Colorado University Athletics
Wednesday, February 25
Boulder, Colo.
7 p.m.
Colorado
vs
Kansas State
Buffs To Battle K-State Wednesday
February 23, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Game 28 - Kansas State, Wednesday, February 25, 2026
CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 7:07 p.m. MT
Watch: FS1 (Jordan Kent, Tom Crean)
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 390, SXM App 980Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM980
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611116
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CU Events Center, Boulder, Colo.
Tip: 7:07 p.m. MT
Watch: FS1 (Jordan Kent, Tom Crean)
Radio: KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke)
Listen Online: Sirius XM 390, SXM App 980Â https://sxm.app.link/SXM980
Live Statistics: http://statb.us/b/611116
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THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 15-12 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th in the Big 12 Conference standings with a league record of 5-9. The Buffaloes and Sun Devils are two games out of a three-way logjam for eighth place, currently occupied by TCU, West Virginia and Cincinnati, all with 7-7 conference marks.
Colorado is 3-3 over its last six games with all three 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 country in assist-to-turnover ratio (39th, 1.6) and turnovers per game (44th, 10.0 topg). Colorado was right on that assist-to-turnover mark once again in the win over Oklahoma State, dishing out 20 assists against 12 turnovers (1.7 a/to). The Buffaloes hit the 20-assist mark for the fifth time this season.
At No. 22 BYU, 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 ranks second in the Big 12, behind only No. 2 ranked Houston (8.3 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 27 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).
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 18 of 27 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 28.7 points per game from its bench accounting for 36 percent of the team's scoring.Â
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.3 points per game, which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman (based on qualifying individuals). 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 (130) and attempted (161), 3-pointers made (45) and steals (28) while ranking second in assists (72), and 3-point percentage (.3778).
Johnson is 10th in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 25th in free throw percentage (.807).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (120), overall shooting (.543), 3-point percentage (.500) and overall field goals made (146) while ranking second in scoring (14.2 ppg) and 3-pointers made (43) and third in steals (24).Â
Hargress had 16 points, eight assists and three steals against Oklahoma State. It was his fourth game with at least eight assists this season, and first against a Big 12 opponent. Hargress 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 11th 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 nine games with at least five assists. Over the last 12 contests he has 48 assists against just 10 turnovers (4.8 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 (5.6 rpg), free throws made (101) and attempted (118) and steals (25) and third in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (55). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 85.6 percent.Â
Rancik pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State to go along with seven points and a pair of assists. The performance gave him double figures in rebounds for the third time in the last four games and is averaging 9.0 rebounds per game during that span. He also had 10 rebounds at BYU while dishing out a career-best six assists with nine points and a team-high three steals.
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 6.6 rebounds per game and 11th in blocks at 1.4 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game while shooting 47.5 percent from the field.Â
Dak was named to the Big 12 Starting Five on Feb. 23, honoring his standout performance against Oklahoma State. Dak scored a game-high 17 points, hitting 5 of 8 from the field and 6 of 7 from the free throw line, along with seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.
It marks the first Big 12 weekly honor of any kind for Dak and the first for the Buffaloes since rejoining the conference last season. This is the first season of the Big 12 Starting Five, which honors strong performances across the conference. Dak is joined on the Big 12 Starting Five by Arizona's Anthony Dell'Orso, UCF's Themus Fulks, Cincinnati's Moustapha Thiam and BYU's AJ Dybantsa who claimed both Player and Newcomer of the Week honors.
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of Feb. 22).
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THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 15-12 overall and tied with Arizona State for 11th in the Big 12 Conference standings with a league record of 5-9. The Buffaloes and Sun Devils are two games out of a three-way logjam for eighth place, currently occupied by TCU, West Virginia and Cincinnati, all with 7-7 conference marks.
Colorado is 3-3 over its last six games with all three 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 country in assist-to-turnover ratio (39th, 1.6) and turnovers per game (44th, 10.0 topg). Colorado was right on that assist-to-turnover mark once again in the win over Oklahoma State, dishing out 20 assists against 12 turnovers (1.7 a/to). The Buffaloes hit the 20-assist mark for the fifth time this season.
At No. 22 BYU, 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 ranks second in the Big 12, behind only No. 2 ranked Houston (8.3 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 27 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).
SCORING BALANCE: Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 18 of 27 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 28.7 points per game from its bench accounting for 36 percent of the team's scoring.Â
Isaiah Johnson is Colorado's leading scorer at 16.3 points per game, which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation in scoring by a freshman (based on qualifying individuals). 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 (130) and attempted (161), 3-pointers made (45) and steals (28) while ranking second in assists (72), and 3-point percentage (.3778).
Johnson is 10th in the nation for free throws made by a freshman and 25th in free throw percentage (.807).
Junior Barrington Hargress leads Colorado in assists (120), overall shooting (.543), 3-point percentage (.500) and overall field goals made (146) while ranking second in scoring (14.2 ppg) and 3-pointers made (43) and third in steals (24).Â
Hargress had 16 points, eight assists and three steals against Oklahoma State. It was his fourth game with at least eight assists this season, and first against a Big 12 opponent. Hargress 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 11th 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 nine games with at least five assists. Over the last 12 contests he has 48 assists against just 10 turnovers (4.8 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 (5.6 rpg), free throws made (101) and attempted (118) and steals (25) and third in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (55). Rancik leads the team and ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 85.6 percent.Â
Rancik pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State to go along with seven points and a pair of assists. The performance gave him double figures in rebounds for the third time in the last four games and is averaging 9.0 rebounds per game during that span. He also had 10 rebounds at BYU while dishing out a career-best six assists with nine points and a team-high three steals.
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 6.6 rebounds per game and 11th in blocks at 1.4 per outing. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game while shooting 47.5 percent from the field.Â
Dak was named to the Big 12 Starting Five on Feb. 23, honoring his standout performance against Oklahoma State. Dak scored a game-high 17 points, hitting 5 of 8 from the field and 6 of 7 from the free throw line, along with seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.
It marks the first Big 12 weekly honor of any kind for Dak and the first for the Buffaloes since rejoining the conference last season. This is the first season of the Big 12 Starting Five, which honors strong performances across the conference. Dak is joined on the Big 12 Starting Five by Arizona's Anthony Dell'Orso, UCF's Themus Fulks, Cincinnati's Moustapha Thiam and BYU's AJ Dybantsa who claimed both Player and Newcomer of the Week honors.
CU IN THE NET: A snapshot of Colorado's NET rankings in 2025-26 (through games of Feb. 22).
Current: 69 | Highest: 39 (Dec. 2) | Lowest: 86 (Jan. 29)
Avg. Opponent Net Rank: 20 | Opponent Avg. Net: 99
Quad 1: 1-8 | Quad 2: 3-3 | Quad 3: 7-1 | Quad 4: 4-0
ABOUTÂ THE WILDCATS: Kansas State is 11-16 overall and tied for 15th in the Big 12 at 2-12. The Wildcats have dropped seven of their last eight overall and five-straight on the road. Kansas State is averaging 80.3 points per game and shooting 46.0 percent from the field. Kansas State gets out in transition, scoring 15.0 fast break points per game, second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally. Defensively, the Wildcats are allowing 81.1 points per game, and have held opponents to 45.5 percent shooting. Kansas State shares the ball, averaging 17.4 assists per game, ranking second in the conference and 25th in the country.
The Wildcats are led by junior guard P.J. Haggerty, who is third in the nation in scoring at 23.5 points per game. He leads the country in field goals made with 236. Kansas State has two other players who average double figures in points: senior guard Nate Johnson (12.1) and sophomore guard David Castillo (11.1). Johnson leads the team with 4.5 assists per game and is first in the Big 12 with 57 total steals this season.
THE SERIES: This will be the 146th meeting between Colorado and Kansas State in a series that dates back to 1934. Kansas State holds a 97-48 all-time lead in the series. Colorado has won four of the last five meetings, including a nonconference win at Bramlage Coliseum on Nov. 27, 2020. The Wildcats hold a 33-32 all-time advantage in Boulder. This will be Kansas State's first visit to Boulder in 15 years, since a 58-56 Colorado win on Feb. 12, 2011.
ABOUTÂ THE WILDCATS: Kansas State is 11-16 overall and tied for 15th in the Big 12 at 2-12. The Wildcats have dropped seven of their last eight overall and five-straight on the road. Kansas State is averaging 80.3 points per game and shooting 46.0 percent from the field. Kansas State gets out in transition, scoring 15.0 fast break points per game, second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally. Defensively, the Wildcats are allowing 81.1 points per game, and have held opponents to 45.5 percent shooting. Kansas State shares the ball, averaging 17.4 assists per game, ranking second in the conference and 25th in the country.
The Wildcats are led by junior guard P.J. Haggerty, who is third in the nation in scoring at 23.5 points per game. He leads the country in field goals made with 236. Kansas State has two other players who average double figures in points: senior guard Nate Johnson (12.1) and sophomore guard David Castillo (11.1). Johnson leads the team with 4.5 assists per game and is first in the Big 12 with 57 total steals this season.
THE SERIES: This will be the 146th meeting between Colorado and Kansas State in a series that dates back to 1934. Kansas State holds a 97-48 all-time lead in the series. Colorado has won four of the last five meetings, including a nonconference win at Bramlage Coliseum on Nov. 27, 2020. The Wildcats hold a 33-32 all-time advantage in Boulder. This will be Kansas State's first visit to Boulder in 15 years, since a 58-56 Colorado win on Feb. 12, 2011.
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