win over Milwaukee with 17 points. The 2023 McDonald's All-American missed the Grambling State game with a minor injury but showed no effects against Milwaukee hitting 6 of 9 from the field with five rebounds and four assists.
Junior Julian Hammond III is averaging 11.7 points and is second on the team in assists with 14. Hammond is sixth in the Pac-12 in assists and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.5).
The back-court duo of Hammond and Simpson as combined for a 5.2 assist-to-turnover ratio dishing out 31 assists against just six turnovers.
Senior Luke O'Brien is averaging 6.3 points while ranking third on the team in rebounding at 5.7 per contest. He's tied for the team lead and ranks 12th in the Pac-12 in blocks at 1.3 per game.
ABOUT THE SPIDERS: Richmond is 2-1 on the young season and heading to Daytona Beach following a 68-61 setback at Boston College. The Spiders are averaging 81.3 points while shooting 47.8 from the field and 37.8 percent from 3-point range. Guard Jordan King leads Richmond at 18.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50 percent from the field including 9 of 17 from 3-point range (.529). Center Neal Quinn averages 12.0 points on 58.3 percent shooting and leads the Spiders in assists (16) and rebounding (6.7 rpg).
THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting between Colorado and Richmond. The teams split a home-and-home series in the early 2000s, both teams winning on the other's home court. Richmond took a 75-62 decision in Boulder on Dec. 31, 2003. Colorado returned the favor a year later, with a 75-69 triumph in Richmond on Jan. 4, 2005.
TUESDAY'S POTENTIAL OPPONENTS: Colorado will face either UNLV or Florida State on Tuesday, with both teams entering the Sunshine Slam with 2-1 records. Kalib Boone leads UNLV at 14.0 points per game hitting 72 percent from the field.
UNLV has won two-straight after a season-opening loss to Southern. The Rebels picked up a nice road win at Pepperdine, 82-68, on Nov. 17.
Florida State is coming off an 89-68 setback at rival Florida on Nov. 17. Cameron Corhen leads the Seminoles at 12.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Colorado's last game against both opponents came in the NCAA Tournament. Florida State defeated Colorado, 71-53, in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, in the only prior meeting between the two schools. Colorado claimed a 68-64 win over UNLV in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. Overall the Rebels hold a 4-2 series lead.
NONCONFERENCE NUMBERS: Colorado is 121-37 (.766) in nonconference regular season games under head coach Tad Boyle including a 74-20 mark (.787) since the beginning of the 2014-15 season.
Colorado is 92-8 (.920) in nonconference home games under Boyle, a record which includes a 7-2 mark in postseason action.
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