Colorado University Athletics
Saturday, February 21
Boulder, Colo.
1:30 p.m.
Colorado
vs
Oklahoma State
Boulder Battle Between Buffs-Cowboys, First In 15 Years
February 19, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Game 27 - Oklahoma State, Saturday, February 21, 2026
CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 1:35 p.m. MT
Watch: TNT/truTV (Brandon Gaudin, Greg Anthony, Autumn Johnson)
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 388, SXM App 978Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM978
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611118
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CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 1:35 p.m. MT
Watch: TNT/truTV (Brandon Gaudin, Greg Anthony, Autumn Johnson)
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 388, SXM App 978Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM978
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611118
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THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 14-12 overall and tied with Saturday's opponent, Oklahoma State, for 12th in the Big 12 Conference standings with a league record of 4-9. The Buffaloes and Cowboys are one game behind Arizona State and two games out of the ninth spot.
Colorado is 2-3 over its last five games with both wins coming at the CU Events Center. Colorado's 78-70 win over Arizona State on Feb. 7, allowed the Buffaloes to match their 35-game win total from a year ago in 11 fewer games. The Buffaloes have also surpassed their conference win total from 2024-25.
Colorado ranks among the top 50 teams in the nation in a few categories. The Buffaloes are 38th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.6 and 37th in turnovers per game at 10. Those strong traits were on full display once again at No. 22 BYU as the Buffaloes dished out 18 assists against only seven turnovers (2.6 a/to). In the win over TCU, Colorado matched a season high with 24 assists while committing only eight turnovers (3.0 a/to). The 24 assists were the most against a conference opponent since the Buffaloes had 25 in a 91-72 win over Stanford on March 2, 2017.
Colorado's 10.0 turnovers allowed per game rank second in the Big 12, behind only No. 2 ranked Houston (8.2 topg). The Buffaloes have recorded single digits in turnovers 11 times this season. Colorado has a long-standing single-game team goal of allowing 11 turnovers or fewer, a mark they've hit in 19 of 26 games. In contrast, the 2024-25 team only achieved that feat seven times in 35 games and only once recorded single digits (8 at Kansas, Feb. 24, 2025).
The Buffaloes also sport top 50 national rankings in bench points (48th, 28.8 ppg).Â
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 18 of 26 games, including the first nine. The Buffaloes have had five games with at least five scoring in double digits.
Colorado had only four games with four players scoring in double figures in 35 contests last year (3-1 record) and none with five. Prior to this season, the NCAA Tournament win over Florida on March 22, 2024 was the last instance of five double-digit scorers.
The Buffaloes have had six different players lead the team in scoring this season and four have had 20-point games. Colorado is averaging a Big 12-best 28.8 points per game from its bench accounting for 36 percent of the team's scoring.Â
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.5 points per game, which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman. He has a team-best seven 20-point games, including a career and team season-high 27 at BYU. His 27 points were the most by a Colorado freshman since McKinley Wright IV had 30 in a double-overtime game against South Dakota State on Dec. 15, 2017, and the most against a conference opponent since Alec Burks had 27 against Missouri on Feb. 6, 2010. Overall the 27-point effort ties for the ninth best by a freshman in team history.
Johnson leads the Buffaloes in free throws made (129) and attempted (159), 3-pointers made (43) and steals (27) while ranking second in assists (67), and 3-point percentage (.381).
Johnson is eighth in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 21st in free throw percentage (.811).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (112), overall shooting (.544), 3-point percentage (.500) and overall field goals made (141) while ranking second in scoring (14.1 ppg) and 3-pointers made (40) and third in steals (21). He had 20 points on 7 of 11 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, at BYU, his fourth 20-point game of the season.
Hargress is second in the Big 12 and 10th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.5 and leads all conference players in league games with a 4.0 mark. He has 16 games with no more than one turnover. Hargress has eight games with at least five assists. Over the last 11 contests he has 40 assists against just eight turnovers (5.0 a/to).
Additionally on the Big 12 charts, Hargress ranks fifth in field goal percentage and 13th in assists. He is the best field goal shooter in the Big 12, and ninth in the country, from the guard position.
Sophomore Sebastian Rancik is second on the team in rebounding (5.5 rpg), free throws made (101) and attempted (118) and steals (24) and third in scoring (12.5 ppg) and assists (53). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 85.6 percent.Â
Ranick dished out a career-best six assists and recorded his second double-figure rebounding game with 10 at BYU while pitching in nine points and a team-high three steals. After being held without a rebound at Baylor, he is averaging 8.7 boards over the last three games.
Rancik recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and a personal-best 11 rebounds in the home win over Arizona State. Four of those rebounds came off the offensive end, which is also a career high.
Junior forward Bangot Dak leads the Buffaloes and is 14th in the Big 12 at 6.5 rebounds per game and 13th in blocks at 1.3 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game while shooting 47.0 percent from the field. Dak came off the bench for the first time this season against TCU and contributed 14 points on 7 of 8 from the field, the best single-game percentage for the Buffaloes this year (minimum 5 field goals made).
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of Feb. 18).
Colorado is 2-3 over its last five games with both wins coming at the CU Events Center. Colorado's 78-70 win over Arizona State on Feb. 7, allowed the Buffaloes to match their 35-game win total from a year ago in 11 fewer games. The Buffaloes have also surpassed their conference win total from 2024-25.
Colorado ranks among the top 50 teams in the nation in a few categories. The Buffaloes are 38th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.6 and 37th in turnovers per game at 10. Those strong traits were on full display once again at No. 22 BYU as the Buffaloes dished out 18 assists against only seven turnovers (2.6 a/to). In the win over TCU, Colorado matched a season high with 24 assists while committing only eight turnovers (3.0 a/to). The 24 assists were the most against a conference opponent since the Buffaloes had 25 in a 91-72 win over Stanford on March 2, 2017.
Colorado's 10.0 turnovers allowed per game rank second in the Big 12, behind only No. 2 ranked Houston (8.2 topg). The Buffaloes have recorded single digits in turnovers 11 times this season. Colorado has a long-standing single-game team goal of allowing 11 turnovers or fewer, a mark they've hit in 19 of 26 games. In contrast, the 2024-25 team only achieved that feat seven times in 35 games and only once recorded single digits (8 at Kansas, Feb. 24, 2025).
The Buffaloes also sport top 50 national rankings in bench points (48th, 28.8 ppg).Â
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 18 of 26 games, including the first nine. The Buffaloes have had five games with at least five scoring in double digits.
Colorado had only four games with four players scoring in double figures in 35 contests last year (3-1 record) and none with five. Prior to this season, the NCAA Tournament win over Florida on March 22, 2024 was the last instance of five double-digit scorers.
The Buffaloes have had six different players lead the team in scoring this season and four have had 20-point games. Colorado is averaging a Big 12-best 28.8 points per game from its bench accounting for 36 percent of the team's scoring.Â
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.5 points per game, which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman. He has a team-best seven 20-point games, including a career and team season-high 27 at BYU. His 27 points were the most by a Colorado freshman since McKinley Wright IV had 30 in a double-overtime game against South Dakota State on Dec. 15, 2017, and the most against a conference opponent since Alec Burks had 27 against Missouri on Feb. 6, 2010. Overall the 27-point effort ties for the ninth best by a freshman in team history.
Johnson leads the Buffaloes in free throws made (129) and attempted (159), 3-pointers made (43) and steals (27) while ranking second in assists (67), and 3-point percentage (.381).
Johnson is eighth in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 21st in free throw percentage (.811).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (112), overall shooting (.544), 3-point percentage (.500) and overall field goals made (141) while ranking second in scoring (14.1 ppg) and 3-pointers made (40) and third in steals (21). He had 20 points on 7 of 11 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, at BYU, his fourth 20-point game of the season.
Hargress is second in the Big 12 and 10th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.5 and leads all conference players in league games with a 4.0 mark. He has 16 games with no more than one turnover. Hargress has eight games with at least five assists. Over the last 11 contests he has 40 assists against just eight turnovers (5.0 a/to).
Additionally on the Big 12 charts, Hargress ranks fifth in field goal percentage and 13th in assists. He is the best field goal shooter in the Big 12, and ninth in the country, from the guard position.
Sophomore Sebastian Rancik is second on the team in rebounding (5.5 rpg), free throws made (101) and attempted (118) and steals (24) and third in scoring (12.5 ppg) and assists (53). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 85.6 percent.Â
Ranick dished out a career-best six assists and recorded his second double-figure rebounding game with 10 at BYU while pitching in nine points and a team-high three steals. After being held without a rebound at Baylor, he is averaging 8.7 boards over the last three games.
Rancik recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and a personal-best 11 rebounds in the home win over Arizona State. Four of those rebounds came off the offensive end, which is also a career high.
Junior forward Bangot Dak leads the Buffaloes and is 14th in the Big 12 at 6.5 rebounds per game and 13th in blocks at 1.3 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game while shooting 47.0 percent from the field. Dak came off the bench for the first time this season against TCU and contributed 14 points on 7 of 8 from the field, the best single-game percentage for the Buffaloes this year (minimum 5 field goals made).
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of Feb. 18).
Current: 75 | Highest: 39 (Dec. 2) | Lowest: 86 (Jan. 29)
Avg. Opponent Net Rank: 20 | Opponent Avg. Net: 99
Quad 1: 2-8 | Quad 2: 2-3 | Quad 3: 6-1 | Quad 4: 4-0
ABOUTÂ THE COWBOYS: Oklahoma State is 16-10 overall 4-9 in the Big 12 and heads to Boulder on a season-long, four-game losing streak after falling to No. 8 Kansas, 81-69 at home. The Cowboys are averaging 84.1 points per game, shooting 46.3 percent from the field. Their scoring overall is third in the Big 12 and 29th in the country. Oklahoma State uses the free throw line to boost its scoring, making 18.0 per game, second in the Big 12 and 38th nationally. Defensively, the Cowboys are allowing 81.3 points per game, and have held opponents to 44.5 percent shooting. Oklahoma State controls the defensive glass, averaging 26.5 defensive rebounds per game. That ranks fourth in the Big 12. The Cowboys use the entire team, averaging 27.8 bench points per game, second in the Big 12 only to Colorado.
The Cowboys are led by senior guard Anthony Roy, who leads the team in scoring at 17.5 points per game. Roy uses the 3-point shot to his advantage. He makes 3.4 shots from deep per game, rankeing fifth in the Big 12 and 16th in the country. He makes those at 41.6 percent, good for fourth in the conference and 34th nationally. Oklahoma State has two other players who average double figures in points: senior forward Parsa Fallah (14.5) and sophomore guard Vyctorius Miller (12.0). The Cowboys have three additional players who average at least nine points per game. Junior guard Jaylen Curry leads the team with a 2.8 assist to turnover ratio, good for fifth in the conference.
THE SERIES: This will be the 111th meeting between Colorado and Oklahoma State in a series that dates back to 1948, 11 seasons before the Cowboys would be the team to turn the Big Seven into the Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma State won last year's only meeting, and the first since Colorado's return to the Big 12, 83-73 in Stillwater on Jan. 18, 2025. Oklahoma State holds a 62-48 all-time series lead. This will be the first meeting in Boulder in 15 years, since the last Big 12 matchup in Boulder on Jan. 15, 2011, won by the Buffs, 75-71. Colorado has won 32 of 49 all-time meetings in Boulder.
ABOUTÂ THE COWBOYS: Oklahoma State is 16-10 overall 4-9 in the Big 12 and heads to Boulder on a season-long, four-game losing streak after falling to No. 8 Kansas, 81-69 at home. The Cowboys are averaging 84.1 points per game, shooting 46.3 percent from the field. Their scoring overall is third in the Big 12 and 29th in the country. Oklahoma State uses the free throw line to boost its scoring, making 18.0 per game, second in the Big 12 and 38th nationally. Defensively, the Cowboys are allowing 81.3 points per game, and have held opponents to 44.5 percent shooting. Oklahoma State controls the defensive glass, averaging 26.5 defensive rebounds per game. That ranks fourth in the Big 12. The Cowboys use the entire team, averaging 27.8 bench points per game, second in the Big 12 only to Colorado.
The Cowboys are led by senior guard Anthony Roy, who leads the team in scoring at 17.5 points per game. Roy uses the 3-point shot to his advantage. He makes 3.4 shots from deep per game, rankeing fifth in the Big 12 and 16th in the country. He makes those at 41.6 percent, good for fourth in the conference and 34th nationally. Oklahoma State has two other players who average double figures in points: senior forward Parsa Fallah (14.5) and sophomore guard Vyctorius Miller (12.0). The Cowboys have three additional players who average at least nine points per game. Junior guard Jaylen Curry leads the team with a 2.8 assist to turnover ratio, good for fifth in the conference.
THE SERIES: This will be the 111th meeting between Colorado and Oklahoma State in a series that dates back to 1948, 11 seasons before the Cowboys would be the team to turn the Big Seven into the Big Eight Conference. Oklahoma State won last year's only meeting, and the first since Colorado's return to the Big 12, 83-73 in Stillwater on Jan. 18, 2025. Oklahoma State holds a 62-48 all-time series lead. This will be the first meeting in Boulder in 15 years, since the last Big 12 matchup in Boulder on Jan. 15, 2011, won by the Buffs, 75-71. Colorado has won 32 of 49 all-time meetings in Boulder.
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